(A) It shall be the duty of every person who owns or harbors a dog or cat in the city to have the dog or cat inoculated with anti-rabic vaccine by a veterinarian during the months of January through August of each year. Failure to have the dog or cat inoculated during the period shall subject each person to the penalty hereinafter provided.
(B) Every owner or harborer of a dog or cat, upon obtaining the tag from a veterinarian, shall immediately attach the same to the collar or harness of the dog or cat to be worn by the dog or cat at all times. The certificate obtained from the veterinarian shall be retained by the owner or harborer of the dog or cat for inspection by officials of the Police Department or other approved officials of the city.
(C) The anti-rabic provisions shall not apply to dogs or cats kept by regularly chartered medical colleges or other educational or scientific institutions to be used for scientific purposes.
(D) It shall be unlawful to keep at any one residence within the city limits more than five dogs or cats or any combination thereof with the exception that the owner or person who has custody of a dog or cat which exceeds the permissible numbers set forth in this chapter for a period of 12 weeks after the bite of the animals. Any retention of dogs or cats in excess of the number specified in this chapter after this 12-week period will constitute a violation of this chapter.
(E) Any person having custody of dogs or cats in excess of the number permitted by this chapter shall have 30 days from the effective date of this chapter in which to reduce the number of dogs and cats in their custody to comply with this chapter.
(`96 Code, § 90.02) (Ord. 1995-17, passed 11-9-1995) Penalty, see § 95.99