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(A) All vicious or dangerous dogs, as defined herein, kept, harbored or maintained in the City, within 6 months of its birth, shall be licensed and registered with the City or its agents designated by appropriate municipal order.
(B) (1) Dog licenses shall be issued by the City upon payment of the applicable license fee of $5, for each neutered male, spayed female or any unneutered male so long as written proof by a licensed veterinarian is presented to the Finance and Administration Department that the male dog cannot medically be neutered. Otherwise, the fee shall be $10 for all other dogs. There is no requirement that male dogs be neutered until after 9 months of age.
(2) Any person 65 years of age or older, who resides in the City, shall be exempt from the payment of the license fee stated herein and shall instead only be required to pay a license fee of $1 per annum, for any dog to be licensed.
(C) (1) The owner shall state at the time application is made for the license and upon forms provided for such purposes by the Finance and Administration Department, his or her name and address and the name, breed, color and sex of each dog owned or kept.
(2) The owner shall also provide proof that the dog has received its anti-rabic inoculation.
(D) Upon receipt of the properly executed application and payment of the license fee, the City shall issue to the owner a license certificate and a metallic tag for each dog so licensed, as provided by the Finance and Administration Department.
(E) The tag shall have stamped thereon the year for which it was issued and the number corresponding with the number on the certificate.
(F) Every owner shall be required to provide each dog with a collar to which the license tag and rabies tag must be affixed and shall see that the collar and tags are constantly worn on the dog.
(G) In case a dog tag is lost, stolen or destroyed, a duplicate or substitute tag will be issued by the City upon presentation of the receipt or registration showing payment of the license fee for the current year and the payment of the applicable license fee for the duplicate or substitute tag.
(H) Dog tags shall not be transferable from 1 dog to another and no refunds shall be made on any dog license fee because of death of the dog or the owner’s leaving the City before the expiration of the license period.
(I) If there is a change of owners of a dog during the license period, the new owner may have the current registration transferred to his or her name upon the payment of a transfer fee of the applicable license fee.
(J) The registration and license period provided for herein shall be July 1 of 1 year to June 30 of the following year and all dogs shall be licensed and registered, as provided herein, on or before July l of each year.
(K) The license and registration requirements shall not apply:
(1) To dogs whose owners are non- residents temporarily within the City for a period less than 30 days;
(2) To dogs brought into the City for the propose of participating in any dog show;
(3) To dogs used to assist handicapped persons for the purpose of aiding them going from place to place; and
(4) To dogs which are not considered as vicious or dangerous as defined herein, which shall otherwise be required to be licensed by the county.
(L) All dogs which are brought in to the City, except as provided in division (K) above, shall be registered and licensed as herein provided within 30 days of arrival.
(M) The licensing and registration herein required shall be in addition to all licenses, registrations and inoculation requirements of the state or county by law or regulation.
(N) Any dog not bearing a license tag, as herein required, shall prima facie be deemed to be unlicensed and unregistered, and in any proceeding under this chapter, the burden of proof of the fact that a dog has been licensed and registered shall be on the owner of the dog.
(1995 Code, § 6.08.030) (Am. Ord. O-2009-011, passed 11-09-2009; Am. Ord. O-2016-004, passed 4-25-2016) Penalty, see §
96.99
(A) Any and all dogs found at large within the City and not bearing a state license in violation of KRS 258.135 and all dogs not bearing a City license shall be taken into custody by the animal control officer.
(B) An animal control officer shall have specific authority to inspect and check dogs to determine if they are properly licensed (City and state) and to take into custody any unlicensed dog or any dog found at large within the City.
(C) An animal control officer may use any reasonable means and force necessary to take control and possession of dogs found in violation of this chapter including, but not limited to using tranquilizer guns or devices. An animal control officer shall not be liable, civilly or criminally, for dogs that unintentionally are injured or killed in the process of taking control or possession of the animals, as provided herein.
(D) It is unlawful for any person to interfere with, molest, hinder or prevent an animal control officer in the discharge of his or her duties, as herein prescribed.
(1995 Code, § 6.08.040) Penalty, see § 96.99
(A) Any animal control officer may seize and impound any dog or dogs observed and found off the premises where the dog or dogs should normally be kept, when not accompanied by the owner or agent aforesaid. Any dog which does not bear any identifying tag, may be impounded.
(B) (1) All dogs taken into custody by an animal control officer as herein provided shall be impounded at the Campbell County Animal Shelter, or other suitable facility. Any dangerous, fierce, rabid or vicious dog found at large which cannot be safely taken up and impounded may be slain by any animal control officer.
(2) This section shall not apply to guide or “seeing eye” dogs under the control of a blind person.
(C) (1) Any owner reclaiming an impounded dog shall be required to pay a flat fee of $25 for the first redemption within the fiscal year, $50 for the second redemption within the fiscal year and $75 for the third redemption within the fiscal year, as well as for all subsequent redemptions within the fiscal year, plus the cost of any tag, if necessary, before any impounded dog is released. However, before the dog is released to the owner, he or she must present a valid inoculation certificate or valid tag which shall be evidence of inoculation.
(2) In the event the dog has not been inoculated, the dog shall be released upon payment of the fees set forth above, and the owner shall then have 24 hours to procure and present an inoculation certificate or the dog shall be subject to being impounded again.
(3) The payment of the impounding fees shall not bar the imposition of any fine which may be imposed for the violation of this chapter.
(4) For the purposes herein expressed, the fiscal year commences July 1 and terminates June 30.
(E) If the dog is found on the premises of its owner, but is unlicensed (City or state) or at large, the animal control officer may, in his or her discretion, not impound the dog, but in lieu thereof, issue a citation to the owner for owning an unlicensed dog or permitting the dog to be at large.
(1995 Code, § 6.08.050)
(A) No person shall allow a dog under his or her control to be upon public property or upon the property of another, absent the consent of the owner or occupant of the property, without some device for the removal and containment of the dog’s excrement; nor shall any person fail to remove any excrement deposited by any dog under his or her control on public or private property.
(B) This section shall not apply to any guide or “seeing eye” dogs under the control of a blind person.
(1995 Code, § 6.08.070) Penalty, see § 96.99
(A) If a dog is believed to have rabies or has been bitten by a dog suspected of having rabies, the dog shall be confined and placed under the observation of a veterinarian at the expense of the owner for a period of 10 days by order of any animal control officer.
(B) It is unlawful for any person knowing or suspecting a dog to have rabies to fail to comply with any of the provisions of this section.
(C) Every owner or other person, upon ascertaining that a dog is rabid, shall immediately notify the animal control officer who shall either remove the dog to the animal shelter or, if the animal control officer is unable to safely remove the dog to the animal shelter, then the animal control officer is authorized to destroy the dog in as humane a manner as practicably possible under the circumstances.
(1995 Code, § 6.08.080) Penalty, see § 96.99
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