A. Any person violating any provision of this division or aiding in or abetting or counterfeiting or forging any certificate or tag, or making any misrepresentation in regard to any matter prescribed by this division or resisting, obstructing or impeding the Administrator or their designated agents in enforcing this division, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
B. The minimum fine for failure to register a dog in accordance with the requirements of division 3 shall not be less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the first offense and up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for subsequent offenses.
C. The minimum fine for an unregistered dog running at large in or near a school yard (except dog parks) shall be not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the first offense and up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for subsequent offenses.
D. The minimum fine for a dog running at large when Animal Control intervenes is seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for the first offense, one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) for the second offense and for the third offense the fine will not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
E. A minimum fine for all dogs reported to be running at large with no animal control intervention will be fifty dollars ($50.00).
F. Each occurrence of failure to comply constitutes a separate offense.
G. The fine for not having a dog examined as ordered after a bite will be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day. (Ord. O-2019-0904, 9-17-2019)