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It shall be the duty of the animal control officer, under the direction of the governing body, to collect all dog license taxes and fees, impoundment fees and kennel/cattery permit fees. All funds generated from the sale of dog licenses, delinquent fees, impoundment fees and kennel/cattery permit fees shall be deposited in the General Fund and used for payment for the services of the animal control officer, the care of the animal shelter and other necessary expenses related to the control of dogs and cats and other animals.
(Prior Code, § 6-130)
DOGS AND CATS
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CAT. Any feline animal, male or female, sexed or neutered.
DOG. Any canine animal, male or female, sexed or neutered.
KENNEL/CATTERY. Any premises wherein any person engages in the business of boarding, breeding, buying, letting for hire, training for a fee or selling dogs or cats.
OWNER. Any person possessing, keeping, harboring or having charge or control of, or permitting any dog or cat to habitually be or remain on, or be lodged or fed within, such person’s house, yard or premises. This term shall not apply to veterinarians or kennel/cattery operators temporarily maintaining on their premises dogs and/or cats owned by others for a period of less than 30 days.
VACCINATION AGAINST RABIES. The inoculation of a dog or cat with a rabies vaccine licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture. Such vaccination must be performed by a doctor of veterinarian medicine licensed by the state.
(Prior Code, § 6-101)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 17-526 and 71-4401
The municipality may employ an animal control officer who, under the supervision of the governing body, shall be responsible for the enforcement of all animal and dog and cat regulations under the municipal code.
(Prior Code, § 6-102)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-526
(A) Any owner of a dog over the age of six months within the village shall, within 30 days after acquisition of the dog, acquire a license for the dog annually by or before the May 1 of each year. Licenses shall be issued by the Village Clerk-Treasurer upon payment of a license tax in the amount established by the Board of Trustees, plus the $1.25 fee required under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-603(3). It shall be unlawful for the owner of a dog to wrongfully and knowingly license an unspayed female dog as a male or spayed female dog if the Board has established different license taxes for such dogs.
(B) The tax shall be delinquent from and after May 10. The owner of any dog brought into or harbored within the corporate limits subsequent to May 1 of any year shall be liable for payment of the dog tax, and such tax shall be delinquent if not paid within ten days thereafter. The license shall not be transferable, and no refund will be allowed in case of death, sale or other disposition of the licensed dog.
(C) The owner shall state, at the time the application is made and upon printed forms provided for such purpose, his or her name and address and the name, breed, color and sex of each dog owned by him or her. A certificate of rabies vaccination, effective for the ensuing year of the license, shall be presented when application for a license is made, and no license or tag shall be issued until the certificate is shown.
(D) Every service animal shall be licensed as required by this section, but no license tax shall be charged. Upon the retirement or discontinuance of the animal as a service animal, the owner of the animal shall be liable for the payment of the required license tax.
(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-603)
(E) (1) Upon the payment of the license tax, the Clerk-Treasurer shall issue to the owner of the dog a license certificate and a metallic tag, which shall be valid until April 30 following such licensing. The Clerk-Treasurer shall issue tags of a suitable design that are different in appearance each year.
(2) The metallic tag and the rabies tag shall be properly attached to the collar or harness of the dog. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog to permit or allow such dog to wear any licensing identification other than the metallic tag issued by the Clerk-Treasurer.
(3) If a license tag is lost, upon satisfactory evidence that the original tag was issued in accordance with the provisions of this section, the Clerk-Treasurer shall issue a duplicate or new tag for the balance of the year for which the license tax has been paid and shall charge and collect a fee established by the Board of Trustees for each duplicate or new tag so issued.
(F) All license taxes, fees and other collections shall be credited to the General Fund of the village, except as otherwise provided by Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-603.
Penalty, see § 91.99
Statutory reference:
Authority to impose license tax, require rabies certificate and destroy unlicensed dogs, see Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 17-526, 54-603 and 71-4412
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