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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
(A) It shall be the duty of every owner of a dog to securely place upon the neck of the dog a good and sufficient collar with a metallic plate thereon. The plate shall be plainly inscribed with the name of the owner.
(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-605)
(B) The owner of a dog may use a harness instead of a collar as long as the harness meets all other requirements of division (A) above.
Penalty, see § 91.99
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove, or cause to be removed, the collar, harness, metallic license tag or rabies tag from any dog without the consent of the owner of the dog.
Penalty, see § 91.99
(A) Permit required; fees.
(1) No person, partnership or corporation shall operate a kennel/cattery, commercial animal establishment or animal shelter without first obtaining a permit in compliance with this section.
(2) No kennel/cattery, commercial animal establishment or animal shelter shall be located in the residential zones of the municipality.
(3) When a permit applicant has shown that he or she is willing and able to comply with all applicable ordinances and statutes, a permit shall be issued upon payment of the applicable fee.
(4) The permit period shall begin on May 1 and shall run for one year. Renewal applications for permits shall be made 30 days prior to and up to 30 days after May 1 of each year. Application for a permit to establish a new kennel/cattery, commercial animal establishment or animal shelter under the provisions of this section may be made at any time.
(5) If there is a change in ownership of a kennel/cattery, commercial animal establishment or animal shelter, the new owner may have the current permit transferred to his or her name upon payment of a $10 transfer fee.
(6) Annual permits shall require the payment of the following applicable fees:
Kennel/Cattery Fees | |
Less than ten dogs and cats | $50 |
Ten or more but fewer than fifty dogs and cats | $100 |
Fifty or more dogs and cats | $150 |
(7) Each separate premises regulated by this section shall be considered a separate enterprise requiring an individual permit.
(8) Any person who has a change in the category under which a permit was issued shall be subject to reclassification and readjustment of the permit fee.
(Prior Code, § 6-109)
(B) Application for permit. Application for a permit to maintain a kennel/cattery shall be made to the Municipal Clerk-Treasurer in writing upon forms provided for that purpose by the municipality. Such application shall contain the following information:
(1) Name and residence of applicant;
(2) Location of premises where animals are to be kept;
(3) Species of animals to be kept;
(4) Number of animals to be kept; and
(5) Diagram or plat of the premises showing dimensions of the premises, the location of the enclosure, pen and shelter and the distance from residential buildings on the same lot and on adjacent properties.
(Prior Code, § 6-110)
(C) Issuance or denial of permit.
(1) Before any permit is issued, the Board of Health shall investigate the application and determine whether or not said premises conform to all the requirements of this section and other ordinances of the municipality with respect to sanitation and location of enclosures and shelters. No permit shall be issued except upon the recommendation of the Board of Health.
(2) If the applicant has withheld or falsified any information on the application, the permit shall not be issued.
(3) No person who has been convicted of cruelty to animals shall be issued a permit to operate a kennel/cattery, commercial animal establishment or animal shelter.
(4) Any person having been denied a permit may not reapply for a period of 30 days. Each reapplication shall be accompanied by a $10 fee.
(5) Any person to whom a permit is denied may appeal from such denial to the governing body by filing with the Village Clerk-Treasurer a copy of the original application with a written request for hearing thereon before the governing body. A hearing on such appeal shall be had by the governing body within 30 days from the filing of said appeal with the Municipal Clerk-Treasurer.
(Prior Code, § 6-111)
(D) Revocation of permit.
(1) It shall be a condition of the issuance of any permit that the Board of Health shall be permitted to inspect all animals and the premises where animals are kept at any time and shall, if permission for such inspection is refused, revoke the permit of the refusing owner.
(2) The Board of Health may revoke any permit if the person holding the permit refuses or fails to comply with any section or any statute governing the protection and keeping of animals or the maintenance of health.
(3) Any person whose permit is revoked shall, within ten days thereafter, humanely dispose of all animals owned, kept or harbored. No part of the permit fee shall be refunded.
(Prior Code, § 6-112)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 17-526 and 54-603
It shall be unlawful for any person to own any dog or cat which by loud, continued or frequent barking, meowing, howling or yelping shall annoy or disturb any neighborhood, person or which habitually barks or meows at or chases pedestrians, drivers or owners of horses or vehicles while they are on any public sidewalks, streets or alleys in the village. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to apply to the animal shelter.
(Prior Code, § 6-121) Penalty, see § 91.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-526
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