The amount of any license fees imposed by this chapter shall be deemed a debt to the city and any person keeping any animal without having obtained a license and registration certificate from the city shall be liable to an action in the name of the city in any court of competent jurisdiction for the amount of the license fees and penalties imposed and required by this chapter to be paid for the privilege of keeping such animal and it shall be the duty of the Director to cause a complaint to be filed against any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter. Such action shall be cumulative and shall not be deemed a bar to, or a waiver of, the right of the city to prosecute any person for a violation of this part or any other applicable provision of this chapter.
('64 Code, § 3-25) (Ord. 729, passed 12-22-87)