(a) Registration of Vicious Dogs. Any person, corporation or other entity having the custody, ownership, or control of any vicious dog as defined in Section 505.18
, must do the following:
(1) Register such dog with the City Police Department on a form to be provided by the City. Said form shall require the following information: name, address, and telephone number of the dog’s owner; the address where such dog is harbored, if different from the owner’s address; the dog’s sex and color; rabies certificate and tag number (license) and other distinguishing physical characteristics of the dog, two color photos of the dog, as well as proof of public liability insurance as required by the State for such registration. The City Police Department must be notified within seventy-two hours, in the event the dog should become deceased, sold, or donated.
(2) The registration and photo submission required by subsection (a) hereof shall be made annually by the person so required and such registration shall be made each year not less than thirty days from the date of the initial registration. Annual notification of the dog’s status is required. The fee for registration shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) per year, for each person required to register any dog irrespective of the number of dogs registered by such person.
(b) Insurance for Vicious Dogs. No owner of a vicious dog shall fail to obtain liability insurance with an insurer authorized to write liability insurance to this State providing coverage in each occurrence, subject to a limit, exclusive of interest and costs, of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) because of damage to property or bodily injury to or death of a person caused by the vicious dog.
(c) Penalty. Whoever violates the provisions of subsection (a) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. Whoever violates the provisions of subsection (b) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Each day that a violation of this section occurs shall be considered to be a separate offense.
(Ord. 24-06. Passed 3-14-06.)