(A) No person shall own, keep or harbor any dog over the age of six months within the village limits unless it is licensed, as herein provided. Written application for the license shall be made to the Village Clerk and shall state the name and address of the owner and the name, breed, color, age and sex of the dog. The license fee shall be paid when the application is made. A numbered receipt shall be given to the applicant, and a numbered metallic tag shall be issued to the owner.
(B) There should be a one-time license fee of $1 per each dog over the age of six months and a yearly privilege tax of $1 per dog.
(C) Every kennel shall pay an annual license fee of $25; except that, any persons who operate such a kennel may elect to license individual dogs as provided in division (B) above.
(D) (1) Every owner of any dog or the person keeping any dog shall apply to the village for a license and for the privilege of keeping a dog within the village during the month of January of each year or within 30 days after the dog is first kept within the city, in the case of the dog entering after the month of January; and the city may require the applicant to give the name and address of the owner or the person keeping such dog and the name, breed, color, age and sex of the dog.
(2) The application for the license shall be made in writing of two methods. The owner shall apply for the license when he or she lists ad valorem taxes for the current year with the village offices, or in the case of persons not listing property taxes, he or she shall apply for the license directly to the village offices.
(3) When application is made more than 30 days after the end of January of each year or more than 30 days after a dog is first kept within the village limits, the applicant shall be assessed a penalty of 50% for the license fee, which amount shall be added and collected with the regular license fee.
(E) If the metallic license tag issued for the dog is lost, the owner may obtain a duplicate tag for no additional charge for the first loss. Each loss there after will cost the owner 25 additional cents, starting at $0.25 for the second loss, $0.50 for the third loss and $0.75 for the fourth loss and $1 replacement cost for each loss thereafter.
(F) If the ownership of a dog or kennel changes during the licensing, the new owner may have the current license transferred to his or her name without charge or may have a new license issued for a license fee of $1.
(G) No person shall use for one dog a license receipt or license tag issued for a different dog.
(Ord. passed - -) Penalty, see § 90.99