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LICENSING AND TAGS
(A) Licensing of animals. All animals kept, harbored, or maintained in the city shall be licensed and registered if over six months of age. Animal licenses shall be issued by the Finance Office upon receiving documentation of the animals’ rabies vaccination being up to date and payment of a fee in an amount to be established by resolution.
(Prior Code, § 6.04.020)
(B) Condition for animal license. As a condition to the issuance of an animal license, the person making such application shall furnish a certificate from a licensed veterinarian that the animal sought to be licensed has been vaccinated for and made immune to rabies within the previous year.
(Prior Code, § 6.04.030)
(Ord. 98-5, passed - -; Ord. 00-1, passed - -; Ord. 18-05, passed 6-1-2018)
Upon payment of the license fee, as set by the City Council, the Finance Office shall issue to the owner a metallic tag for each animal so licensed. Animal tags shall not be transferable from one animal to another, and no refunds shall be made on any animal license fee because of death of the animal or the owner’s leaving the city before the expiration of the license period.
(Prior Code, § 6.04.040) (Ord. 98-5, passed - -; Ord. 00-1, passed - -; Ord. 18-05, passed 6-1-2018)
A copy of the animals’ rabies certificate from a licensed veterinarian or receipt for the purchase of the rabies vaccination from a licensed veterinary clinic will be required before a tag can be issued. Each certificate or receipt shall bear the date, name, and address of the veterinary who issued the vaccine used or the purchase of the vaccine.
(Prior Code, § 6.04.050) (Ord. 98-5, passed - -; Ord. 00-1, passed - -; Ord. 18-05, passed 6-1-2018)
(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.
(B) Any owner who allows a vicious animal to be in violation of the provisions of § 90.02 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, if convicted, will be guilty of a further violation each day that such condition is allowed to exist or goes uncorrected.
(Prior Code, § 6.04.075)
(C) Upon receiving a second written complaint of the animal running at large, in violation of § 90.03(A), the owner of the animal shall be fined as per division (F) below. Third offense will be addressed the same as a second offense and fined according to the same. Upon the fourth offense, the animal will be impounded and not allowed back in the city limits.
(Prior Code, § 6.04.060)
(D) A second offense of § 90.03(B) by the owner will result in a letter and a fine as per division (F) below and five days to comply by licensing the animal. Third offense will be addressed the same as a second offense and fined according to the same. Upon the fourth offense, the animal will be impounded and not allowed back in the city limits.
(Prior Code, § 6.04.065)
(E) Upon a second written complaint of the animal barking or howling excessively, in violation of § 90.04, the owner of the animal shall be fined as per division (F) below. Third offense will be addressed the same as a second offense and fined according to the same. Upon the fourth offense, the animal will be impounded and not allowed back in the city limits.
(Prior Code, § 6.04.070)
(F) These fines may be changed by resolution and shall apply per animal. The following fines and penalties shall apply:
(1) First offense: a warning letter shall be posted by law enforcement;
(2) Second offense: $100;
(3) Third offense: $250; and
(4) Fourth offense: animal impounded and banned from the city limits.
(Prior Code, § 6.04.100)
(Ord. 05-12, passed - -; Ord. 18-05, passed 6-1-2018; Ord. 22-03, passed 8-4-2022)