Every person who keeps, harbors, boards or shelters more than four dogs at the same time within the City shall file, on or after the first day of the preceding December but before the thirty-first day of January of each year, with the Warren City Health Department, an application for registration as a dog harborage for the following year, beginning the thirty-first day of January of that year. The application shall state, as to each dog, the age, sex, color, character of hair, whether short or long, and breed, if known, and the name, address and telephone number of the applicant. A registration fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) shall accompany the application.
The Warren City Health Department, prior to approving registration of a dog harborage, shall inspect the premises in question and approve same as to conditions favorable to such dog harborage.
The Warren City Health Department shall issue to every person making application for the registration of a dog harborage and paying the required fee therefor a certificate of registration.
After the thirty-first day of January of any year, every person, immediately upon becoming the keeper, harborer, boarder or shelterer within the City of more than four dogs at the same time, shall file like application, with fee, as required above for registration for the current year. Certificates of registration shall be valid only during the calendar year in which they are issued, and during the first thirty-one days of the following calendar year.
Any registration provided for within this section shall be, and is, in addition to any other registration provided for by law or ordinance.
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense and a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for each subsequent offense.
(Ord. 11647/03. Passed 1-8-03.)