(A) All cats and dogs over the age of 3 months kept, harbored, or maintained by their owners in the city, shall be licensed and registered with the city. Dog and cat licenses shall be issued by the City Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer upon payment of the license fee. The license shall be valid for 1 year. The owner shall state, at the time application is made for the license and upon forms provided for the purpose, his or her name and address and the name, breed, color, and sex of each dog and or cat owned or kept by him or her. Applicants for shall provide proof of anti-rabies vaccination of the dog or cat to be registered as no license shall be granted for a dog and or cat which has not been vaccinated against distemper and rabies, as provided in this section. Vaccination shall be performed only by a doctor qualified to practice veterinary medicine in the state in which the dog is vaccinated. A veterinarian who vaccinates a dog to be licensed in the city shall complete a certificate of vaccination. One copy shall be issued to the dog and or cat owner for affixing to the license application.
(B) It shall be the duty of each owner of a dog and or cat subject to this section to pay to the City Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer the license fee as imposed by the Council by resolution.
(C) Upon payment of the license fee, the City Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer shall issue to the owner a license certificate and metallic tag for each animal licensed. The tag shall have stamped on it the year for which it is issued and the number corresponding with the number on the certificate. Every owner shall be required to provide each dog or cat with a collar to which the license tag must be affixed, and shall see that the collars and tag are constantly worn. In case a tag is lost or destroyed, a duplicate shall be issued by the City Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer. A charge of $3 shall be made for each duplicate tag. Tags shall not be transferable from one dog or cat to another and no refunds shall be made on any dog or cat license fee or tag because of death of a dog or cat or the owner’s leaving the city before the expiration of the license period.
(D) The licensing provisions of this section shall not apply to dogs or cats whose owners are nonresidents temporarily within the city, nor to dogs or cats brought into the city for the purpose of participating in any dog or cat show, nor shall this provision apply to seeing eye dogs properly trained to assist blind persons for the purpose of aiding them in going from place to place.
(E) The funds received by the City Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer from all dog and cat licenses and metallic tag fees shall first be used to defray any costs incidental to the enforcement of this section; including, but not restricted to, the costs of licenses, metallic tags, and impounding and maintenance of the dogs and cats.
(Ord. 90.26, passed 5-13-2013)