(A) Any person desiring to keep, maintain, or have in his or her custody or control, by himself or herself or agent within the city, any dog, animal of the dog kind, or fox shall on or before May 1 in each year make application for a license to the Finance Officer to keep such animal.
(B) As to a request regarding foxes, the Common Council will grant or deny such license based upon the following factors:
(1) The fox is appropriately licensed by the state;
(2) The fox is domesticated and not wild;
(3) The fox has had a chip embedded to identify it and its owner;
(4) The fox will not be used for breeding;
(5) The applicant’s neighbors, within 150 feet of the applicant’s property, must have no objective and reasonable objections;
(6) The applicant has received no previous citation for an animal ordinance violation; and
(7) The applicant must send a letter to each neighbor, within 150 feet, to let him or her have the opportunity to object to this division (B).
(C) Refer to § 91.081 Application for License/Registration with Finance Officer regarding application for urban chicken license.
(Ord. 2020-05, passed 7-6-2020; Ord. 2024-03, passed 7-1-2024) Penalty, see §
91.999