[R.O. 2007 §7-91; Rev. Ords. 1951 §13.000; Ord. No. 4318 §3, 5-1-1978; Ord. No. 4645 §2, 1-4-1982; Ord. No. 7165 §§1 — 3, 3-1-2010; Ord. No. 21-10, 3-15-2021]
It shall be the duty of the owner of each and every dog or cat
of more than six (6) months of age and kept, harbored or maintained
by the owner thereof in the corporate limits of the City of Poplar
Bluff to pay an annual license fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per spayed
or neutered animal, twenty dollars ($20.00) per unspayed or unneutered
animal. The owner of any such dog or cat found within the corporate
limits of the City of Poplar Bluff to be without a license will be
fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred
dollars ($100.00). The owner of such vaccinated dog or cat shall be
required to take such steps as are necessary to assure that the license
tag is securely fastened to the dog or cat collar, harness or choke
chain which shall be worn by said dog or cat at all times.
[R.O. 2007 §7-92; Rev. Ords. 1951 §13.000; Ord. No. 4645 §3, 1-4-1982; Ord. No. 7165 §§1 —
3, 3-1-2010]
Every license issued and required under the authority of this
Chapter shall be effective from the date of issue and expire one (1)
year from the date thereof.
[R.O. 2007 §7-93; Ord. No. 7165 §§1 — 3, 3-1-2010; Ord. No. 21-10, 3-15-2021]
Any person desiring a dog or cat license shall make application
therefor to Poplar Bluff Animal Control or a duly appointed agent
upon printed forms provided for such purpose, which applications shall
state the name and address of the owner or keeper of such dog or cat
and the name, breed, color and sex of the dog being licensed.
[R.O. 2007 §7-94; Rev. Ords. 1951 §13.140; Ord. No. 4318 §4, 5-1-1978; Ord. No. 4435 §5, 11-5-1979; Ord. No. 7165 §§1 — 3, 3-1-2010; Ord. No. 21-10, 3-15-2021]
A.
Animal
Control or their designated agent shall not issue any license or license
tag for any dog or cat until the owner or person in charge of such
dog or cat shall have obtained and presented to the Collector or his/her
designated agent a certificate from a veterinarian licensed to practice
veterinary medicine in the State of Missouri that such dog or cat
has been vaccinated for rabies and that such vaccination is effective
for the year in which the license is to be issued.
B.
A dog
brought into the City which has been vaccinated in accordance with
the requirements of this Chapter shall be registered in the City within
thirty (30) days of initial entry into the City. All other dogs brought
to the City from Butler County shall be vaccinated and registered
immediately. This registration shall be accomplished in either of
the following ways.
C.
All
cats within the City of Poplar Bluff must be vaccinated for rabies
and such owner or keeper shall, upon demand, produce a certificate
from a veterinarian licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the
State of Missouri that such cat has been vaccinated for rabies and
the effective period for such vaccination.
[R.O. 2007 §7-95; Rev. Ords. 1951 §13.010; Ord. No. 7165 §§1 — 3, 3-1-2010; Ord.
No. 21-10, 3-15-2021]
Dog or cat licenses shall be issued by Poplar Bluff Animal Control
upon application therefor, proof of vaccination against rabies and
payment of the required fee.
[R.O. 2007 §7-96; Rev. Ords. 1951 §13.010; Ord. No. 7165 §§1 — 3, 3-1-2010; Ord.
No. 21-10, 3-15-2021]
Upon issuance of the license certificate, Animal Control shall
issue to the owner a metallic tag for each dog or cat so licensed.
The tag shall have stamped thereon the year for which it was issued
and the number corresponding with the number on the certificate.
[R.O. 2007 §7-97; Ord. No. 7165 §§1 — 3, 3-1-2010]
It shall be unlawful for the owner or person having control
over or custody of any dog or cat to transfer such license tag from
the dog or cat for which such tag was issued to any other dog or cat.
[R.O. 2007 §7-98; Ord. No. 7165 §§1 — 3, 3-1-2010]
No refunds shall be made on any dog or cat license fee because
of death of the dog or cat or the owners leaving the City before the
expiration of the license period.
[R.O. 2007 §7-99; Ord. No. 4318 §5, 5-1-1978; Ord.
No. 7165 §§1 — 3, 3-1-2010; Ord. No. 21-10, 3-15-2021]
The City Manager, with the approval of the City Council, may
enter into an agreement with any veterinarian licensed to practice
veterinarian medicine in the State of Missouri under which said veterinarian
would be authorized to accept the payment of the license fee and to
issue said license. On such basis, the City Manager may enter into
such agreements with more than one (1) veterinarian and may do whatever
is necessary to provide the veterinarian with such documents and metallic
tags as may be needed. Further, the City Manager may allocate three
dollars ($3.00) of each ten dollar ($10.00) or twenty dollar ($20.00)
license fee to the payment of the veterinarian's services as a designated
agent for Poplar Bluff Animal Control, as the case may be with the
remainder of collected fees to be provided to the City Collector on
the first day of each month.
[R.O. 2007 §7-100; Ord. No. 4318 §6, 5-1-1978; Ord.
No. 5560 §1, 8-17-1992; Ord. No. 7165 §§1 — 3, 3-1-2010]
Any household shall be restricted to six (6) animals with any combination of animals. The total number of animals shall not include litters of dogs or cats; however, when the litter has reached sufficient maturity, the owner or custodian shall be required to limit the number of animals in the owner or custodian's possession to the maximum number of six (6) animals (to exclude livestock in rural or urban areas). Any person owning more than six (6) pets under the provisions of this Section 205.570 shall, upon enactment of this Section, be permitted to retain such pets, but shall not be permitted to own more than six (6) pets upon the death or transfer of ownership of such additional pets. The City Manager, with the approval of the City Council, may from time to time issue such regulations and enforcement procedures as are necessary to carry out the intent of Article V of Chapter 205.
