[CC 1990 §4-7; Ord. No. 268 §2, 1985]
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog or cat to permit
the same to be and remain within the City unless such owner shall
have first caused such a dog or cat to be registered by name and description
and unless such owner shall pay the registration fee specified in
this Article.
[CC 1990 §4-8; Ord. No. 268 §3, 1985]
No dog or cat registration shall be issued unless and until
the applicant therefor shall submit satisfactory evidence that the
dog or cat for which the license is to be issued has been immunized
against rabies.
[CC 1990 §4-9; Ord. No. 268 §4, 1985]
A registration fee of seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) for
every dog or cat over six (6) months old owned or kept within the
City shall be levied and collected from the owner and keeper thereof
for every twelve (12) months or fraction thereof that any dog or cat
is owned or kept in the City. The registration fee shall be payable
on each animal owned.
[CC 1990 §4-10; Ord. No. 268 §5, 1985]
A. The
owner or keeper of each dog or cat within this City shall have placed
around the neck of such dog or cat an appropriate metal or leather
collar and shall attach to the collar a metallic or plastic registration
tag for the current year, which tag shall be provided by the City
Collector at the time the annual registration is paid. Such tag shall
have the registration number stamped thereon, and the owner or keeper
of such dog or cat, in addition to such tag, shall also be given a
certificate upon which shall appear the registration number, the year
for which same was granted, the name and residence of the owner or
keeper and the name, sex, and description of the dog or cat for which
the registration was issued.
B. A tag
shall not be transferred from the dog or cat for which it was issued
to another dog or cat.