[Adopted 12-14-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-02]
It shall be unlawful for any person in the Town to own, harbor or keep any dog more than five months of age without complying with the provisions of this section and §§ 174.05 through 174.10, Wis. Stats., relating to the listing, licensing and tagging of dogs.
The license fees shall be established from time to time by the Town Board, and a Town Fee Schedule shall be on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
The Town Treasurer shall assess and collect a late fee from every owner of a dog five months of age or older if the owner failed to obtain a license prior to April 1 of each year or within 30 days of acquiring ownership of a licensable dog or if the owner failed to obtain a license before the dog reached licensable age. All late fees received or collected shall be paid into the Town treasury as revenue of the Town. Any person purchasing a dog license for a dog five months of age or over after April 1 shall pay this late fee.
No person or firm shall operate or maintain a boarding kennel in the Town without an operating permit issued by the Town Treasurer. The fee for issuance of such permit is $75 annually. A person shall obtain a license under this section for each separate location at which the person operates a kennel.
If there is a change of ownership of a licensed dog or kennel during the license year, the owner may have the current license transferred to his name upon the payment of a transfer fee as designated on the Town Fee Schedule on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep a dog in the Town which is over five months of age and has not received a rabies vaccination that is required by § 95.21(2), Wis. Stats. No dog license shall be issued until a certificate of rabies vaccination issued by a veterinarian has been presented. A rabies vaccination tag shall be attached to the collar of all licensed dogs at all times, except as provided in § 95.21(2)(f), Wis. Stats.
A. 
Penalty. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction of such violation, be subject to a penalty, which shall be as follows:
(1) 
First offense, penalty. Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $200 together with the costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of such forfeiture and costs of prosecution, shall be imprisoned in the County jail until such forfeiture and costs are paid, but not exceeding 90 days.
(2) 
Second offense, penalty. Any person found guilty of violating any provision of this article who shall previously have been convicted of a violation of the same provision shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than $20 nor more than $200 for each such offense together with the costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of such forfeiture and costs, shall be imprisoned in the County jail until such forfeiture and costs of prosecution are paid, but not to exceed six months.
B. 
Continued violations. Each violation and each day a violation continues or occurs shall constitute a separate offense. Nothing in this article shall preclude the Town from maintaining any appropriate action to prevent or remove a violation of any provision of this article.
C. 
Execution against defendant's property. Whenever any person fails to pay any forfeiture and costs of prosecution upon the order of the court for violation of this article, the court may, in lieu of ordering imprisonment of the defendant or after the defendant has been released from custody, issue an execution against the property of the defendant for said forfeiture and costs.
If any section, clause, provision or a portion of this article is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall not be affected thereby.