(a)
Every
person owning, possessing, keeping or harboring a dog or cat of the
age of six (6) months or more shall apply to the city secretary or
other authorized person for a license which shall describe the dog
or cat and state the name and address of the applicant and owner.
Such license shall expire on the thirty-first (31st) day of December
following the issuance thereof. No person shall be deemed in violation
hereof before March 1 of each year, provided said dog or cat was duly
licensed for the prior year. No license shall be issued for any dog
or cat unless a certificate of vaccination for rabies, signed by a
licensed veterinarian certifying that the dog or cat to be licensed
has been immunized, shall be presented to the city secretary. The
city secretary shall note upon the license the fact of vaccination
and the date thereof. The applicant shall pay to the city secretary
the sum as established by city council as a license fee for each dog
or cat.
(b)
Every
owner of a dog or cat six months of age or older shall have such animal
vaccinated. All dogs and cats vaccinated at six months of age or older
shall be revaccinated at one year of age and thereafter either annually
with one-year rabies vaccine or every three years with three-year
rabies vaccine. A person moving into the city from a location outside
the city shall comply with this section within five days after having
moved into the city. If the dog or cat has bitten an individual or
animal within the ten (10) days immediately prior to moving into the
city, the owner of said dog or cat shall report such fact to the animal
control officer, who shall then comply with the provisions of quarantine
under this chapter. No vaccination shall be administered to the dog
or cat until after the expiration of any quarantine period under this
chapter.
(c)
At
the time a dog or cat is vaccinated, a vaccination certificate shall
be issued to the owner of the animal. The owner shall retain the vaccination
certificate until the vaccination is renewed. The license tag issued
under this chapter must be worn by the dog or cat at all times.
(Ordinance 18-0108-02, sec. 7, adopted 1/8/18)
Upon issuance of a license, the city secretary or other authorized
person shall give to the licensee a tag which shall bear the number
of the license and the calendar year for which it is issued. Such
license tag shall at all times be attached to the collar to be worn
by the dog or cat licensed. It shall be unlawful for anyone, other
than the owner, to remove such license tag from the dog or cat for
which issued or anyone to attach such license tag to a dog or cat
for which such tag was not issued.
(Ordinance 18-0108-02, sec. 8, adopted 1/8/18)
