A. 
Every person owning or having charge, care or control over any dog, shall, after his or her dog attains the age of four months, annually secure from the City Clerk a license and tag for the dog. The tag shall be attached to a collar or harness upon the dog and during the term of the license shall remain attached.
B. 
Every person owning or having charge, care or control over any dog shall, immediately after his or her dog attains the age of four months and at intervals of not more than 24 months thereafter secure the vaccination of the dog by a licensed veterinarian with a canine anti-rabies vaccine of a type approved by the State Department of Public Health.
C. 
All dogs under four months of age shall be confined to the premises of, or kept under physical restraint by the person owning or having charge, care or control of the dog; provided, however, that this subsection shall not be construed to prevent the sale or transportation of a puppy four months old or younger.
D. 
The City Clerk shall not issue a license to any person for any dog until such person has submitted a certificate of vaccination approved by the chief animal control officer showing that the dog has been vaccinated in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 61-20 §1; Ord. 70-67 §1)
All licenses shall be due on the first day of May of each year and delinquent on the first day of June of each year, except as provided in this chapter. Each application shall state the age, sex, color and breed of the dog for which the license is desired and the name and address of the owner.
(Ord. 61-20 §3)
A. 
Every person owning or having charge, care or control over any dog of the age of four months or over shall pay an annual license fee of $6 for each dog; provided, however, that the fee shall be $3 if paid between May 1st and May 31st inclusive, of each year, or within 30 days after the owner and the dog establishes residence in Sand City, or within 30 days after the owner acquires ownership of a dog over four months old, or within 30 days after the dog reaches the age of four months, and provided further, however, that the fee shall be one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) if the owner and dog establishes residence in Sand City, or the owner acquires ownership, or the dog reaches the age of four months, on or after the first of January of each year, and the fee is paid within 30 days after said residence is established, or said ownership is acquired or said age is reached.
B. 
The license fee shall be paid to the City Clerk who shall issue the tag, which shall have the license number and year that the license has been paid for on it.
C. 
The license and tag shall be issued for an annual period commencing on May 1st of each year and ending on April 30th of the following year.
D. 
Any person owning a seeing eye dog, who requires the use of a seeing eye dog, shall be exempt from payment of any license fee, but shall require a license as provided in this chapter.
(Ord. 61-20 §4; Ord. 63-37 §1; Ord. 70-67 §3)
In the event any tab issued under this chapter is lost, destroyed or mutilated, the owner of the dog for whom it was issued may obtain a duplicate thereof upon the payment of fifty cents ($0.50).
(Ord. 61-20 §5)
The City Clerk shall keep a register in which shall be kept the name and the address of the owner to whom the tag is issued, a description of the dog, the number of the tag given and the date.
(Ord. 61-20 §7)
The provisions of this chapter requiring dog licenses shall not apply to:
A. 
Any dog owned by or in the charge or care of a nonresident of the City, traveling through the City, or temporarily sojourning therein for a period not exceeding 30 days, nor to any dog brought to the City exclusively for the purpose of entering the same in a dog show or dog exhibition, provided said dog is not permitted to run at large;
B. 
Any dog owned by a person moving into the City which dog has been currently licensed by any of the cities of Monterey, Pacific Grove, Carmel-By-The-Sea, Del Rey Oaks, Seaside, Soledad, Greenfield, Gonzales or the County of Monterey during such time said person was a resident of said city or county, and shall have attached to its collar or harness a tag evidencing the existing unexpired license for such dog issued by said city or county, provided such dog has been vaccinated with a canine anti-rabies vaccine of a type approved by the State Department of Public Health within the previous 24 months.
(Ord. 61-20 §11)