No person within the city owning, possessing, controlling, harboring,
or keeping any dog over four months of age shall fail, refuse or neglect
to procure an annual dog license tag for each dog, from the city manager
or his authorized agent. No license issued pursuant to this title
shall be transferable.
(Prior code § 5511; Ord. 910 § 2, 1971)
An annual dog license tag is not required for any dog found
within the city when the dog is owned by, or in the care of, any person
who is a nonresident or who is traveling through the city, or who
is temporarily sojourning therein, provided the dog is kept within
the city for less than thirty days and the dog has a valid license
from another city or the county of Riverside.
(Prior code § 5511.1; Ord. 910 § 2, 1971; Ord. 1457 § 1, 1993)
The effective period of each dog license issued shall be from
October 1st of any year until September 30th of the following year.
(Prior code § 5512; Ord. 910 § 2, 1971)
The annual license fee payable shall be the amount fixed from
time to time by resolution of the city council.
(Prior code § 5513; Ord. 910 § 2, 1971)
The owner shall state at the time application is made, and upon
standard printed forms of application provided for such purpose, his
name and address and the name, breed, color, age, and sex of each
dog for which application is made.
(Prior code § 5514; Ord. 910 § 2, 1971)
As a condition for the issuance of a license, all applicants
for such license shall procure and deliver to the licensing authority
a certificate issued by a duly licensed veterinarian certifying that
the dog to be licensed has been administered an anti-rabies vaccination
within thirty days prior to the issuance of said license, or has received
anti-rabies vaccination sufficient to immunize said dog against rabies
for the license period applied for.
(Prior code § 5514.1; Ord. 910 § 2, 1971)
A metallic tag and license certificate with corresponding number
shall be furnished by the licensing authority, upon payment of the
appropriate fee prescribed.
(Prior code § 5514.2; Ord. 910 § 2, 1971)
The licensing authority shall keep a record of such owner or
person making payment of said license fee and to whom a certificate
and tag shall have been issued, and the number and date of such certificate
and such tag. Such metal tag issued shall be securely fixed to a collar,
harness, or other device to be worn at all times by the dog for whom
the registration is issued.
(Prior code § 5514.3; Ord. 910 § 2, 1971)
No person shall fail or refuse to show upon demand of the animal
control officer or deputy thereof or any police officer, the license
certificate and the tag for any duly registered dog kept or remaining
within any home or upon any premises under his immediate control.
(Prior code § 5515; Ord. 910 § 2, 1971; Ord. 1291 § 2, 1987)
No unauthorized person shall remove from any dog any collar,
harness, or other device to which is attached a registration tag for
the current license year, or remove such tag therefrom.
(Prior code § 5515.1; Ord. 910 § 2, 1971)
If the dog license tag is lost or destroyed, the owner shall
immediately procure a duplicate license tag from the licensing authority,
for which a fee of one-half the annual fee shall be charged.
(Prior code § 5516; Ord. 910 § 2, 1971)
