Every person within the area owning, possessing, controlling, harboring, or keeping any pot-bellied pig as permitted by Section 3-5-100 over four months of age shall procure from the Licensing Authority a pot-bellied pig license tag for each potbellied pig, as long as ownership of the pot-bellied pig continues, or within 10 days after acquiring or bringing into the area any pot-bellied pig over the age of four months, and annually there-after, so long as the ownership of the pot-bellied pig continues.
A license fee in the same amount as established by resolution of the City Council for licenses for dogs that have not been neutered or spayed shall be paid within 45 days of the date the license is required to be obtained. A person who acquires ownership, custody or control of any pot-bellied pig not currently licensed pursuant to provisions of this Chapter shall be immediately liable for the payment of the license fee.
The license period is one year.
A pot-bellied pig license shall not be issued unless and until the owner presents to the Licensing Authority a valid certificate of neutering or spaying.
This licensing requirement shall not apply to pot-bellied pigs found within the area under any of the following conditions:
(a)
When the pot-bellied pig is owned by, or in the care of, any person who is a nonresident or who is traveling through the area, or who is temporarily sojourning therein for a period not to exceed 30 days, if the pot-bellied pig is not permitted to run at large.
(b)
When the pot-bellied pig is brought or set into the area for the exclusive purpose of receiving veterinary care in any animal hospital, if the pot-bellied pig is not permitted to run at large.
The person owning or having control of the pot-bellied pig shall furnish to the Licensing Authority a description of the pot-bellied pig sufficient for identification, which description shall be entered in a record kept by the Licensing Authority for that purpose. A metallic or plastic identification tag having a number corresponding with the registration of the pot-bellied pig shall be issued to the owner of the pot-bellied pig. Upon such registration, a permit to keep a pot-bellied pig shall be issued to the applicant.
Every pot-bellied pig shall be provided by the owner with a suitable collar or other device to which the potbellied pig license tag shall be attached. If the pot-bellied pig license tag is lost or destroyed, the owner shall immediately procure a new duplicate license tag from the Licensing Authority.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use any license tag for any other pot-bellied pig than for the one for which it was originally issued. The owner of a licensed pot-bellied pig shall preserve the license permit upon the premises where the registered pot-bellied pig is kept and shall, upon demand of the Licensing Authority, or any health officer, or a police officer of the city, show to such officer the license tag and permit to keep such pot-bellied pig. No person shall imitate or counterfeit the tags prescribed by this Article, or have in his or her possession any imitation or counterfeit tags.
No owner or keeper of a pot-bellied pig shall allow or permit such pot-bellied pig, whether licensed or unlicensed, to be or run at large in or upon any public place or premises, or in or upon any private place or premises other than those of said owner or keeper except with the consent of the person in charge of said private place or premises, unless such pot-bellied pig is securely restrained by a substantial leash not to exceed six feet in length and is in charge and control of a person competent to keep such pot-bellied pig under effective charge and control. For purposes of this section, any pot-bellied pig in or upon any vehicle shall be deemed to be on the premises of the operator thereof.