A.
Required—Application, Etc. It is unlawful for any person to own or keep any dog over the age of 4 months within the city without having first applied to the city finance department, not later than June 30th of each year, for a license to keep such dog, and without having obtained such license.
B.
Vaccination Prerequisite to Issuance. No license shall be issued for a dog unless proof has been presented that the dog has been vaccinated against rabies at a date such that the period of time elapsing from the date of vaccination to the expiration of the registration being issued shall not exceed 30 months in the case of vaccination with chick embryo vaccine or 18 months in the case of vaccination with nerve tissue vaccine.
C.
Issuance—Information to Be Shown on License. Upon the application for a dog license and the payment of the license fee as set forth in this chapter, the city finance department shall issue to the applicant a written license describing such dog. Such license shall contain the year for which it is issued, the sex of the dog, the number of the license and a statement that the license fee has been paid.
D.
Tags to Be Issued With License—Affixing to Collar. At the time of issuance of the license required by this chapter, the finance department shall deliver to the applicant a metal tag which shall have endorsed thereupon the year the license fee is paid and the number of the license. Such license tax shall be permanently affixed to a leather or other substantial collar and worn by such animal at all times.
E.
Harboring Unlicensed Dogs—Failure to Produce License. It is unlawful for any person to harbor, keep or conceal any dog, within the city, upon which the license fee has not been paid and for which a written license has not been issued. It is unlawful for any person to refuse to produce a license certificate issued when called upon to do so by the chief of police, any police officer of the city, or the poundmaster of the city.
(Code 1954 §§ 4.8, 4.10—4.13; Ord. 861 § 2; Ord. 1055 § 1; Ord. 1201 §§ 4, 5)