Every person owning or harboring a dog over the age of four months shall pay to the license collector or other proper official a license fee in an established amount. The current fee schedule shall be on file with the city clerk and shall be in such amounts as the city council may set from time to time by resolution.
All fees for the issuance of dog license tags, all fines collected shall be paid into the city treasury and shall be used for those purposes set forth in Section 30652 of the California Food and Agriculture Code.
(Prior code § 5-31; Ord. 2836 § 1, 1975; Ord. 3250 § 1, 1978; Ord. 4031 § 4, 1987; Ord. 4394, 1993)
No license fee shall be charged for Seeing Eye dogs whose owners are legally blind.
(Prior code § 5-31.1)
All dog licenses required by this chapter shall expire either one, two or three years from the date of vaccination.
(Prior code § 5-32; Ord. 3250 § 1, 1978; Ord. 4031 § 4, 1987)
If the license required by this chapter is not renewed within sixty days of the date of expiration, there shall be added to such license fee a penalty. The penalty shall be collected at the time of the renewal of said license. The current penalty schedule shall be on file with the city clerk, and shall be in such amounts as the city council may set from time to time by resolution.
(Prior code § 5-33; Ord. 3250 § 1, 1978; Ord. 4394, 1993)
The license collector or other proper official shall deliver to the applicant for a dog license, as required under this chapter, a tag bearing the number of the license stamped or engraved thereon.
(Ord. 5109 § 2, 2021)
No license or license tag issued to one dog under this chapter shall be transferred to another dog.
(Prior code § 5-35)
(Prior code § 5-36; repealed by Ord. 5109, 2021)
Every person who owns, keeps or maintains a dog over the age of four months shall obtain a license tag for said dog. The tag shall be securely attached to the collar of the dog and worn at all times.
(Ord. 5109 § 3, 2021)
A.
A dog license tag issued by any jurisdiction outside the city of El Cajon shall not be considered a valid license without payment of a transfer fee.
B.
New owners of any dog previously licensed in El Cajon shall be responsible for payment of an established change of ownership fee.
C.
The current fee schedule shall be on file with the city clerk, and shall be in such amounts as the city council may set from time to time by resolution.
(Prior code § 5-38; Ord. 4394, 1993)
Duplicate tags, in case of loss, may be issued by the license collector or other proper official. Such tags shall be issued upon payment of an established fee. The current fee schedule shall be on file with the city clerk, and shall be in such amounts as the city council may set from time to time by resolution.
(Prior code § 5-39; Ord. 4394, 1993)
(Prior code § 5-40; repealed by Ord. 5109, 2021)
No person shall remove the collar or tag or check from any dog without the consent of the owner or the party to whom the license required under this chapter is issued.
(Prior code § 5-41)