No person owning, having an interest in, or having control, custody or possession of any dog shall fail, neglect or refuse to license and register such dog if over four months of age, in compliance with the terms of this chapter.
(Added by Ord. 806, adopted 11-26-85)
No person shall fail or refuse to exhibit the registration of any animal required to be licensed by this Code when required to do so by the Director or any Peace Officer.
(Added by Ord. 806, adopted 11-26-85)
A metallic tag and license certificate with corresponding numbers shall be furnished by the City or an authorized agent, to any person required by this chapter to obtain a license, upon payment of the appropriate fee as established by resolution. The City shall keep a record of the name, address and telephone number of the owner of the dog or person making payment of said license fee, and to whom a certificate and tag is issued, and the number and date of such certificate. Such metal tag issued for the current license year shall be securely fastened to the collar or harness of the dog and shall be worn by such dog at all times other than those periods when confined to the owner's house, enclosed yard or pen. A duplicate of a lost license tag may be procured from the City upon proof of loss and payment of the required fee.
(Added by Ord. 806, adopted 11-26-85)
Any owner, with the exception herein provided, of a dog four months of age or older in the City shall obtain a dog license and pay an original or renewal license fee (as established by resolution) each year thereafter, except that the license fee for a spayed or neutered (altered) dog shall be one-half the normal fee. The owner has the burden of proof to show the dog has been altered. License fees shall be due and payable within 30 days after any dog is acquired and comes into the care, custody and control of any person in the City.
(Added by Ord. 806, adopted 11-26-85)
Any person who fails to pay the required dog license fee, as set forth in Section 4206, each year hereafter shall pay, in addition to the renewal license fee, a penalty of 50% of the renewal license fee. Any person who fails to obtain an original license within 30 days after his owning any dog or any dog coming into his care, custody and control in this city shall pay, in addition to the original license fee, a penalty fee of 50% of the original fee.
(Added by Ord. 806, adopted 11-26-85)
No license fee shall be required for the following:
(a) 
Seeing-eye dogs.
(b) 
Dogs honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States.
(c) 
Dogs in the care, custody and control of nonresidents who are traveling through the City, or temporarily staying in the City for a period not exceeding 30 days or dogs temporarily brought into the City for the exclusive purpose of being entered in a bench show or dog exhibition, provided such dogs are so entered and not kept elsewhere in the City.
(d) 
Dogs which are owned, leased or utilized by any government agency.
(Added by Ord. 806, adopted 11-26-85)
No person shall fail or refuse to show to the Director or any Peace Officer, the license certificate and the tag for any duly registered dog kept or remaining within any home or upon any enclosed premises under his immediate control.
(Added by Ord. 806, adopted 11-26-85)
No authorized person shall remove from any dog, any collar, harness, or other device to which is attached a registration tag for the current year or to remove such tag therefrom.
(Added by Ord. 806, adopted 11-26-85)
No person shall imitate or counterfeit the tags required by this chapter, or shall use any imitation or counterfeit of such tag.
(Added by Ord. 806, adopted 11-26-85)
Every person applying for a dog license must exhibit a certificate issued by a person licensed by the State of California, or by any State or nation, to practice veterinary medicine, which certificate shall show that the dog for which the license shall be issued, either:
(1) 
has been vaccinated in accordance with the provisions of Sections 4227 and 4228 hereof, or
(2) 
should not be so vaccinated by reason of age, infirmity or other disability.
Any exemption shall be valid for a period not to exceed one year. A license for any dog shall not be issued unless and until either certificate is exhibited. The certificate of vaccination must be valid throughout the entire licensing period.
(Added by Ord. 806, adopted 11-26-85)
The amount of any license fees imposed by this chapter shall be deemed a debt to the City and any person keeping any animal without having obtained a license and registration certificate from the City shall be liable to an action in the name of the City in any court of competent jurisdiction for the amount of the license fees and penalties imposed and required by this chapter to be paid for the privilege of keeping such animal and it shall be the duty of the Director to cause a complaint to be filed against any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter. Such action shall be cumulative and shall not be deemed a bar to, or a waiver of, the right of the City to prosecute any person for a violation of this part or any other applicable provision of this chapter.
(Added by Ord. 806, adopted 11-26-85)