4124.1. - LICENSE REQUIRED.

No person shall have, harbor or keep, or cause or permit to be harbored or kept, any unlicensed dog over four (4) months of age.

(Amended by Ord. 1187 adopted 2-5-63)

Any license and each dog license tag provided for herein for a dog which has been honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States, and for a dog owned by a blind person for which some recognized dog training institution certifies that such dog has been successfully trained to lead the blind, shall be of indefinite duration so long as the same individual owns or harbors the same dog. Every other license and dog license tag provided for herein shall be for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of issue.

(Amended by Ord. 2014 adopted 7-5-94)

The licensing provisions of this Division do not apply to:

(a)

Any dog found within the City when the owner thereof resides in any municipality or unincorporated area within the County and such dog is wearing or has attached to it a license tag for the current year issued by such municipality or county;

(b)

Any dog owned by or in charge of any person who is a nonresident of the City and is traveling through the City or temporarily sojourning therein for a period of not exceeding thirty (30) days;

(c)

Any dog brought into the City and kept therein for not to exceed thirty (30) days for the exclusive purpose of entering the same in any bench show or dog exhibition or field trials or competition;

(d)

Any dog brought or sent into the City from any point outside thereof for the exclusive purpose of receiving veterinary care in any dog hospital, in the event that such dog is kept at all times strictly confined within such hospital.

(e)

Any dog wearing or having attached to it a license tag for the current year issued by any other municipality or unincorporated territory in the County when the owner thereof has, within one (1) year last past, moved his principal place of residence from such municipality or unincorporated territory in the County to the City.

(Amended by Ord. 1543 adopted 10-7-75)

The Poundmaster shall not issue a license unless the applicant exhibits a certificate signed by a veterinarian licensed either by the State or by any other state to practice veterinary medicine that:

(a)

The period elapsing from the date of vaccination with approved rabies vaccine to the date of expiration of the license being issued does not exceed the time as established by the state, or

(b)

Such dog should not be vaccinated with rabies vaccine because such vaccination would jeopardize the health of such dog due to infirmity or other disability and the estimated date of termination thereof is shown on the face of the certificate to the satisfaction of the Poundmaster.

(Amended by Ord. 1187 adopted 2-5-63; amended by Ord. 1932 adopted 3-19-91)

The Poundmaster may accept the payment of the fee for a license tag and a license for a dog which has not been vaccinated as required by this Part on condition that the owner of such dog, within five (5) days thereafter, have such dog vaccinated and submit the required veterinarian's certificate to the Poundmaster. Upon receipt of such certificate, the Poundmaster shall issue the license tag and license.

4124.1.5. -  

(Repealed by Ord. 1187 adopted 2-5-63)

When the Poundmaster issues a dog license, it shall be in the form of a receipt for the amount paid for the dog license tag and the additional amount, if any, paid for the license, and he shall show on the receipt the age of the dog, the date of last vaccination and the type of vaccine used as shown on the veterinarian's certificate, or, if the license was issued without proof of vaccination, the reasons therefor.

(Amended by Ord. 2014 adopted 7-5-94)