Burbank Municipal Code Div. 2 Dogs

No person owning or having custody or control of any dog over the age of four (4) months shall keep such dog unless the dog is validly licensed with the City as provided by this article; provided, however, that the provisions of this article shall not apply to any dog owned by or in the care or charge of a nonresident of the City who is traveling through the City or temporarily sojourning therein for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days, nor to any dog temporarily brought into the City for the exclusive purpose of being entered in a bench show or dog exhibition, provided such dog is so entered and not kept elsewhere in the City, nor to any “seeing eye” dog while being kept in training or after being acquired by the blind. Dogs in a licensed kennel must be kept exclusively in such kennel; otherwise they must be registered as provided in this article. [Formerly numbered Section 6-42; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2467.]

Application for a dog registration shall be made to the Animal Shelter Superintendent, accompanied by a registration fee as designated in the Burbank Fee Resolution. [Formerly numbered Section 6-43; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2933, 2467.]

A. Blind: Every person owning a seeing eye dog shall be exempt from the registration fee requirement of Section 5-1-508 of this code. Upon application, annually, to the Animal Shelter Superintendent and presentation of a vaccination certificate as prescribed by the provisions of Section 5-1-510 of this code, every owner of a seeing eye dog shall receive, at no charge, a “Burbank Dog Tag”.

B. Senior Citizens And Physically Handicapped Persons: The Council finds that persons over age sixty two (62) and persons with a physical handicap have special need for dogs to provide warning of, or protection from, forcible or surreptitious entry into their homes, and that it is therefore in the public interest to encourage dog ownership for warning and protection purposes among these classes of City residents by reduced dog registration fees. Any person who satisfies the requirements of this subsection shall be qualified for reduced rates, as designated in the Burbank Fee Resolution, for registration of each spayed or neutered dog permanently and lawfully housed at the applicant’s place of residence and owned by the applicant or the applicant’s spouse.

1. To qualify for the reduced rates authorized by this subsection, the owner or custodian over age sixty two (62) of any dog shall execute, prior to issuance of a dog registration, a declaration under penalty of perjury on a form provided by the Animal Shelter Superintendent, containing the following:

a. The name, place of residence, and the age of the applicant.

b. A statement that the dog for which reduced rate registration is sought is permanently housed at applicant’s place of residence, the dog has been spayed or neutered, and that the applicant is the owner or permanent custodian of the dog (if custodian only, the name of the owner shall be given).

c. A statement that the applicant or the applicant’s spouse owns, rents, or otherwise has the exclusive right to possession of such premises or such place of residence.

d. A statement that the gross annual income of the household in which the applicant resides is less than nine thousand dollars ($9,000.00) per calendar year.

2. To qualify for the reduced rates authorized by this subsection, the owner or custodian, who is handicapped, of any dog shall execute, prior to issuance of a dog registration, a declaration under penalty of perjury on a form provided by the Animal Shelter Superintendent, containing the following:

a. The name and place of residence of the applicant.

b. A statement that the dog for which reduced rate registration is sought is permanently housed at applicant’s place of residence, the dog has been spayed or neutered, and that the applicant is the owner or permanent custodian of the dog (if custodian only, the name of the owner shall be given).

c. A statement that the applicant or the applicant’s spouse owns, rents, or otherwise has the exclusive right of possession of such premises or such place of residence.

d. A statement that the applicant is permanently handicapped and such statement shall be supported by such evidence as the Animal Shelter Superintendent deems acceptable to establish such status.

e. A statement that the gross annual income of the household in which the applicant resides is less than nine thousand dollars ($9,000.00) per calendar year. [Added by Ord. No. 2933; formerly numbered Section 6-43.1; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2950.]

Every person applying for a dog registration must exhibit a certificate issued by a person licensed by the State of California or other state or nation, to practice veterinary medicine, showing that the dog for which the registration is to be issued has been vaccinated with rabies vaccine in accordance with the provisions of this code. No dog shall be registered without such certificate. No dog which is exempted from the requirement of being registered pursuant to Section 5-1-1203 shall be sold or removed from any kennel without a certificate for rabies vaccination unless such dog was received from and is returned to a nonresident owner, or is removed from the City. [Formerly numbered Section 6-44; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2467.]

With each dog registration there shall be issued a metal tag bearing an identification number and the year for which issued, together with the words “Burbank Dog Tag” plainly inscribed thereon. Such metal tag shall be securely fixed to a collar, harness or other device to be worn at all times by the dog for whom the registration is issued, except while such dog remains indoors or in an enclosed yard or pen. [Formerly numbered Section 6-45; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2933, 2467.]

It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to 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. [Formerly numbered Section 6-46; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2467.]

No person shall attach to, or keep upon, any dog, any metal tag other than the tag issued for such dog under the provisions of this article, except for an identification tag containing the name and address of the owner. No person shall make or have in their possession any counterfeit or imitation of the metal tag provided for in this article. [Formerly numbered Section 6-47; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2467.]