Part 4 — Licenses[Adopted by Ord. 1; suspended by Ord. 92-10[1] ]

A person, other than an approved research institution, shall not have, harbor, or keep or cause or permit to be harbored or kept, any unlicensed dog within the City of Lakewood.

Any person keeping or harboring any dog for fifteen (15) consecutive days shall be deemed to be the owner thereof within the meaning of this code.

Each 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 disabled person for which some recognized dog training institution certifies that such dog has been successfully trained to assist the disabled shall be of indefinite duration as long as the same individual owns or harbors the same dog. Every other license and dog license tag provided for herein shall be annual from July l to and including June 30 of the following year.

The fees provided for herein shall be paid annually in advance to the Director. The full amount of any such fee is payable for any fraction of a year except any fee becoming due and payable on or after December 31st of any year shall be at one-half the amount imposed pursuant to this part.

The Director shall procure the number of license receipts and dog license tags needed each year and shall keep a register wherein shall be entered the name and address of each person to whom any dog license tag is issued, the number of such tag and date of issuance thereof, a description of the dog for which issued, and number of unlicensed dogs covered by any kennel license.

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:

• A. Any dog found within the City of Lakewood when the owner thereof resides in unincorporated territory of the County or within another municipality within the County, and such dog is wearing or has attached to it a license tag for the current year issued by such county or municipality.

• B. Any dog owned by or in charge of any person who is a non-resident of the City and is traveling through the City or temporarily sojourning therein for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days.

1. Editor's Note: Section 4132 was not suspended by Ord. No. 92-10.

• 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 of Lakewood 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. [Amended by Ord. 75-7]

The Director, or officer in charge of license issuance under this Chapter, may accept the payment of the fee for a license tag and a license for a dog who has not been vaccinated as required by this Chapter on condition that the owner of such dog, within five days thereafter, have such dog vaccinated and submit the required veterinarian's certificate to the Director, or such officer, shall issue the license tag and license. Upon receipt of such certificate, the Director, or such officer, shall issue the license tag and license.

A license for an individual dog shall be in the form of a receipt for the One Dollar ($1.00) paid for the dog license tag and the additional amount, if any, paid for the license.

Every dog license tag issued prior to July 1, 1954 for a dog of either sex which has been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States or for a dog of either sex owned by a blind person, if a certificate was filed with the tax collector executed by some recognized dog training institution which certifies that such dog has been successfully trained to lead the blind, shall continue to be valid as both dog license tag and license so long as the same dog is owned or harbored by the same person. Every person owning or having custody or having control of a dog of either sex over the age of four (4) months which has been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States, or a dog of either sex owned by a blind person, if a certificate is filed with the Director executed by some recognized dog training institution which certifies that such dog has been successfully trained to lead the blind, for which a dog license tag was not issued prior to July 1, 1954, shall procure a dog license tag and a license, which dog license tag and license shall be good while such dog is owned or harbored by the same person. No fee shall be charged for such license over and above the One Dollar ($1.00) required for the dog license tag.

Every person owning or having custody or control of any dog over the age of four (4) months, within the City of Lakewood, and not covered by the provisions of §4138.1, shall first obtain an annual license from the City or its authorized agent, for each license or licenses shall pay $24.00 and in addition a penalty of $10.00 shall be charged for late payment of such license, in all effective July 1, 1991. This ordinance is enacted pursuant to the terms and provisions of §1920 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California.

Any person failing to pay the aforementioned license fee or obtain a dog license tag on or before August 31st of any year or within sixty days after the same become due and owing as herein provided, whichever date should first occur, shall pay in addition to the fee specified in Section 4139 an additional license fee or penalty fee in the sum of $5.00 for each year or part thereof that the dog license fee imposed by Section

4139 has remained unpaid when due and owning.

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

• A. The period of time elapsing from the date of vaccination with approved Killed Virus Vaccine to the date of expiration of the license being issued does not exceed eighteen months, or

• B. The period elapsing from the date of vaccination with approved Live Virus Vaccine to the date of expiration of the license being issued does not exceed thirty months, or

• C. 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, which infirmity or other disability, and the estimated date of termination thereof, is shown on the face of the certificate to the satisfaction of the Director.

A person who obtains a license without submitting a certificate of vaccination because of the age, infirmity or disability of the dog, will cause such dog to be vaccinated on or before such dog is four months of age or cause such dog to be vaccinated within ten days after the termination of such infirmity or disability.

When the Director or officer in charge of license issuance under this Chapter, issues a dog license, other than a kennel license, 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 reason therefor.

A license tag for an individual dog shall be securely affixed to a collar, harness or other device which shall at all times be worn by such dog except while such dog remains indoors or in any enclosed yard or pen.

In any case where any license tag for an individual dog is lost or destroyed, a duplicate therefor may be procured from the County Clerk upon submission to the County Clerk of such proof as he may require and upon payment therefor the sum of $1.00.

Any authorized person shall not remove from any dog, any collar or harness or other device to which is attached a license tag for the current year, or remove such tag therefrom.

A person shall not attach to or keep upon, or cause or permit to be attached to or kept upon any dog, any tag provided for in Section 4138 of this chapter except a tag issued for such dog under the provisions of this Chapter, or attach or keep upon or cause or permit to be attached to or kept upon any dog or make or cause for permit to be made or have in possession, any counterfeit or imitation of any tag provided for in this Chapter.

Any license fee imposed by this Part for a dog shall be issued for $12.00 if a certificate is presented from a licensed veterinarian that the dog has been spayed or neutered.