Montebello Municipal Code Ch. 6.24 Dogs

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.

(Prior code § 4103)

A. A metallic tag and license certificate with corresponding numbers shall be furnished by the city official or one of his authorized agents, to any person required by this chapter to obtain a license upon payment of the appropriate fee prescribed in this chapter.

B. The city official shall keep a record of the name, address and telephone number of the owner of the dog or person making payment of the 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 official upon proof of loss and payment of the required fee.

(Prior code § 4103.2)

A. 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.

B. License fees shall be due and payable within thirty days after any dog is acquired and comes into the care, custody and control of any person in the city.

(Prior code § 4103.3)

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 of not exceeding thirty 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 by any governmental agency.

(Prior code § 4103.5)

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 police officer.

(Prior code § 4103.1)

No person shall fail or refuse to show to the director or any police 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.

(Prior code § 4103.6)

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 chapter or any other applicable provision of this title.

(Prior code § 4103.11)

A. Any person who fails to pay the required dog license fee, as set forth in Section 6.24.030 each year thereafter shall pay, in addition to the original license fee, a penalty of fifty percent of the original license fee.

B. Any person who fails to obtain an original license within thirty 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 fifty percent of the original license fee.

(Prior code § 4103.4)

No dog license is transferable.

(Prior code § 4103.9)

No unauthorized 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.

(Prior code § 4103.7)

No person shall imitate or counterfeit the tags required by this chapter or shall use any imitation or counterfeit of such tag.

(Prior code § 4103.8)

Every person applying for a dog license must exhibit a certificate issued by a person licensed by the state, 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 Section 6.24.130 and 6.24.140, or (2) should not be so vaccinated by reason of age, infirmity or other disability. Such exemption shall be valid for a period of not to exceed one year. A license for any dog shall not be issued unless and until either such certificate is exhibited. The certificate of vaccination must be valid throughout the entire licensing period.

(Prior code § 4103.10)

A. Every person keeping, harboring or having a dog over the age of four months in the city shall cause such dog to be vaccinated with a type of rabies vaccine approved by the Los Angeles County health officer within a period of thirty days from the date such dog was harbored, kept or had within the city, or within thirty days from the date the dog attains the age of four months; provided, however, that the aforesaid provision shall not apply so as to require the vaccination of nay dog which has been vaccinated with an approved vaccine by a person licensed by the state, or by any other state or nation, to practice veterinary medicine where such vaccine has been completed within the period of time as hereinafter prescribed in this section.

B. If the dog's vaccination was performed at an age under twelve months, it must have been completed within one year prior to the date such dog was first kept, harbored or brought into the city. If the dog was last vaccinated at an age over twelve months, it must have been completed within thirty-six months prior to the date such dog was first kept, harbored or brought into the city.

(Prior code § 4104)

Every person keeping, harboring or having in the city a dog which has received its initial rabies vaccination shall cause such dog to be revaccinated twelve months after the initial vaccination with an approved type of rabies vaccine. Such dog who has received vaccination after the initial vaccination or such dog who has received its initial vaccination over twelve months of age shall be revaccinated no sooner than twenty-four months with an approved rabies vaccine.

(Prior code § 4104.1)

Every person keeping, harboring in the city any dog required by this chapter to be vaccinated shall at all times while such dog is thus kept, harbored or had, have in his possession a certificate issued by a person licensed by the state, or any other state or nation, to practice veterinary medicine, which certificate shall specify that such dog has been vaccinated in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6.24.130 and 6.24.140.

(Prior code § 4104.2)

No owner or person having charge, custody or control of any dog shall permit, either wilfully or through failure to exercise due care to control, any such dog to defecate and to allow such feces thereafter to remain on any public sidewalk or park or any other public property, or on any improved private property other than that of the owner or person who has custody or control of such dog; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to public or private street gutters.

(Prior code § 4108.1)