Oceanside Municipal Code Div. 2 Licenses

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State Law reference— Authority of city to license dogs, Government Code, § 38792.

It shall be unlawful to own or harbor any dog within the city, except as herein provided, without first having obtained a license therefor as hereinafter provided and maintaining a tag thereon as hereinafter provided:

(a) Within thirty (30) days of the date upon which the dog is over the age of four (4) months.

(b) Within thirty (30) days of the date of ownership of a dog which was over the age of four (4) months upon said date of ownership.

(c) Within thirty (30) days of the date of loss of a dog license or tag.

(Ord. No. 65-40, § 2; Ord. No. 81-61, § 1, 12-9-81)

(a) [Dog licenses shall be issued:]

(1) For any dog which has been vaccinated, altered, and attained the age of twelve (12) months or older, a dog license may be issued for a term of one (1) or three (3) years.

(2) For any vaccinated dog not described in subsection (1), a dog license may be issued for a term of one (1) year.

(b) License, penalty, and impound fees for dogs shall be established by resolution of the city council.

(c) Any dog impounded in violation of this chapter shall be presumed to be a dog which, prior to impounding, requires a license, regardless of such dog's actual age. An impounded dog shall not be released to its owner unless the dog is licensed and the required license fees have been paid.

(d) Although required to obtain a dog license, the owner of any of the following described dogs shall be exempt from paying a dog license fee:

(1) Police dogs currently being used as such by law enforcement agency;

(2) Certified guide dogs for the physically impaired;

(3) Adopted dogs, except that the fee exemption shall be limited to a one-year period subsequent to the adoption;

(4) Sterilized dogs upon presentation to the Oceanside Humane Society of a certificate of sterilization duly prepared by a licensed veterinarian, except that the fee exemption shall be limited to a one-year period subsequent to the sterilization.

(Ord. No. 65-40, § 2; Ord. No. 69-15, § 1; Ord. No. 71-41, § 2, 10-17-71; Ord. No. 72-41, § 1, 8-23-72; Ord. No. 74-47, § 2, 9-11-74; Ord. No. 75-32, § 3, 10-23-75; Ord. No. 78-45, § 2, 11-22-78; Ord. No. 79-02, § 1, 1-10-79; Ord. No. 79-30, § 1, 9-26-79; Ord. No. 81-61, § 2, 12-9-81; Ord. No. 86-15, § 1.C.3. 5-28-86; Ord. No. 90-26, §§ 1, 2, 7-11-90; Ord. No. 95-016, § 1, 10-4-95)

No license to own or harbor a dog, as herein provided, shall be issued except by presentation of a written certificate that the dog has a current rabies vaccination and an application in writing to the animal license inspector of the city, setting forth the name and address of the owner or possessor of the dog, and a brief description of the dog.

The function of receiving the application for a license to own or harbor a dog may be delegated to the Oceanside Humane Society if the city council so directs by resolution and enters into a contract so providing.

(Ord. Code, § 4423; Ord. No. 65-40, § 3; Ord. No. 81-61, § 3, 12-9-81)

The function of issuing a license and tag as hereinafter set forth in this section may be delegated to the Oceanside Humane Society by resolution and contract if the city council so directs.

(a) The license inspector or the Oceanside Humane Society, if so delegated, upon receipt of such application, proof of a current antirabies vaccination, and the license fee aforesaid, shall issue and deliver to such owner or possessor a license certifying the payment of the license fee and setting forth the number allotted to such dog and shall deliver to the applicant a tag which shall set forth the date of the license and the number allotted to the dog, which tag shall at all times be affixed to the collar, covering, harness or other article worn by such dog.

(b) The owner or possessor of a dog, over four (4) months of age, impounded under the provisions of this chapter and the said owner or possessor paid the license fee for the dog at the time of redemption, but was not issued the aforesaid tag because the said owner or possessor did not present the certificate of rabies vaccination required by subsection 4.18(3) of this chapter, must present a certificate of a current rabies vaccination within ten (10) days of the date the said dog was redeemed to the license inspector or the Oceanside Humane Society, if so delegated. Upon presentation of the certificate of a current rabies vaccination the license inspector or the Oceanside Humane Society, if so delegated, shall deliver to the applicant the aforesaid tag.

(c) The owner or possessor of a dog less than four (4) months of age, which was impounded under the provisions of this chapter and the said owner or possessor paid the license fee for the dog at the time of redemption, but was not issued the aforesaid tag because the owner or possessor did not present the certificate of a current rabies vaccination required by subsection 4.18(3) of this chapter, must present a certificate of a current rabies vaccination before the dog reaches five (5) months of age, to the license inspector or the Oceanside Humane Society, if so delegated. Upon presentation of a certificate of a current rabies vaccination the license inspector, or the Oceanside Humane Society, if so delegated, shall deliver to the applicant the aforesaid tag.

(d) It shall be unlawful to transfer or attach a license tag issued for one dog to any other dog.

(Ord. No. 65-40, § 4; Ord. No. 81-61, § 4, 12-9-81)

In the event the tag required to be affixed to the collar, covering, harness or other device worn by such dog is lost or destroyed, the owner or person harboring such dog must obtain another tag, and he shall pay such sum as may be established by resolution of the city council for each additional tag issued.

(Ord. No. 65-40, § 5; Ord. No. 75-32, § 4, 10-23-75; Ord. No. 78-45, § 3, 11-22-78)

Editor's note— Section 4.21, authorizing the impoundment of unlicensed dogs, was repealed by § 1.C.4 of Ord. No. 86-15, adopted May 28, 1986. The section was formerly derived from Ord. No. 65-40, § 6; Ord. No. 69-42, § 2, adopted Sept. 24, 1969; and Ord. No. 75-7, § 1, adopted Apr. 9, 1875. Impoundment procedures are now given in §§ 4.9, 4.9.1.