Suisun City Municipal Code Ch. 6.25 Pot-Bellied Pig Licenses

A. The application forms for a miniature pot-bellied pig license shall bear the name and address of the owner of the pig, the sex, color, and breed of the pig to be licensed and shall be signed by the owner or the owner's authorized agent. At the time of application, written evidence or proof that the miniature pot-bellied pig to be licensed has been spayed or neutered and properly inoculated against rabies and leptospirosis shall be provided to the city's director of finance or the director's designee. Upon the issuance of such license, the director of finance or the person designated by the director shall endorse upon such application the number of the license tag issued. All such applications so endorsed shall be filed in the office of director of finance or such other place designated by the director of finance and shall be open at all times for public inspection.

B. The owner or person harboring, controlling, or having custody of any licensed miniature pot-bellied pig shall inform the director of finance or the person designated by the director of any change of address within ten days from the effective date of such change of address.

(Ord. 610 § 4(part), 1992)

A. Effectively July 1, 1993, every person owning or having control, custody, or possession of any miniature pot-bellied pig within the city shall procure an annual license for such pig over four months of age. Licenses may be obtained between July 1st and August 31st for the licensing period beginning July 1st through June 30th. The fee for such license shall be determined and set by resolution of the city council.

B. Any person failing to procure a miniature pot-bellied pig license on or before August 31st of each year shall pay, as a penalty for such failure, in addition to the license fee, an additional fee set by resolution of the city council; provided, however, that such penalty shall not apply to the owner of any pot-bellied pig who brings such pig into the city after the thirty-first day of August, if such license is taken out within one month from the day such pig is brought into the city; nor shall such penalty apply in the case where such pig is not yet four months of age on or prior to the thirty-first day of August, if such owner shall take out such license within one month after such pig shall have reached the age of four months; provided further that the license shall be prorated.

C. The director of finance or the person designated by the director shall collect in advance of the issuance of each license fees required by this section.

(Ord. 610 § 4(part), 1992)

A miniature pot-bellied pig license and tag shall be issued upon the payment of the fees set out in Section 6.25.020 and shall be renewed and the fees due and payable prior to August 31st of each annual period.

(Ord. 610 § 4(part), 1992)

The owner or person having custody, control, or possession of a miniature pot-bellied pig within the city shall attach the tag to a collar, harness, or device to be permanently worn by such pig for which the tag was issued. Such tag shall be metallic and have a stamp thereon bearing the name of the city. The tag shall be numbered serially and each tag shall have its number stamped thereon.

(Ord. 610 § 4(part), 1992)

Whenever a tag for the ten current year has been stolen or lost, the owner or person having custody of the miniature pot-bellied pig may, upon request, and upon the payment of a fee set by resolution of the city council, receive a replacement tag for the remaining portion of the then current year.

(Ord. 610 § 4(part), 1992)

No person shall fail or refuse to show to any animal control officer, police officer or other duly authorized person the license and tax issued hereunder and the miniature pot-bellied pig for which such license and tag have been issued.

(Ord. 610 § 4(part), 1992)

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any miniature pot-bellied pig owned by or in the care or charge of a nonresident of the city who is traveling through the city or temporarily sojourning in the city for a period not exceeding 30 days.

(Ord. 610 § 4(part), 1992)

No owner or person having custody, control, or possession of a miniature pot-bellied pig within the city shall cause, permit or allow it to run at large upon any highway, street, road, lane, alley, court or other public place, or upon any private property or premises other than those of the person owning or having charge, care, custody or control of such miniature pot-bellied pig, in the incorporated area of the city, unless such miniature pot-bellied pig is restrained by a substantial leash or chain not exceed six feet in length and is in the charge, care, custody or control of a competent person, or within an enclosed motor vehicle.

(Ord. 610 § 4(part), 1992)

If any section, subsection, phrase, or clause of this chapter is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter. The city council declares that it would have passed the ordinance codified in this chapter and each section, subsection, phrase, or clause thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, phrases, or clauses be declared unconstitutional.

(Ord. 610 § 4(part), 1992)