§ 10-1-70. Dog license required.

(a)

Every person owning or having custody of any dog four months of age or older shall procure for the dog a city dog license. Such license shall be procured within 15 days after the date on which it becomes due. The following are exceptions to the requirement for a license:

(1)

A dog brought into the city for show or other purposes and which leaves within 30 days; and

(2)

A dog maintained in an approved research institution or licensed kennel, provided the dog is owned by the owner or operator of the research institution or kennel.

(b)

Guard (sentry) dogs are not excepted. Each such guard (sentry) dog must be individually licensed, and each dog shall wear its city license tag securely fastened to a collar or harness, whether or not the dog is kenneled in the city.

(c)

No dog shall be licensed without proof of approved rabies vaccination. No license may expire later than the expiration date of the rabies vaccination. An owner may purchase a license for six or 12 months, depending upon the date and kind of vaccine used, upon payment of the fee established by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. No. 90-11, § 4, 3-6-90)