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<br />If the owner or keeper of any dog or cat so impounded desires to redeem such dog or cat, he shall be permitted to do so at any time within the period specified in
<br />subsection (a)(2) of this section, upon payment to the custodian of dogs and cats of the license fee provided in this article and, in addition to the license fee, such sum as
<br />may from time to time be established by resolution of the city council for the caring for and keeping of such dog or cat. The license fee paid shall be turned over to the city
<br />clerk, who shall thereupon issue a proper license and tag to the owner or keeper of the dog or cat.
<br />If any dog or cat so impounded is not redeemed by the owner, keeper or person legally in charge of the dog or cat, within the said time period set forth in
<br />subsection (a)(2) of this section, the custodian of dogs and cats shall be authorized to destroy the dog or cat.
<br />Impoundment for running at large.
<br />If any dog or cat upon which a license fee has been paid shall be found at large, without wearing a collar with the license tag for the proper year attached
<br />thereto as provided in this article; or if any dog or cat upon which no license fee has been paid shall be found running at large, then such dog or cat shall be
<br />impounded and shall be subject to redemption by the owner or keeper as provided in subsection (a) of this section.
<br />The owner or keeper of such dog or cat shall be notified by the custodian of dogs and cats that such dog or cat has been impounded, if the owner, keeper or
<br />person lawfully charged with the care of such dog or cat can be readily ascertained.
<br />If such dog or cat is not redeemed as provided in subsection (a) of this section, and the impounding charges or fees paid for the care of the dog or cat, the dog
<br />or cat may be destroyed as provided in subsection (a) of this section.
<br />(Code 1978, § 510.07(a), (b); Code 1990, § 4-27; Ord. No. 937, § 6, 10-19-1988)
<br />Sec. 4-28. - Duty of owner to keep dog from becoming nuisance.
<br />Every person who owns or has in his lawful control any licensed dog in the city is charged with the duty to keep, control and maintain such dog so that such animal is not
<br />and does not become a nuisance.
<br />(Code 1978, § 510.05; Code 1990, § 4-28)
<br />Sec. 4-29. - Commercial dog kennels.
<br />The ownership, control, maintenance, operation or keeping of a commercial dog kennel within the city is hereby declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance unless it is
<br />located in an area where kennels are allowed by the city zoning ordinance and meets all conditions established by the planning commission. A commercial dog kennel is
<br />declared and defined to be and mean a place where dogs were generally and usually kept and maintained for commercial purposes including, but not being limited to,
<br />breeding for sale and sale thereof, boarding, training for hire or sale of such animals.
<br />(Code 1990, § 4-29; Ord. No. 971, § 1, 5-2-1990)
<br />Sec. 4-30. - Prohibition of barking dogs.
<br />Unlawful harboring or custody on premises. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or harbor a dog, which habitually barks, bays, cries, or howls. Habitually
<br />barking, baying, crying, or howling shall be defined as barking, baying, crying, or howling continuously for at least three minutes with less than one minute of
<br />interruption. In order to be a violation of this section, such barking, baying, crying, or howling must be audible off of the premises where the dog is located at the
<br />time of the incident.
<br />Penalty. Violation of this section shall be a petty misdemeanor as that term is defined by state statutes now in effect or as hereinafter amended.
<br />(Code 1990, § 4-30; Ord. No. 11-50, §§ 1, 2, 11-7-2001)
<br />Secs. 4-31—4-40. - Reserved.
<br />DIVISION 2. - LICENSE
<br />Sec. 4-41. - Required.
<br />Keeping dog or cat without license prohibited. No person within the limits of the city shall keep or maintain any dog or cat, either male or female, without first
<br />having paid the license fee and procured a license for each such dog and cat, as provided in this division.
<br />Duty of owner to obtain license. It shall be the duty of every owner and every keeper, if kept by one other than the owner, of every dog or cat, either male or
<br />female, within the city, to make application for a license to the city clerk on or before January 15 of each year, or if any dog or cat is acquired after January 15 of
<br />any year, then within 15 days after the dog or cat becomes six months of age; to have such animal licensed; to pay the license fee therefor; and to attach the
<br />license tag issued by the city clerk to the collar of such dog or cat as provided in this division.
<br />Exception. No license shall be required for any dog or cat under three months of age.
<br />(Code 1978, §§ 510.01—510.03; Code 1990, § 4-41; Ord. No. 937, §§ 1, 2, 10-19-1988)
<br />Sec. 4-42. - Registration; tax, license, registration fee.201
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