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<br />Any person who is the owner or keeper of any dog or cat, either male or female, kept or maintained in the city, shall annually, on or before January 15 of each
<br />year, cause each animal owned or kept to be described and registered by its name and number for the year for which the application is made, at the office of the
<br />city clerk, or at the office of any agent of the city clerk.
<br />Such person shall pay to the city clerk, or its agent, as a tax and license and registration fee for such animal the sum which is on file in the office of the city clerk,
<br />and the administrative fee due an agent as hereafter provided.
<br />(Code 1978, § 510.03(a), (b); Code 1990, § 4-42; Ord. No. 918, § 1, 12-2-1987; Ord. No. 937, § 2, 10-19-1988; Ord. No. 1160, § 1, 7-1-2002)
<br />Sec. 4-43. - Certi cate of spaying or neutering; proof of rabies vaccination.
<br />When application is made for a license for a spayed female or neutered male, the applicant shall present a statement from a qualified veterinarian stating that the
<br />operation for spaying or neutering was performed, and giving the date thereof. If this certificate is not furnished, the license fee shall be the same as for an
<br />unspayed female or unneutered male.
<br />Before any license may be issued for male or female dogs and cats, satisfactory evidence must be produced by the owner or keeper of the dog or cat, to show
<br />that the dog or cat for which a license is sought has been vaccinated for rabies within three years immediately preceding issuance of the license.
<br />(Code 1978, § 510.04; Code 1990, § 4-43; Ord. No. 918, § 2, 12-2-1987; Ord. No. 937, § 4, 10-19-1988)
<br />Sec. 4-44. - Issuance of license and tag.
<br />Whenever any person has fully complied with the provisions of this division, the city clerk, or its agent, shall issue to the person under his/her hand and seal a properly
<br />numbered license for each dog or cat, together with a metal tag upon which shall be plainly stamped or impressed the license number as determined by the city clerk, and
<br />the year for which the license is issued. It shall be the duty of such owner or keeper to cause such animal to constantly wear a collar to which shall be firmly attached the
<br />license tag received from the city clerk, or its agent.
<br />(Code 1978, § 510.03(c); Code 1990, § 4-44; Ord. No. 918, § 1, 12-2-1987; Ord. No. 937, § 2, 10-19-1988; Ord. No. 1160, § 2, 7-1-2002)
<br />Sec. 4-45. - Additional fee for failure to obtain license.
<br />If any person fails or neglects to apply for a dog or cat license as provided for in this division, and fails to pay the fee therefor when due and within the time specified in
<br />this division, a penalty of 50 percent of any license fee shall be required of such person in order to obtain such license.
<br />(Code 1978, § 510.06; Code 1990, § 4-45; Ord. No. 937, § 5, 10-19-1988)
<br />Sec. 4-46. - Administration fee.
<br />When a dog or cat license is issued by an agent of the city clerk, the agent shall collect an additional $2.00 fee to be retained by the agent as an administrative fee for
<br />issuance of the license.
<br />(Code 1990, § 4-46; Ord. No. 1160, § 3, 7-1-2002)
<br />Secs. 4-47—4-54. - Reserved.
<br />ARTICLE III. - DANGEROUS ANIMALS
<br />Sec. 4-55. - Animal control authority.
<br />The animal control authority means the municipal agency which is responsible for animal control operations in the city.
<br />The animal control authority for the city is the city police department.
<br />(Code 1990, § 4-55; Ord. No. 1350, § 1, 11-4-2013)
<br />Sec. 4-56. - De nitions.
<br />The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a
<br />different meaning:
<br />Owner means any person, firm, corporation, organization, or department possessing, harboring, keeping, having an interest in, or having care, custody, or control of an
<br />animal.
<br />Proper enclosure means securely confined indoors or in a securely enclosed and locked pen or structure suitable to prevent the animal from escaping and providing
<br />protection from the elements for the animal. A proper enclosure does not include a porch, patio, or any part of a house, garage, or other structure that would allow the
<br />animal to exit of its own volition, or any house or structure in which windows are open or in which door or window screens are the only obstacles that prevent the animal202
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