Chapter 18 ANIMALS
ARTICLE V. DOGS AND CATS
DIVISION 1. GENERAL Sec. 18-201. Cats passing through city or exhibited at animal shows. None of the provisions of this article shall apply to cats owned by nonresidents passing through the city or cats brought to the city and entered for exhibition at any animal show, except as provided in this article.
Sec. 18-202. Cats brought from other places.
Any person may bring or cause to be brought any cat into the city from outside the city and, if such cat is vaccinated under the laws from the place from which he is brought, such person may keep such cat in the city for a period not exceeding one year without getting a license for it under this division; and during such period the provisions of this division shall not apply to such cat. If such cat is brought into the city and has not been vaccinated under the laws of the place from which it was brought, the owner or keeper shall within 30 days after such cat is brought into the city cause it to be licensed as prescribed in this division.
DIVISION 2. LICENSING
Sec. 18-226. Use of proceeds.
Proceeds from the fees set forth in this division shall be used for the support of animal control activities within the city.
Sec. 18-227. Annual issuance of city dog or cat licenses by licensed veterinarians.
To assist in the control of rabies and the enforcement of this article, each licensed veterinarian shall issue to the owner, keeper or custodian of any dog or cat, to which they have administered an anti-rabies vaccination, an annual municipal dog or cat license tag on which shall appear the license number assigned to that dog or cat, such dog or cat license tag to be issued contemporaneously with the administration of the anti-rabies vaccinations contemplated by section 18-168.
Sec. 18-228. Collection of license tag fee by licensed veterinarian; remittance to city.
Upon administration of the anti-rabies vaccination and annual issuance of the municipal dog or cat license tag, each licensed veterinarian administering such a vaccination and issuing such a license tag shall and are so authorized to collect as the agent of and on behalf of and for remittance to the city an annual dog or cat license tag fee as follows:
Annual dog/cat license fee (spayed or neutered animals) . . . $6.00
Annual dog/cat license fee (un-spayed or un-neutered animals) . . . $10.00
Replacement tag (proof of vaccination required) . . . $5.00
Sec. 18-229. Annual vaccination drive.
During any organized rabies vaccination drive, as such is ordered or authorized by the director and is conducted on a city-wide basis, the fee for the required rabies license shall be $3.00.
Sec. 18-230. Remittance of tag fee together with registration papers.
The annual municipal dog or cat license tag fee authorized and required to be collected under section 8-227 by licensed veterinarians shall be remitted by each veterinarian to the city general fund, through the director of the department of finance or his designee, together with dog or cat registration papers which shall include a description of the animal to which they pertain, the date of the administration of the rabies vaccination, the name and address of the owner, keeper or custodian of the dog or cat and the notation that annual license tag fees shall be due thereafter on the anniversary of the administration of the rabies vaccination, such registration papers to be in a format prescribed by the director after consultation with the director of the department of finance.
Sec. 18-231. Notice to be provided.
(a) At least 15 days prior to the expiration of the annual license, the director may forward to the registered animal owner notice that the annual license fee is due and payable together with a receipt card by which the registered owner may prove payment, only after obtaining the signature of the licensed veterinarian administering the rabies vaccination and collecting the annual fee for remittance to the city.
(b) The director or his designee may forward a delinquent notice 30 days after the annual anniversary of the administration of the rabies vaccination. Such notice may state that annual and late fees are due and payable.
(c) The director or his designee may forward a registered letter 90 days after the annual vaccination. Such registered letter may restate annual and late fees due and shall advise the registered owner that fees are due and may advise the registered owner that failure to remit same within 15 days shall constitute a violation of a public health and environmental ordinance, subject to civil administrative adjudication pursuant to chapter 6.
(d) Failure to receive notice shall not relieve the animal owner of the obligations under this article.
Sec. 18-232. Fees remitted by 20th day of each month.
All fees collected by licensed veterinarians shall be remitted by each veterinarian to the city general fund, through the director of the department of finance or his designee, together with the registration papers contemplated by sections 18-228 and 18-230 herein, not later than the 20th day of each month following the month in which the fees are collected.
Sec. 18-233. Responsibility of licensed veterinarian to assist owner in the preparation of registration papers.
The licensed veterinarian administering anti-rabies vaccinations, issuing dog or cat municipal license tags and collecting and remitting annual license tag fees shall assist the dog or cat owner, keeper or custodian in the preparation of the dog or cat registration papers described in section 18-230 and shall advise such owner, keeper or custodian of his obligation to renew the municipal license tag annually on the anniversary of the rabies vaccination.
Sec. 18-234. License fee renewal obligation.
The director or his designee shall file all dog or cat registration papers received by the city and shall make such provisions as are necessary to notify owners, keepers or custodians of registered dogs or cats that license renewal fees of $4.00 for spayed or neutered dogs or cats and $6.00 for un-spayed or un-neutered dogs and cats are due and payable to the city general fund, on every annual anniversary of the administration of the anti-rabies vaccination and issuance of the municipal dog or cat license tag. Such notice may include notice of the provisions of section 18-168 requiring dogs and cats to receive anti-rabies vaccinations every 12 months.
Sec. 18-235. Receipt of notice, annual vaccination, annual license renewal fees due.
Upon receipt of the notice contemplated by section 18-234 each owner, keeper or custodian of dogs or cats shall secure the annual anti-rabies vaccination contemplated by section 18-168.
Sec. 18-236. Veterinarians to comply with provisions of sections 18-230 through 18-233.
Licensed veterinarians practicing within the city shall comply with all provisions of sections 18-230 through 18-233.
Sec. 18-238. Duplicate tags prohibited.
No person shall knowingly reproduce or counterfeit a license tag without the authorization of the director or knowingly place or cause to be placed upon any dog or cat a license tag bearing a spurious license number or any license number other than the license number assigned pursuant to this article to that particular dog or cat.
Sec. 18-239. Penalties; additional fees.
(a) Whoever fails to comply with the provisions of this division, after notice contemplated by section 18-231, shall be liable, in addition to the fee, for a penalty of $10.00.
(b) The director may authorize the manufacture and issuance of personalized license tags, showing the name and address of the owner or another brief message, in addition to the license number. The owner, custodian, or keeper who chooses a personalized license tag or who requests a replacement of the same shall be liable to pay a personalization fee in the amount of $2.00 plus the unit cost of acquisition of the personalized tags, as determined by the director, which shall be in addition to all other fees required by this chapter. The personalization fee shall be paid each time a personalized tag is issued or replaced, but thereafter the annual renewal fees shall be paid at the standard rate. The veterinarian shall remit the personalized tag fee at the same time and in the same manner as the annual license fee.
Sec. 18-240. Society to pay for tags if owner unable or blind.
The society shall, if the owner certifies his inability to pay the cost of licensing and vaccination or if the owner is blind, have anti-rabies vaccination effected by a licensed veterinarian under its supervision and obtain a certificate of such vaccination and issue the license and vaccination tags, without cost.
Sec. 18-241. Counterfeiting or improper use of tags.
No person shall:
(1) Counterfeit or imitate the license or vaccination tags as provided for in this division;
(2) Put on a dog or cat any such counterfeit or imitation tag; or
(3) Use such a tag on a dog or cat for which it was not issued.
Sec. 18-242. Improper removal of tag.
No person shall maliciously or wantonly remove or cause to be removed, directly or indirectly, any tag from the dog or cat of another person.
DIVISION 3. IMPOUNDMENT
Sec. 18-266. Authorized.
Should any dog or cat be found in the city in violation of any of the provisions of this article, the agents of the society may take the necessary steps to apprehend it, and any owner, keeper or custodian of a dog or cat or occupant of any premises who refuses to deliver for inspection any such dog or cat suspected of being in violation of any of the provisions of this article upon the demand of any such agent shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sec. 18-268. Disposition.
(a) The society, after seizing and impounding a dog or cat, shall retain it for a period of five days. If such dog or cat is not claimed by the owner within five days, the society may place it with any suitable person, with full ownership to such dog or cat being vested in the person selected. Any person claiming a dog or cat seized by the society under the provisions of this division and proving ownership thereof shall be entitled to possession of such dog or cat upon procuring a license for such dog or cat as provided in this division, having such dog or cat vaccinated, or exhibiting a certificate of a licensed veterinarian that such dog or cat has been vaccinated with anti-rabies vaccine, as provided in this division, and paying to the society the sum as stipulated in section 18-61 as a pound fee.
(b) The society shall have the right and authority to destroy animals unwanted as pets.
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