§ 6.28.050. Individual licenses—Fees/term.

A.

A license fee shall be paid for each dog over four months old. The license period shall be for thirty-six months or less, twenty-four months or less, or twelve months or less, commencing on the day the license is issued. The license renewal fee shall be due and payable on the same day the rabies vaccination expires.

B.

The license fee is delinquent sixty days after it becomes due and payable and an additional fee may be collected for the issuance of the license if the fee is delinquent. This additional fee may be waived by the police chief or his designee but only on a showing of good cause and only if the dog is not being held as a stray or the owner has not been cited for the dog not being licensed.

C.

The amount of the fees provided for in this chapter shall be established by resolution of the city council.

D.

Notwithstanding the fee requirement set forth in subsection A of this section, no fees shall be charged for:

1.

A dog of either sex which has been honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States; or for

2.

A dog of either sex owned by a blind person, if a certificate is filed with the police department executed by some recognized dog-training institution which certifies that such dog has been successfully trained to lead the blind.

(Ord. 703 (part), 2001)

(Ord. No. 797, § 1, 3-15-2016)