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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd 380 Dog/Cat License (First Published in the Ark Valley News on the /7 day of O~ ,2002.) THE CITY OF BEL AIRE, KANSAS ORDINANCE NO. .3 W 0 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING AND REGISTRATION OF DOGS AND CATS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BEL AIRE, KANSAS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF BEL AIRE, KANSAS: Section 1. Registration and Vaccination Required (a) Every owner or harborer of any dog or cat over five months of age shall annually register with the City Clerk or the City Clerk's designee, his or her name and address with the name, sex and description of each dog or cat owned and kept within the City of Bel Aire, Kansas. It shall be unlawful for the owner or harborer of any newly acquired dog or cat or any dog or cat brought into the City to fail to register such animal within 30 days from acquisition or bringing the dog or cat into the City. It shall be unlawful for the owner or harborer of any previously registered dog or cat to fail to maintain current registration of such dog or cat. (b) Upon registration, the owner or harborer shall present a current, completed certificate of immunization against rabies. No registration shall follow without evidence of this document, and it shall be unlawful for the owner or harborer of any dog or cat over six months of age to fail to maintain effective rabies immunization of such dog or cat. (c) The owner or harborer of any dog or cat shall, at the time of registering such dog or cat, present to the City Clerk or the City Clerk's designee, a certificate from an accredited veterinarian showing that a male dog or cat has been neutered or a female dog or cat has been spayed, if the dog or cat has been neutered or spayed. 1 (d) Upon registration, the City Clerk or the City Clerk's designee shall collect an annual registration fee for each dog or cat, pursuant to a fee schedule enacted by Resolution of the Governing Body of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas. (e) The registration year shall be from January 1 st through December 31 st of each year. The fee shall be payable before March 1 st of each year without penalty. Every owner or harborer of a dog or cat who shall fail to register the same prior to the 1 st day of March of each year shall pay, in addition to the registration fee herein provided, a late registration fee of $10. Section 2. License Taq and Registration Number (a) It shall be the duty of the City Clerk or the City Clerk's designee, upon a showing of current rabies immunization and receipt of the registration fee as herein required, to keep a record of the date of the registration of each dog, the name of the owner or harborer, the number of the registration and the amount paid. The City Clerk or the City Clerk's designee shall also deliver to the owner or harborer of the dog, a certificate and a license tag containing the registration number and registration year. (b) Every owner or harborer of any dog over five months of age shall attach the current license tag issued for the dog containing the registration number and registration year to a collar worn by the dog. (c) When any license tag has become lost during a registration period, a duplicate license tag for the remainder of the registration period shall be issued by the City Clerk or the City Clerk's designee, upon presentation of the registration certificate and payment of a $3 fee. (d) It shall be unlawful for any person to remove the City license tag from any dog belonging to another, or remove the strap or collar on which the same is fastened. (e) It shall be unlawful for any person to place on any dog a license tag issued for any other dog or to make or use any false, forged or counterfeited license tag or imitation thereof. (f) It shall be the duty of the City Clerk or the City Clerk's designee, upon a showing of current rabies immunization and receipt of the registration fee as herein required, to keep a record of the date of the registration of each cat, the name of the owner or harborer, the number of the registration and the amount paid. The City Clerk or the City Clerk's designee shall also deliver to the owner or harborer of the cat, a certificate containing the registration number and registration year. 2 Section 3. Evidence of Vaccination It shall be unlawful for the owner or harborer of any dog or cat kept within the City to fail to display a current certificate of immunization against rabies issued by an accredited veterinarian evidencing the vaccination of such dog or cat within two years, when requested by the animal control officer or any law enforcement officer. Section 4. Temporarv Doqs and Cats The provisions of this article with respect to registration shall not apply to any dog or cat owned by any person visiting or temporarily remaining within the City for less than 30 days. However, any such dogs shall be kept under restraint by the owner thereof at all times. Section 5. Penaltv Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof by the Municipal Court of the City of Bel Aire, be fined in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars plus court costs. Section 6. Effective Date This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the official city newspaper. Passed by the City Council this 15th day of October, 2002. Approved by the President of Council this 15th day of October, 2002. ,.){ ~:::.::,..- ":/', . ,_, r r / ,,'" ~ \ / ;':' I-/' . ,I ,- '. :::/tl ~~ "\ v _: "/, ' J < -\"11' 0' ,\...~) \ ,- ......j"....., \' ~: I ~*tI, /', .,1' '., , " " :-' \ '":', .// \ \. . \ fIJ\ _:/ \' ~ArT~~~\ ,\.\" ,/ ',... ',', \ ,\' \ J. ';. '~." CI~S~R~UTTER ~~ PR IDENT OF COUNCIL, B. J. BEEMS 3