Any person owning, keeping, or harboring any dog(s) or cat(s) within the city older than minimum age must obtain a license as provided in this chapter. Application shall be made to the city clerk or designated agent which shall include the name and address of the applicant owner, description of the animal, and the appropriate fee. License fees shall not be required for seeing-eye dogs or governmental police dogs. This requirement shall not apply to a nonresident keeping a dog or cat within the city for no longer than sixty (60) days.

Enforcement: For the purposes of discharging the duties imposed by this section and to enforce its provisions, any police officer or animal control officer is empowered to enter upon any premises upon which an animal is kept or harbored and to demand the exhibition by the owner of such animal or the license for such animal in accordance with the provision of this section, to include random city-wide canvassing and checks for compliance with this section. The owner of any animal is required to produce the license and vaccination information for each animal in his or her ownership upon demand by the animal control officer or police officer. (Ord. G-1011 § 1 (part), 2007: Ord. G-1001 § 1 (part), 2007)