All licenses shall be acquired at the office of the city clerk or designated agent. The licensing period shall begin January first and shall run for one year. Application for license may be made thirty (30) days prior to and not more than sixty (60) days after the beginning of the licensing period; provided, that if the license tag required for any such animal shall not be obtained prior to March first of any year, the owner or harborer shall pay a penalty of two dollars ($2.00) per month for each month delay in obtaining the license required by Section 6.12.010 of this chapter. Persons making application for animals brought into the community or reaching minimum age on or after March first of the licensing year shall be required to pay fifty (50) percent of the fee stipulated in Section 6.12.050 of this chapter to license the animal for the remainder of the period. The penalty hereinabove provided shall be in addition to that provided under Section 6.12.110 of this chapter. (Ord. G-1011 § 1 (part), 2007: Ord. G-1001 § 1 (part), 2007)