A. Every owner of a dog over the age of four months in the incorporated areas of the city shall pay the applicable dog licensing fee for the license interval as set forth below. The dog licensing fee may be prorated by the quarter of the applicable year in question.

B. Any license obtained after June 30th of a particular year shall be paid to the nearest quarter of that year at the rates set forth in subsection A of this section, except as hereinafter provided in subsection C of this section.

The license fee is due and payable within thirty days of having the dog vaccinated against rabies. All dog licenses shall expire at the same time that their supporting rabies vaccinations expire or upon termination of the license interval, whichever occurs first.

C. Penalty. An unpaid dog license fee shall become delinquent thirty days after it is due and payable. Upon delinquency, a ten-dollar penalty shall be added to the regular fee. Penalty fees shall accumulate and be added to each successive license period.

D. Offenses--Failure to Furnish Information. Any owner of any dog in the city who refuses, fails or neglects to furnish to the animal control officer, fee collector or veterinarian authorized to vaccinate and license dogs and collect the license fees thereon, as provided herein, information necessary to properly vaccinate and license such dog, or who resists, hinders or obstructs the animal control officer or any of his assistants in the exercise of the animal control officer’s duties, or who fails, neglects or refuses to pay any required license fee at the time and in the manner herein provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Res. 2903 §2 (Exh. B), 2013; Ord. 587, 2009; Ord. 328 §3, 1987).