The owner of any dog of the age of six months or over shall cause the same to be registered with the City. The registration shall be maintained in the City’s electronic permit/registration system. Said registration shall contain the name, address and telephone number of the animal’s owner, the animal’s breed, name, sex, whether spayed/neutered, color and description and such other information as may be deemed necessary. The City Clerk, authorized assistants, or authorized vendors shall, upon payment of the license fee, provide the owner of the dog a receipt and shall also issue a suitable metallic or plastic tag, bearing a number and stating the year for which the tag is issued. The person to whom the tag is issued shall thereafter cause such tag to be attached to a suitable collar or harness worn by the dog.

It shall be unlawful for the owner of any newly acquired dog or any dog brought into the City to fail to register such animal within 30 days from acquisition or bringing the dog into the City. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any previously registered dog to fail to maintain current registration of such dog. It shall be unlawful for any person to place on any dog a tag issued for any other dog or to make or use any false, forged or counterfeited tag or imitation thereof.

At the time of registration, the owner of any dog shall present to the City a certificate from any accredited veterinarian showing that the dog has been vaccinated against rabies with an approved vaccine. This certificate shall also show if the animal is spayed or neutered. The owner shall also provide information regarding whether the dog is contained within a fenced yard or fenced run. The premises shall be available for inspection to insure a fenced yard or fenced run is available that can adequately confine the dog.

It shall be unlawful for any person to make a false statement in an application for a license, and a false statement shall render null and void the license issued.

(Ord. 940, Sec. 2)

The annual license fee upon owners of each dog the age of six months or over. The annual license fee imposed on the owner of a dog that is six months old or older is $35.00. The following discounts to the $35 license fee apply as follows:

(a)   $10 discount if the owner furnishes a certificate showing the dog has been microchipped.

(b)   $5 discount if the owner furnishes a certificate showing the dog has been spayed or neutered.

(c)   $10 discount if the owner certifies the dog is confined in a fenced yard or fenced run.

All licenses issued under this article shall expire one year from the date of an annual license is issued.

A late fee of $1 will be added for each 30 days a license is not applied for after the date that a dog is first required to be licensed under this Section 2-202 or the date an annual license expires under this Section 2-202. It is unlawful to harbor a dog within the City of Maize if a license has not been applied for within 60 days of the date that a dog is required to be first licensed under this Section 2-202 or the date an annual license has expires under this Section 2-202.

(Ord. 940, Sec. 2; Ord. 951)

No license tag required by this Chapter for any animal over five months old will be issued unless the owner of the animal furnishes a certificate showing the animal has been inoculated against rabies as set forth below:

(a)   Inoculation must be performed by a person licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the State of Kansas.

(b)   Inoculation must be with a prophylactic vaccine approved by the United States Department of Agriculture and listed in the current National Association of State and Public Health Veterinarians’ Compendium of Rabies Control.

(c)   Annually, a veterinarian must certify to the City that such dog has been properly vaccinated in accordance with the current compendium of rabies control. Annually, a new vaccination tag shall be assigned to such dog.

(d)   Unless a licensed veterinarian certifies to the City that such vaccination would be injurious to such dog due to its age or health, all dogs or cats must be vaccinated for rabies by a licensed veterinarian at least every three years. Ferrets must be vaccinated for rabies annually.

(Ord. 940, Sec. 2)

The City Council may require an annual enumeration of all dogs and cats owned within the City. The enumeration shall account for the number and ownership of all dogs and cats owned in the City and the City shall do whatever follow up is necessary to ensure that all dogs over six months harbored in the City are vaccinated and licensed.

(Ord. 940, Sec. 2)

All fees, charges and penalties paid to or collected by the City under or pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall be paid to the City Clerk and credited to the general operating fund.

(Ord. 940, Sec. 2)