6.08.020: LICENSE; FEE; PENALTY FOR VIOLATION:

A. The owner or person keeping, harboring or having in charge any dog within the city shall, before January 1 of each year, pay to the clerk the sum of seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) for each spayed female dog, the sum of seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) for each male dog and ten dollars ($10.00) for each unspayed female dog for a license.

B. Upon payment of said fee it shall be the duty of the clerk to issue a license to said person bearing the same number as the number to be worn on the collar of the dog as hereinafter provided. The license shall give the date of issuance, the date of expiration, the amount paid, the name and address of the person to whom issued and the name and sex of the dog. The clerk shall furnish with each license a metal tag which shall be stamped with the number to correspond with the number of the license and the year for which it is issued.

C. In case a dog is brought within the corporate limits within the license year herein designated the owner or person having such dog in charge shall pay the said amount as herein specified and said clerk shall thereupon issue a license as in other cases. Provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any person visiting in the city for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days and owning or possessing a dog currently licensed and bearing the license issued by another licensing authority.

D. It is unlawful to keep or harbor any dog within the city of Ashton, Idaho, without a license as herein provided and the violation of such provision shall be punishable by a fine of not more than twenty five dollars ($25.00). (Ord. 309, 1982; Ord. dated 1-18-1968 §§ 1, 2, 1968)