A. It is unlawful for any animal owner to keep or maintain a dog in any place in the city, unless such dog is licensed as provided in Section 6.04.050. This section shall have no application to dogs under the age of four months confined within the private property of their owners.

B. The license collector shall not license any dog until it has been vaccinated with canine rabies vaccine by injection during the calendar year for which it is licensed, and the animal owner shall produce a certificate of such vaccination, unless the animal owner submits a certificate from a licensed veterinarian issued within the preceding sixty days stating that in his opinion the rabies vaccination would be likely to seriously injure the dog. Any dog so exempted from rabies vaccination shall be restricted to the enclosed yard of the owner. Any violation thereof by the animal owner constitutes a violation of this chapter.

C. The vaccination shall be performed by any duly authorized person, licensed physician or veterinarian. The person vaccinating such dog shall issue to the animal owner a certificate of vaccination.

D. It is unlawful for any animal owner to keep or maintain any such dog in any place in the city unless such dog has been vaccinated as required by this section, excepting dogs under the age of four months confined within the private property of their owners, and excepting dogs exempted from the requirement of vaccination by reason of the likelihood of serious injury as provided in subsection B of this section. (Ord. 5146 § 1, 2023; Ord. 3940 § 1, 1999; prior code § 9.08.040)