Chapter 5.12
DOG AND CAT LICENSING
Sections:
5.12.010 Dog and Cat License Required
5.12.015 Number of Dogs and Cats Permitted
5.12.030 License Fees Registration Required
5.12.050 Violation and Penalty
5.12.010 Dog and Cat License Required.
It is unlawful for any person to own any dog or cat over the age of three months within the City unless the owner has first procured a license therefor, unless no license is required by this chapter. (Ord. 1130, Sec. 1 (Att. A), 2021)
5.12.015 Number of Dogs and Cats Permitted.
No person shall keep more than three dogs and/or three cats that are over three months of age as household pets on any premises in the City, except as permitted by Chapter 5.16, Commercial Animal Rearing (Kennel) Regulations. (Ord.1130, Sec. 1 (Att. A), 2021)
5.12.020 Exemptions.
The licensing provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following:
(a) Dogs and cats brought into the City for the purpose of participating in any dog or cat show;
(b) Dogs or cats, temporarily kenneled at a licensed kennel for the sole purpose of breeding, training, hunting, or boarding, so long as the dogs or cats are restricted within a building or fenced enclosure intended and designed only for the purpose of kenneling dogs or cats and are not permitted to run at large. (Ord. 1130, Sec. 1 (Att. A), 2021)
5.12.030 License Fees Registration Required.
(a) Fees for dog and cat licenses shall be established by the City Council pursuant to such periodic resolutions as the Council from time to time updates and approves. No license fee is payable with respect to the following: guide dogs and service animals properly trained to assist persons when such animals are actually being used by such persons for the purpose of aiding them in going from place to place.
(b) The dog or cat owner shall fill out an application specifying their name and address, whether the license is for a guard dog, the name, breed, color, sex and age, if known, of each dog or cat kept and whether or not a dog has been declared “dangerous or potentially dangerous” in any jurisdiction.
(c) The City shall thereafter issue a metal identification tag denominated a license for each dog or cat for which a completed application is presented and for which there is a tender of the fee provided for in subsection (a) of this section, if applicable.
(d) Every owner shall provide for each dog or cat a method by which the license tag shall be affixed and shall cause the tag to be worn by the dog or cat at all times.
(e) No refunds shall be made on any dog or cat license. License tags are not transferable from dog to dog or cat to cat.
(f) All dogs and cats shall be licensed within 60 days of City residency, including dogs and cats in newly annexed areas. (Ord. 1130, Sec. 1 (Att. A), 2021; Ord. 820, Sec. 1, 2009)
5.12.050 Violation and Penalty.
(a) Failure to comply with any provision of this chapter or violation of any provision of this chapter is a civil infraction for first and second offenses occurring within a 365-day period.
(1) For the first offense the fee for such violation shall be set equivalent to the Basic Rule violation as set forth in the Justice Information System (JIS) Law Table as published by the Administrative Office of the Courts.
(2) For the second offense the fee for such violation shall be set equivalent to double the Basic Rule violation as set forth in the Justice Information System (JIS) Law Table as published by the Administrative Office of the Courts.
(b) Third or subsequent offenses of this chapter within a 365-day period shall either be:
(1) A misdemeanor subject to a jail term of not more than 90 days, a fine of not more than $1,000, or both such fine and imprisonment; or
(2) Subject to enforcement pursuant to Title 17 of the Lake Stevens Municipal Code. (Ord. 1130, Sec. 1 (Att. A), 2021; Ord. 717, 2005)