A. A separate application shall be made for each dog. The application shall be made on the form provided by the City Animal Care Facility Manager and shall be filed with the City Animal Care Facility Manager. If a dog is acquired by the owner or is brought into the City or reaches the age of four months, the owner shall apply for a license within 30 days thereafter.

B. It is declared to be the intent of this chapter to apply the licensing requirements to all dogs brought into the City, except those accompanying visitors or tourists who do not stay within the City more than 30 days. A dog having a license issued by another legislative authority elsewhere in the state of California, and which has been vaccinated with a vaccine approved for declared rabies areas by the state of California, and the immunization period therefor has not expired, may, upon application of its owner, be issued a transfer license good for the remainder of the year, upon payment of the required filing fee(s). The applicant for such license shall surrender to the City Animal Care Facility Manager the out-of-City license and evidence of vaccination. The penalties provided in this chapter shall not apply to a license issued under the provisions of this section.

C. Whenever the ownership of a dog has changed, the new owner may secure a transfer of license to him by endorsement on the records of the City Animal Care Facility Manager, upon the payment of the required transfer fee(s) and the presentation to the City Animal Care Facility Manager of the original receipt endorsed by the original licensee as a transferor.

D. Proof of vaccination against rabies, which vaccination is required in compliance with the provisions of this code and the Health and Safety Code of the state of California, shall be a condition precedent to the licensing of any dog under the provisions of this chapter, and the certificate of vaccination which is required by said codes may serve as proof of vaccination. No license may be issued under the provisions of this chapter unless the certificate of vaccination shows that the effective duration of such vaccination shall be for a period of at least 11 months beyond the beginning of the year for which the license is issued, in the case of one-year licenses; and for at least 35 months beyond the beginning of the three-year period for which a license is issued, in the case of a three-year license.

E. When any dog owner presents evidence that a previously licensed dog is deceased or executes a declaration under penalty of perjury of such a fact, said owner may secure a transfer of the license previously issued to such an animal to a newly acquired dog for the balance of the license period, upon the payment of the required fee(s) and the presentation to the City Animal Care Facility Manager of proof of vaccination against rabies. The City Animal Care Facility Manager shall note on the original application the name and description of the animal to which the license has been transferred. (Ord. 3226 § 1, 2012; Ord. 2506 § 1, 1992; Ord. 2050 § 1, 1983; Ord. 2011 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1961 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1710 § 1, 1976; Ord. 1253 § 1; prior code § 4.14).