(a)   Every owner of any dog or cat over six (6) months of age shall annually register with the Bonner Springs Police Department his or her name, address and telephone number with the name, sex, age, breed, color and rabies inoculation certificate number, date and administering veterinarian. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any newly acquired dog or cat over six (6) months of age or any dog or cat over six (6) months of age brought into the City to fail to register such animal within thirty (30) days from acquisition or bringing the dog or cat into the City.

(b)   Upon registration, the owner shall present a current, completed certificate of immunization against rabies. No registration shall follow without evidence of this document, and it shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog or cat over six (6) months of age to fail to maintain effective rabies immunization.

(c)   The owner or harborer of any dog or cat shall, at the time of registering such dog or cat, present a certificate from an accredited veterinarian showing that a male dog or cat has been neutered or a female dog or cat has been spayed.

(d)   A City registration tag shall be issued after payment of an annual registration fee established by the City Council for each dog or cat. It shall be unlawful to own, possess or keep in the City any dog or cat over the age of six (6) months that is not spayed or neutered, except as provided below:

(1)   If a licensed veterinarian states in writing that an animal is unfit to undergo the required surgical procedure because of an extreme health condition of the animal, such extreme health condition shall include, but not be limited to, severe cardiovascular compromise, bleeding disorder, respiratory disease or hepatic disease. The old age of animal shall not, of itself, constitute an extreme health condition for purposes of this Section. Animal owners shall pay the standard annual license fee provided for in Subsection (d) above as established by the City Council.

(2)   If an owner of an animal wishes to obtain a breeding license from the City for an animal that is not a spayed or neutered animal and does not meet the extreme health condition regulations in Subsection (d)(1) above, the license shall only be issued if they meet the conditions listed below.

(A)  A licensed veterinarian examines the animal annually.

(B)  A licensed veterinarian annually vaccinates the animal for rabies or other common diseases.

(C)  The Animal Control Officer confirms there have not been more than two violations of the provisions of this Chapter in the prior twenty-four months.

(D)  The owner pays a separate breeding license fee established by the City Council for each unneutered male dog or cat and for each un-spayed female dog or cat.

(3)   If an animal is temporarily in the City to participate in a show or event sponsored by a sanctioned animal organization.

(4)   If an animal is owned or kept in the City for less than thirty days in a one year period.

(e)   It shall be unlawful for the owner of any previously registered dog or cat to fail to maintain current registration of such dog or cat. The license year shall be from January 1 through December 31 of each year. The fee shall be payable before March 1 of each year without penalty.

(f)   Every owner or harborer who shall fail to register the dog or cat in accordance with Paragraphs (a) and (e) shall pay in addition to the registration fee a penalty fee for late registration as established by the City Council.

(g)   Section 2-201 is not applicable to animals in foster homes which are owned by the associating or authorizing State licensed shelter or pound.

(h)   The Bonner Springs Police Department, Animal Control Officer, or his or her authorized representative or any licensed veterinarian practicing within the City is authorized to issue City registration tags.

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It shall be the duty of the Animal Control Officer, upon receipt of a current rabies immunization and the registration fee, to keep an electronic database of each license issued to include the time of the registration, the name of the owner or keeper, the number of the registration and the amount paid. The City or local veterinarian who issues each license shall provide the owner or keeper of the dog or cat a receipt as proof of each registered dog or cat and the registration number for each dog or cat and shall provide the owner or keeper a tag with the registration number and the registration year thereon. The owner or keeper shall attach it to the collar or harness for each dog or cat so registered that must be worn at all times when off the premises of the owner.

If a tag is lost during a registration period, the owner of the dog or cat shall obtain a duplicate tag for the remainder of the registration period. Upon presentation of the registration receipt, a duplicate of such tag shall be issued upon payment of a fee established by the City Council. It shall be unlawful for any person to take off or remove the City registration tag from any dog or cat that belongs to another, or remove the strap or collar on which the same is fastened.

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It shall be unlawful for any person to place on any dog or cat a tag issued for any other dog or cat or to make or use any false, forged or counterfeited tag or imitation thereof.

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It shall be unlawful for the owner, keeper or harborer of any dog or cat kept within the City to fail to display a current certificate of immunization against rabies issued by an accredited veterinarian evidencing the vaccination of such dog or cat within one (1) year, when requested by the Animal Control Officer or any Law Enforcement Officer.

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The provisions of this Article with respect to registration shall not apply to any dog or cat owned by any person visiting or temporarily remaining within the City for less than thirty (30) days. However, such dogs or cats shall be kept under restraint by the owner thereof at all times.

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The City’s main concerns with respect to the adoption of a cat or dog from the shelter are: (a) the animal is in good health; that it is immunized against rabies, licensed, and not vicious by nature, and (b) it will be placed in a good home under the control of a responsible person.

The location or residence of the proposed owner is immaterial; however, if ·within the City limits it will be subject to inspection by a representative of the City with respect to suitability of accommodations for the adopted animal.

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(a)   Qualifications for adoption:

(1)   Good health.

(2)   Immunized.

(3)   Licensed (when place of residence is within the City).

(4)   Not vicious.

(5)   If the animal is too young to be immunized, the adoption fee shall include the fee for immunization which will be accomplished at a later date when the veterinarian feels it can be done safely.

(6)   In the case of a licensed dog or cat turned in at the shelter by the owner of record or its authorized representative, the owner or representative must give a release, in writing, for the animal’s disposal or adoption.

(7)   In case of a licensed dog or cat picked up by the Animal Control Officer as a stray, while running at large, or in response to a complaint, the dog or cat will not be available for adoption (other qualifications being met) until the prescribed waiting period of seven (7) days has expired and the owner of record has failed to claim it; or the owner has given written consent for its adoption; or the adopter (after the waiting period) certifies that efforts to locate the owner were unsuccessful.

(8)   In the case of an unlicensed dog picked up by the Animal Control Officer as a stray, while running at large, or in response to a complaint, the dog will not be available for adoption (other qualifications being met) until the prescribed waiting period of four (4) business days has expired and the owner has failed to claim it.

(b)   The adopter will be required to pay the following fees. All payments received by the animal shelter or licensed veterinarian shall be turned over to the City Clerk.

(1)   A license fee equal to the amount required in Section 2-201.

(2)   An adoption fee established by the City Council. The adoption fee and immunization requirement is waived for not-for-profit organizations that adopt animals provided they immunize and spay/neuter the animal within a reasonable period of time and before they offer the animals for adoption.

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Any un-spayed female dog or cat in the stage of estrus (heat) shall be confined during such period of time in a house, building or secure enclosure, and the area of enclosure shall be so constructed that no male animal may gain voluntary access to the confined animal except for purposes of planned breeding.

Any animal that is in the state of estrus (heat) and that is not properly confined, or any such animal that is creating a neighborhood nuisance, shall be removed to a boarding kennel, to a veterinary hospital or to the animal shelter. All expenses incurred as a result of the confinement shall be paid by the owner. The owner of animals removed to the animal shelter shall be charged at the rate established from time to time by the animal shelter for routine confinement.

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(a)   It shall be unlawful for any person to leave any guard or attack dog unattended in any place in or out of any building unless a warning sign has been placed in a clearly visible location at the premises, located so that it can be seen by any person before entering the place to which the dog has access, warning that a guard dog or attack dog is present.

(b)   No guard dog or attack dog shall be unattended in any place except inside a building or out of doors in a fenced yard, with a fence adequate to prevent the dog from leaving the yard.

(c)   Any person operating a guard dog service in the City shall register the business with the Chief of Police and shall list all premises to be guarded with the Chief of Police before the services begin.

(d)   For purposes of this Section “guard dog” or “attack dog” is defined as an animal not owned by a governmental unit, which animal is used to guard private commercial property or public property and to attack intruders.

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