Edmundson, Missouri

Section 205.010 Definitions.

KENNEL

Any place or tract of land whether indoors or outdoors, whether enclosed or not in, at or upon which and whether for pleasure or profit dogs or cats are kept, housed, bred, raised, fed, displayed in one (1) household, exhibited or sold. The owner of four (4) or more dogs or cats, whether owned for pleasure or profit, breeding or exhibiting, shall be deemed to be the operator of a kennel.

Section 205.050 City License Tag Required.

In addition to complying with the rabies-vaccination and registration outlined above, every owner of a dog or cat in the City shall register his/her dog(s) or cat(s) with the City Clerk. Upon exhibiting a receipt that the dog(s) or cat(s) have been inoculated, the Clerk will issue to the said owner a tag with thereon a number, and a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be charged for same. (The fee will be waived for any animals spayed or neutered.) The license so procured shall be good for a period of one (1) year and each owner shall procure a license for his/her dog(s) or cat(s) not later than the first (1st) Monday in January of each and every year the inoculation receipt shall be presented, which inoculation shall show that the dog or cat has been inoculated within a period not to exceed ninety (90) days prior to the first (1st) Monday in January of the same year and a like fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be charged each time the dog or cat is registered and a tag issued to evidence the registration. The Clerk shall furnish the Mayor and the Chief of Police with a list of such dog(s) and cat(s) registered, and any dog or cat not registered or the dog or cat tag fastened to the dog or cat shall be picked up and impounded by the Chief of Police and his/her deputies. No dog or cat shall be released except by order of the City Clerk and upon the payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).

Section 205.230 Dog or Cat Kennels Prohibited.

No person shall be permitted to conduct a dog or cat kennel in the City, and the conducting of a dog or cat kennel in the City is prohibited.