Lawson, Missouri

Section 205.010 Definitions.

Whenever in this Chapter the following terms are used, each shall have the meaning respectively ascribed in this Section:

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COMMERCIAL ANIMAL ESTABLISHMENT

Any pet shop, grooming shop, auction, riding school, stable, kennel, guard dog service, dog trainer, business keeping animals in stock for retail or wholesale trade, or any establishment performing one (1) or more of the principal activities of the aforementioned establishments.

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KENNEL LICENSE (PERMIT)

A kennel license is necessary for the care, breeding, showing or sale of dogs or cats by an adult natural person who maintains a hobby kennel or hobby cattery containing more than two (2), but not more than ten (10), animals over the age of six (6) months on the lot on which he/she is resident or on a contiguous lot, which lot or lots are not zoned for business.

Section 205.160 License — Required For Dogs, Cats And Animal Kennels.

A. It shall be the duty of every person owning, keeping or harboring in the City any dog, or cat over one hundred twenty (120) days old to procure a license therefor from the City Administrator or his/her designate. The receipt issued for the license shall constitute a certificate of registry and evidence of licensure for the keeping of such animal within the City. The City Administrator may delegate authority to the Chief of Police to enforce any Section of this Chapter requiring licensure.

B. Kennel owners or breeders shall obtain a kennel license. An affidavit, together with the application for license, shall be presented setting forth and describing the kennel or breeding operation for which such license is sought. If such application is by a person who is a bona fide kennel owner or breeder of dogs and provide that all dogs kept in connection with such operation and not licensed as otherwise provided herein are kept upon the applicant’s premises at all times, such kennel license fee shall be exclusive of any other fees mentioned.

C. Such kennel license shall be issued for one (1) year beginning on the first day of July of each calendar year in the year of operation. The operator may apply for the license in June without penalty or delay when an application which should have been made by June 30 is not made until after said date, the appropriate license fee shall be increased by fifty percent (50%). If an operation shall commence after June 30, then the license fee for the year of commencement may be prorated to the nearest quarter and the fifty percent (50%) penalty for delinquency shall be added thirty (30) days after the date the license should have been procured.

Section 205.290 Disposition Of Animals.

E. After selection of an animal, but prior to delivery of custody of the animal, the City Administrator or his/her designee shall collect fees as follows:

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2. Collect a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) deposit for any unneutered or unspayed dog or cat and shall refund this deposit if within one hundred eighty (180) days the animal is licensed and satisfactory proof from a licensed veterinarian is submitted that such animal has been spayed or neutered.

3. Collect a five dollar ($5.00) deposit for any neutered or spayed dog or cat and shall refund this deposit if the animal is licensed and refund is requested within the period the animal may be kept without license or tag as indicated on the aforementioned temporary permit.

F. Any deposit provided for in Subsection (E) is forfeited to the City Treasury at the expiration of the applicable time limit for claim.

Section 205.430 Licensing Fees.

A. Male and neutered female dogs: one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25).

B. Unneutered female dogs: two dollar and twenty-five cents ($2.25).

C. Male and neutered female cats: one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25).

D. Unneutered female cats: two dollar and twenty-five cents ($2.25).