§ 14-27. Wearing of license or identification tag required for dogs, cats and ferrets; removal of collar or license tag.

(a)

No owner or keeper of any dog, cat or ferret shall allow or permit such dog, cat or ferret to be outside the residence of the owner or keeper, at any time other than when enclosed on all sides in a cage or covered run with a roof and bottom, without having attached to a collar about the neck of such animal or to a secure body harness the license tag provided for in section 14-26 or the identification tag provided for in section 14-44, except when such dog, cat or ferret is being handled in the course of an organized dog training or exhibition program.

(b)

No person shall remove, or cause to be removed, the collar, harness or the license tag from any licensed dog, cat or ferret without the consent of the owner or keeper thereof.

(Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 6.25; Ord. No. 48707, 6-22-78; Ord. No. 65201, 3-1-90; Ord. No. 010616, § 1, 5-10-01)