Chapter 5 ANIMALS AND FOWL*
Section 5-59 Tags, collar or harness required on dogs.
(a) No owner or keeper of any dog over the age of three (3)
months shall allow or permit such
dog to be in any place in the city at any time without a collar or harness having attached thereto
the license tag required by sections 5-62 and 5-64; nor shall any resident or owner or keeper of
any dog permit or allow such animal to wear any tag other than the identical tag issued by the
business license administrator or his deputy for such animal. It shall be the duty of the police to
report to the business license administrator, his deputy, or the animal control officer, the owner
or keeper of any dog permitting such dog to be in any place in the city at any time without a
collar or harness having attached thereto the tag as herein provided. Dogs not displaying the
aforesaid tag shall be taken up and impounded by the animal control officer.
(b) No person shall remove or cause to be removed, the collar,
harness or tag mentioned in
paragraph (a) above, from any dog without the consent of the owner or keeper thereof.
(Code 1964, §§ 5.170, 5.180)