Pet License Information
INFORMATION FOR DOG OWNER
Information concerning the licensing and requirements for owning and housing a dog in Lowry City
A copy of this Ordinance, #09-01, effective April 17, 2009 is on file at City Hall for your convenience
SECTION 2. License and Registration Required. All dogs kept, harbored, or maintained by their owners in the City of Lowry City shall be licensed and registered if over three (3) months of age.
Dog licenses shall be issued by the city clerk upon payment of a license tax of $5.00 for each neutered male or spayed female, and $15.00 for each unneutered male and unsprayed female. Proof of rabies vaccination must be provided prior to any license being issued. Licenses shall be valid for 1 year from date of purchase.
SECTION 4: Running at Large. No owner or keeper of any dog shall permit such dog to run at large. Dogs must be confined on the owner’s property by a fence or within the home. Nonresident dogs (those that follow owner into town or ride into town in owner’s vehicle) are under the same rules. They cannot be allowed to run at large.
SECTION 13. Limiting chaining or tethering of dogs.
(a) Any person owning and /or controlling dogs whether vaccinated of unvaccinated, licensed or unlicensed, shall not allow said animal to be tied or chained to dog houses, trees or other permanent or semi permanent fixtures. Dogs may be staked out for exercise purposes to cable tie-out stakes with swivel snaps to allow for
free mobility. Should the City of Lowry City receive three (3) or more viable complaints and the dog owner is issued tickets and/or fines, then the dog owner shall forfeit this privilege.
(b) Any dogs confined with a fenced yard must have an adequate space for exercise based on a dimension of at least 100 square feet per dog or as approved by the Mayor and/or Board of Aldermen.
SECTION 19: SUMMARY OF PENALTIES, FEES AND FINES
Dog License:
$5 for neutered or spayed dogs
$15 for dogs not neutered or spayed
$1 for tag lost or destroyed (with receipt for original tag)
Tethering or abuse of dogs:
$50 fine for first offense
$100 fine for subsequent offenses
Animal Nuisance:
$50 fine for first offense
$100 fine for subsequent offenses
Dog at large:
$50 fine for first offense
$100 fine for subsequent offenses