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• • (h) NUISANCE ANIMAL-Any animal which causes trouble,annoyance,inconvenience,or infringes upon the rights of any person or,which is or may become a danger to the general public. (i) STERILIZED-Incapable of reproducing LICENSE-REQUIRED (a) It shall be unlawful for any person,firm or corporation to own,keep or harbor a dog or cat within the corporate limits of the City,without having first paid to the City an annual license fee for all dogs and cats three(3)months of age and over. (b) To secure a license,the owner must provide proof of rabies vaccination from a licensed veterinarian within the previous ninety(90)days. (c) It shall be the duty of the City to furnish the owner of the dog or cat with a metal tag of distinctive design with the license number of the dog or cat. This license number shall be kept on file by the City of Batesville. The license fee is an annual fee to be paid on or by the date of expiration of the said license. The license tag is updated and a new tag is only issued upon request. (d) Every dog or cat covered by this ordinance shall wear a collar of such type that the City license tag may be firmly attached to such collar. Whereas for medical purposes,or other valid reason, the animal can not wear a collar for the purpose of affixing required license,the owner of said animal may,by permission,carry said license on his person and shall do so whenever animal is in a public place or street. (e) License fees for any dog or cat as outlined above is Three Dollars($ 3.00)for sterilized animal and Five Dollars($5.00) for an unsterilized animal per year. (f) All owners of seeing eye dogs or guide dogs, such dogs being used to aid the blind, shall not be required to pay an annual City license fee;but shall be required to obtain a license tag. (g) Hunting dogs licensed by the Game and Fish Commission will be licensed at Two Dollars ($2.00)each. • 2