Dog/ Kennel License
Florence Municipal Code 6.04.020: Dog License
All dogs in the City shall be licensed and registered by their owners. Applications for licenses shall be made to the City Clerk who shall issue licenses and tags. Dog licenses issued by the City Clerk shall continue valid for a period of two (2) years from the date of issuance. Applications for dog licenses must be submitted to the City Clerk during the last month prior to the expiration of any prior valid license except as provided in this section. An owner who acquires a dog not previously licensed and registered must, within thirty (30) days, license and register such dog. Further, the owner of a newborn dog must license and register the same within thirty (30) days after the dog reaches the age of four (4) months.
Florence Municipal Code 6.04.030: License Application Fee
Applications to license and register dogs shall be submitted to the City Clerk. Applicants shall sign a form acknowledging that the dog to be licensed has been inoculated with an antirabies vaccine within the previous two (2) years. Applicants shall further submit the name and address of the dog owner together with the name, breed, color, and sex of the dog. Applicants shall pay to the City Clerk a license fee in the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) for neutered male or spayed female dogs and twenty dollars ($20.00) for dogs which have not been spayed or neutered. The fees provided for herein may be adjusted as necessary by resolution of the City Council. A copy of the fee schedule shall be available for inspection at the City Clerk's office.
Spayed & neutered: $10.00
Non-spayed or Non-neutered: $20.00
Lost Tag: $1.00
Florence Municipal Code: 6.04.070 - Kennels
Any person or entity keeping four (4) or more dogs at one time in one (1) place shall be deemed to be operating a kennel. No person or entity shall maintain a kennel within the City without first having received a license therefor. Application for such a license shall be made to the City Clerk and shall state the name of the applicant, location of the kennel, number of dogs to be kept therein and shall have the names of all persons residing within one thousand (1,000) feet of the proposed location stating that they consent thereto. Upon the payment of fifty-five dollars ($55.00) by the applicant, the City Clerk, if he finds the application to be in order, shall issue a license to the applicant, good for one (1) year from the date of issuance. No person shall maintain within the City a kennel having more than twenty-five (25) dogs.