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Any person having the custody and control of any dog designated and trained as a “guide dog”, “signal dog”, or “service dog” may file an affidavit biannually with the Animal Control Officer. The affidavit shall contain the name and address of the disabled person or individual having custody of a law enforcement canine, the required description of the dog(s), the statement, “I am disabled. I have a guide, signal or service dog” or the statement “I am a Law Enforcement Officer. I am assigned a service dog.” The applicant may deliver or mail the affidavit and a current rabies certificate to the Animal Control Officer who shall thereupon endorse the license receipt, “Disabled Person or Law Enforcement Agency”, and deliver the license tag without charge.

(a) As used in this section, “guide dog” means any guide dog or Seeing Eye dog which was trained by a person licensed under Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code or which meets the definitional criteria under federal regulations adopted to implement Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-336).

(b) As used in this section, “signal dog” means any dog trained to alert a deaf person, or a person whose hearing is impaired, to intruders or sounds.

(c) As used in this section, “service dog” means any dog individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability or public Law Enforcement Agency, including but not limited to minimal protection work, rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, fetching dropped items, law enforcement duties.

(d) Any person who knowingly and fraudulently represents himself or herself, through verbal or written notice, to be the owner or trainer of any canine licensed as, to be qualified as, or identified as a guide, signal or service dog shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 2118, § 1, 6/11/1996)