A. For a dog adopted from the City of Berkeley Animal Shelter, the first one-year license fee shall be waived or the first three-year license fee shall be reduced by 33%.

B. The license fee for any "service dog" shall be waived. "Service dog" shall mean any guide dog, signal dog, or other dog that is individually trained to do and is doing work or performing tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including, but not limited to, guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired hearing to sounds, providing rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, or fetching dropped items. Alternatively, proof of service dog status may be established by documentation from (1) a doctor stating that the owner/guardian has a mental or physical impairment that limits a major life activity for which a service dog would provide assistance, and (2) any person, including the owner/guardian, that the dog has been individually trained to perform identified tasks to assist the owner/guardian with the impairment. A service dog license fee waiver shall apply to all service dogs, regardless of reproductive status.

C. The fee for an altered dog license or a permanently non-fertile dog license shall be waived for "senior citizens." "Senior citizen" shall mean a person 65 years of age or older. Proof of senior status shall be provided by driver’s license, state identification card, birth certificate, or other similar official document. A senior status license fee waiver shall not apply for unaltered dog and unaltered cat licenses.

D. The fee for an altered dog license or a permanently non-fertile dog license shall be waived for "low-income" citizens. "Low-income" shall be defined by Council resolution. Proof of low-income status is required in any manner defined by the City Manager. A low-income license fee waiver shall not apply for unaltered dog and unaltered cat licenses.

E. There shall be a higher fee or surcharge to be set by resolution for unaltered dog licenses when the unaltered dog to be licensed has "violations." "Violations" as used in connection with unaltered dog licenses shall include the following three circumstances: (1) within one year of the license application date, the owner/guardian has been convicted of a running at large violation under Berkeley Municipal Code Section 10.04.090, (2) within one year of the license application date, the animal shelter has impounded a dog belonging to the owner/guardian for a running at large violation, or (3) the dog has been deemed a vicious or dangerous dog under Berkeley Municipal Code Section 10.04.170.

F. There shall be a "late license renewal penalty" to be set by resolution. The late license renewal penalty shall apply in the following circumstances: Any dog license or unaltered cat license which is not renewed within 30 days after its expiration date is delinquent. At the time of the renewal of a delinquent license, the late license renewal penalty shall be collected in addition to the license fee. However, the late license renewal penalty shall be waived for dogs, if within 60 days after said expiration date, the owner/guardian provides written proof that the dog has been inoculated against rabies during that 60-day period. (Ord. 6807-NS § 1 (part), 2004: Ord. 6627-NS § 1, 2001: Ord. 6568-NS § 1, 2000)