It is unlawful for any person to keep or maintain a dog or a cat over eight weeks of age within the city without obtaining a license. It is unlawful for any person to keep or maintain any adult dog or adult cat in the City of Vancouver without paying the license fee and obtaining and retaining the license required by this chapter. Provided, that dogs or cats while kept in kennels, pet shops, veterinarian clinics, grooming parlors, or in the animal shelter designated as the custodian of animals impounded under this chapter, shall be exempt from this license requirement; provided, any person who newly acquires an unlicensed or licensed dog or cat, whose dog or cat becomes an adult, or who moves into Vancouver with such a dog or cat, shall have thirty days within which to obtain the license required by this chapter. Such license shall be nontransferable. (Ord. M-3089 §1, 1993: Ord. M-2584 §2, 1985: Ord. M-2397 §3, 1983)