A. Register the dog with the City of Lakewood and pay the initial registration fee set forth in LMC 6.10.020. The annual registration renewal fee is due on the anniversary date of the initial registration.

B. Keep the dog securely indoors or in a securely enclosed and locked pen or structure suitable to prevent the entry of young children and designed to prevent the dog from escaping. The pen or structure shall have a locking door with a padlock, secure sides, a concrete floor or if the pen or structure has no bottom secured to the sides, then the sides must be embedded in the ground no less than one foot, and a secure top attached to the sides, and shall provide protection for the dog from the elements.

C. Keep the dog muzzled and on a substantial leash not to exceed eight feet in length and under the control of a competent person while off the owner’s property. The muzzle shall be made in a manner that will not cause injury to the dog or interfere with its vision or respiration, but shall prevent it from biting any person or animal.

D. Conspicuously display a sign on the owner’s property warning of the presence of a potentially dangerous dog, posted and visible from all streets and public rights-of-way adjacent thereto, clearly stating “Warning, Potentially Dangerous Dog,” with letter size not smaller than two and one-half inches in height. In addition, the sign shall conspicuously display a warning symbol that informs children of the presence of a potentially dangerous dog.

E. Implant a microchip in the dog for permanent identification. This information must be on record with the microchip company and the offices of the Humane Society for Tacoma and Pierce County. [Ord. 577 § 5, 2014.]