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• Section 4-15. Keeping unlicensed dog. Section 4-16. Dog license taxes. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to own a dog six months old or over in the City, except as provided in subsection {g} (c) of this section, unless such dog is licensed as required by the pro- visions of this chapter and state law. Dog licenses shall run from January 1 to December 31, inclusive, and the license tax, payable at the office of the treasurer, shall be as follows through 1985: (1) For a male dog, three dollars. (2) For an unsexed female dog, three dollars. (3) For a female dog, five dollars. (4) For a kennel of twenty dogs, twenty dollars. (5) For a kennel of fifty dogs, thirty-five dollars. (b) Beginning January 1, 1986, the license tax, for the licenses required by subsection (a) of this section, shall be as follows: • (1) For an unsexed female or male dog, three dollars. (2) For any dog not spayed or neutered, five dollars. (3) For a kennel of twenty dogs, twenty dollars. (4) For a kennel of fifty dogs, thirty-five dollars. {h} (c) No license tax shall be levied on any dog that is trained and serves as a guide dog for a blind person or that is trained and serves as a hearing dog for a deaf or hearing impaired person. As used in this section, hearing dog" means a dog trained to alert its owner by touch to sounds of danger and sounds to which the owner should respond. Section 4-17. Dogs in public buildings, food establishments, etc. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog to allow, cause or permit such dog to enter any grocery or food store, restaurant, ice cream parlor, soft drink parlor or retail store during the time that such business establishments are open for public business. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit a blind, deaf or hearing impaired person accompanied by a guide or hearing dog from taking such dog with -him into any g�aee-a€-geb�}e • eeeemme�a€yen-as-�e€�ne�-hy-seeh4en-36-��4-e€-the-Ee�e-a€-V��}n4a; as -amended such business establishment.