A. License Requirements: All kennels, commercial or noncommercial, must be licensed. Applications are to be addressed to the Animal Control Agency. The application shall state the name and address of the owner, the location of the kennel or residence, and the number and type of dogs or cats to be kept. The County fee for a kennel license shall be set by resolution of the Board of Ada County Commissioners. An authorized officer of the Animal Control Agency shall inspect all prospective kennels or multiple animal residences prior to granting a kennel permit. The Animal Control Agency will ensure that the designated number of animals and the housing and keeping of such animals will not likely constitute a public nuisance, as defined in Section 5-7-3(C).
B. Any application for a kennel license must include:
1. Licensing for each dog that is subject to licensing under Section 5-7-5.
2. Written approval for a commercial kennel license, which shall be in the form of an approved conditional use permit and a valid zoning certificate issued pursuant to Title 8 of the Ada County Code.
C. Revocation of Kennel License:
1. A kennel license may be revoked or the application for kennel license denied when any of the following conditions are found to exist:
a. Dogs or cats from the subject kennel are apprehended by an Animal Control Officer for running At Large more than one (1) time in any six (6) month period.
b. Failure of the kennel to maintain an accurate list of all the animals kept at the kennel. The list shall be maintained as part of the records of the kennel.
c. The kennel keeping more than the approved number of animals at the kennel.
d. Failure of the kennel to allow access to an authorized Animal Control Officer to inspect the kennel facility.
e. Failure to maintain the kennel in a clean and sanitary manner by the kennel operator or its staff.
f. Failure by the kennel to provide the animals with adequate shelter and protection from the weather.
g. Failure by the kennel to provide the animals with adequate ventilation.
h. The quartering together of temperamentally unsuited dogs or allowing the animals to be in proximity to one another which action causes the dogs to be abused or tormented.
i. Excessive or loud animal noises at the kennel.
j. Failure to adequately treat any diseased or injured dog or failure to segregate a diseased dog necessary to preventing the spread of disease to other animals.
k. Conviction on an animal nuisance or cruelty charge, or failure to abate a condition determined by the Animal Control Agency to contribute to or constitute a condition of public nuisance.
D. Upon notice of revocation served by the Animal Control Officer, a kennel license holder shall have thirty (30) days to cure any noted defect. In the alternative, the kennel license holder may, within thirty (30) days of the notice, file a written protest to contest such revocation with the Board of Ada County Commissioners.
E. If no protest has been timely filed, or if the noted defects have not been timely cured, the kennel license shall be deemed revoked. (Ord. 945, 1-24-2023)