All licensed facilities must meet the following general requirements:
A. All animals must be kept in a manner that allows them to stay dry and clean;
B. Supplies of food and bedding shall be stored and adequately protected against infestation or contamination by vermin. Refrigeration must be provided for perishable food;
C. Provisions shall be made for the timely removal and sanitary disposal of animal and food wastes, bedding, dead animals and debris. Disposal facilities shall also be provided and operated as to minimize vermin infestation, odors and disease;
D. Animals four (4) months or older which are housed longer than a twenty four (24) hour period must be provided with separate cages and must be given exercise periods at least twice each day for a minimum of five (5) minutes each period unless an exercise run is provided. Such an exercise run must have an area of twenty (20) square feet for a dog of thirty (30) pounds or less, and a minimum of thirty six (36) square feet for dogs over thirty (30) pounds;
E. Washrooms, basins, sinks and related fixtures must be provided to maintain cleanliness among caretakers; and
F. Animals with potential communicable diseases must be housed in separate rooms from healthy, boarding animals. (Ord. 3383 §2, 2010)