(A) Licensing. All commercial animal establishments shall obtain and maintain a valid commercial animal establishment license in order to operate a commercial animal establishment within the county.
(B) The commercial animal establishment licenses shall be issued by the Kenton County Fiscal Court through Animal Services. An application to obtain a commercial animal establishment license shall be completed by each commercial animal establishment. A separate application must be completed for each location in the case of commercial animal establishment chains and/or franchises. The premises for which a license is being granted shall be inspected by Animal Services. Animal Services shall issue a commercial animal license establishment license to the applicant upon payment of the required fee and passing of the required inspection.
(C) The commercial animal establishment license shall be valid for a period of one year. Licenses issued between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020 will be extended until January 31, 2021. After January 31, 2021 all licenses are due for renewal in the month of February.
(D) The commercial animal establishment license shall be renewed annually.
(E) The annual fee for a commercial animal establishment license shall be set by the Director of Animal Services and approved by the Fiscal Court.
(Ord. 840.5, passed 10-26-99; Am. Ord. 840.8, passed 1-8-13; Am. Ord. 840.10, passed 9-13-16; Am. Ord. 840.11, passed 2-25-20) Penalty, see §
90.99