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(a) Application for permit must state the type and number of animal(s) to be kept, where they will be kept, and the name of one adult occupant of each dwelling unit within two hundred (200) feet of such residence and the distance of each dwelling from said place.
(b) A fee is required for each application.
(1) Each application must be created with the submittal guidelines and include the application fee established in the Town of Knightdale fee schedule adopted annually as part of the budget, and made payable to the Town of Knightdale.
(c) Upon proper application and fee payment and upon finding the "keeping" of such animals will not endanger the health of any person occupying a residence within the buffer, or any other resident or inhabitant of the Town, the permit will be issued.
(Ord. No. 23-09-20-001, 9-20-23)
(a) Revocation will occur upon the finding by the Town that the "keeping" of any animal described in the permit application at described places endangers the health or safety of any person occupying a dwelling house or residence within the buffer or any other citizen or inhabitant.
(b) Revocation will occur upon finding the conditions of the keeping and caring of animals endanger the health and/or safety of the animal(s).
(c) Revocation will be effective ten (10) days after the mailing by registered or certified mail or a notice thereof to the last known address of a permit holder.
(1) Upon receipt of certified mail notice to property owner and/or permit holder, any issue must be remedied within fourteen (14) days or [the permit holder will] face revocation of said permit.
(Ord. No. 07-10-01-001, 10-1-07)
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of any section or division of this chapter for which no other penalty is provided, or failing or neglecting or refusing to comply with same, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and subject to a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) or imprisonment not to exceed thirty (30) days, and each day that any of the provisions of this ordinance are violated shall constitute a separate offense.
(a) Any person who violates any provision of this ordinance may be fined a civil penalty of two hundred dollars ($200.00). If the violation is continued, each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense. Payment of said penalties shall be made within ten (10) days. Civil penalties may be assessed by citation, hand delivered to the owner or by certified mail and recovered by the Town of Knightdale in a civil action in the nature of a debt.
(b) Violations of this ordinance may subject the violator to criminal as well as civil action. In addition to the civil penalties or fees imposed under this ordinance, violation of this ordinance shall be a misdemeanor for which a criminal summons may be issued.
(c) Payment of a fine imposed in criminal proceedings pursuant to this subsection does not relieve a person of their liability for taxes, civil penalties or fees imposed under this ordinance.
(d) In addition, enforcement of this ordinance may be by appropriate equitable remedy, injunction or order of abatement issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Ord. No. 07-10-01-001, 10-1-07; Ord. No. 24-11-20-001, 11-20-24)