(A) The owner of six or more dogs at least two months old, whether for pleasure, profit, breeding or exhibiting, shall be deemed the operator of a dog kennel.
(B) The application for a kennel license shall state the name and address of the owner of the kennel, the location of the kennel, and the number of dogs proposed to be kept. No kennel shall be established within 50 feet of any dwelling house unless both the owner and lessee of such dwelling house consent in advance in writing to the same.
(C) The owner of a dog kennel may, at his or her option, in lieu of an individual license for each dog, procure a kennel license to expire on March 31 next from the Village Clerk on application and payment of a fee of $25. Such kennel license shall obviate the necessity of procuring individual licenses for said dogs, provided that any such dogs permitted off the owner’s premises must be licensed individually, and provided further that the vaccination provisions of this chapter shall also apply to kennel dogs.
(D) The kennel license is not transferable except on application by both the old and the new owner, and payment of the sum of $2 as a transfer fee to the Village Clerk.
(E) Each license shall be posted conspicuously on the premises where the kennel is located.
(F) With each kennel license the Village Clerk shall issue an equal number of tags or checks to the number of dogs authorized to be kept in the kennel, such tags bearing the number of the kennel license. Each dog shall wear said tag in lieu of an individual license tag.
(G) Dog kennels shall be kept at all times in a clean and sanitary condition, and dogs shall be reasonably restrained from annoying the neighborhood or the general public by loud, frequent or habitual barking, yelping or howling.
(Ord. 4154, passed 4-30-2012)