(A) No person, firm or corporation shall own, maintain or operate a kennel within the corporate limits of the city, unless the kennel is licensed as hereinafter provided.
(B) Application for the license shall be made to the City Clerk and shall state the name and address of the owner or operator of the kennel, with the street address and legal description of the property upon which the kennel is located. The kennel must be in compliance with any applicable portions of any present or future zoning ordinance adopted by the city.
(C) The annual kennel license fee shall be $10 and the license shall be exhibited in a conspicuous place on the premises.
(D) Licenses shall be issued for a period of one year beginning on July 1 of each year. Licenses may be issued starting 30 days before July 1, and for 30 days thereafter, or at a time as a new kennel seeks to become operational.
(E) A kennel owner must show proof of rabies vaccination on all animals over four months of age when applying for a license.
(F) Any person, firm or corporation maintaining a kennel, whether for profit or not, shall maintain the kennel in a sanitary condition and shall be subject to the provisions of this code of ordinances and any present or future zoning ordinance. Non-conforming kennels shall be deemed a public nuisance.
(G) No kennel or other establishment wherein animals are kept shall be maintained closer than 30 feet to any tenement or apartment house, hotel, restaurant, boarding house, retail food store, building used for educational, religious or hospital purposes, or residence, other than that occupied by the owner or occupant of the premises upon which the animal is kept.
(H) All pet shops, catteries and kennels shall:
(1) Maintain records and retain records for a two-year period on all dogs and cats maintained in the facility; (The records shall show breed, color, markings, sex, age, date and source of the animal, period for which the animal is maintained, date and disposition of the animal, including name and address of the new owner, and disease prevention and/or treatment and by whom.)
(2) Provide general, environmental conditions to assure adequate physical space for each animal, control of parasites, clean food and water, weather protection and clean and sanitary facilities; and
(3) Provide cages and pens of easily cleanable materials, if used for confinement, and keep the cages and pens clean and sanitary.
(I) Pet shops shall be subject to the same requirements for licensing as kennels. In addition, any other requirements of this code of ordinances or of the adopted zoning ordinance which may involve specific animals sold in a pet shop, shall also be included in those regulations applicable to pet shops.
(2002 Code, § 90.29) Penalty, see § 90.99