(A) License required; fee. It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct or operate a commercial animal establishment within the city without first having secured a license for the current year from the City Clerk and having paid the occupation tax assessed against commercial animal establishments. The license fee shall be established per licensing year. The commercial animal establishment operator shall not be required to obtain a license for each individual dog lawfully kept in the establishment after the issuance of the license. The owner or operator shall operate a licensed commercial animal establishment only during the continuance of the existence of the license and subject to all rules and regulations of this code.
(B) Inspection; contents of license; minimum square footage of dog kennels. Upon application to the Animal Control Commission for a commercial animal establishment license, the Commission or its designated agent shall make an inspection of the proposed site of the establishment to ensure that the site is sanitary and can be maintained in a sanitary condition, and that the site will provide shelter from the elements for the animals. The license shall state the name of the person licensed to operate the establishment, the maximum number of animals that may be kept, and the location of the establishment. All dog kennels shall contain a minimum square footage of 100 square feet per dog.
(C) Penalty. Any person found to have violated this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided for in § 90.99(A)(1).
(Prior Code, § 8-22) Penalty, see § 90.99