(A) Definition. Each of the following divisions shall constitute a dog kennel for the purposes of this section:
(1) The keeping of four or more dogs four months old or older within the city, on the same premises, whether owned by the same person or not for the purpose of sale, breeding or for any other reason; or
(2) Either the breeding, raising, sale, or boarding of any number of dogs within the city, if engaged in as a regular business.
(B) Annual license fee.
(1) A dog kennel shall be subject to an annual license fee for its operation and maintenance. Either the owner or the occupant of the premises on which the dog kennel is located shall be liable for the annual license fee.
(2) The owner, keeper or harborer of a dog kennel shall pay an annual license fee of $15 plus $5 for each dog kept in the kennel in excess of eight. Such person shall also be liable for the regular dog license fee on each and every dog in the kennel as provided by Ordinance No. 143 and for the restraint of all dogs in the kennel as provided in Ordinance No. 144.
(C) Conditions of kennel license.
(1) Only one dog kennel license can be issued to one location or premises, all parts of which are abutting to each other.
(2) Kennel licenses are not transferable, and no refund shall be made on any kennel licenses because of leaving the city or death of dogs before expiration of the license.
(D) Application for license; approval.
(1) (a) All applications for kennel licenses shall be submitted to the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer. This application must include the following information.
1. The number of dogs the applicant proposes to keep.
2. The breed and sex of the dogs.
3. The premises on which the dogs will be kept.
4. Any other information that may be requested from time to time by the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer.
(b) All applications for kennel licenses shall then be submitted to the City Council for approval prior to the issuance of a license by the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer. The City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer shall prepare and submit to the Council such information as may be requested in regard to the license application. The Council may attach restrictions and conditions to the issuance of any kennel license as may be found to be necessary in the public interest.
(2) Upon approval by the City Council, a license shall be issued by the City Administrator/ Clerk-Treasurer for periods of one year, commencing on June 1, or for the unexpired portion of any year, and all licenses shall expire on the May 31 next following the issuance thereof. Applications for licenses must be made between May 1, and June 1, if for a whole year, and within eight weeks from the time the above definitions of a dog kennel are met.
(E) Sanitary conditions required.
(1) Dog kennels must be kept in a sanitary and healthful condition at all times.
(2) Whenever a dog kennel is kept in an unsanitary or unhealthful condition (or both) or when the dog or dogs confined in the kennel set up so much noise as to constitute a public nuisance, the owner, keeper or harborer of the kennel, upon proper legal notice, shall see that the nuisance is abated, and if not so abated, will be subject to all the provisions and penalties in any and all of the ordinances enforced in this municipality in addition to the state law covering nuisances and their abatement.
(Ord. 145, passed 6-5-1972) Penalty, see § 10.99