(a) Issuance; Fees; Tags. Whenever a kennel is lawfully established, the keeper or operator thereof may, in lieu of the individual license required under this chapter, apply to the City Clerk for a kennel license entitling him or her to keep or operate such kennel. Such license shall be issued by the City Clerk and shall entitle the licensee to keep not more than twenty-five domestic animals that are four months old or older. The fee for each kennel license shall be as specified in the Business License Fee Schedule. Additional fees for late renewals shall be as prescribed in Section 802.09. With each kennel license, the City Clerk shall issue a number of metal tags equal to the number of domestic animals authorized to be kept in the kennel. All such tags shall have duly stamped of engraved thereon the serial number thereof and the words: "Kennel License, City of Southgate, Wayne County, Michigan." Kennel license tags shall be readily distinguishable from the individual license tags for the same year.
(Adopting Ordinance; Ord. 820. Passed 12-28-05.)
(b) Restrictions. The licensee of a kennel shall, at all times, keep one of such tags attached to the collar of each dog four months old or older that is kept by him or her under a kennel license. No dog bearing a kennel tag shall be permitted to stray or be taken anywhere outside the limits of the kennel. This subsection does not prohibit the taking of dogs having a kennel license outside the limits of the kennel temporarily and in leash, nor does not it prohibit the taking of such dogs out of the kennel temporarily for the purpose of hunting, breeding, trial or show.
(1974 Code Sec. 9.97)