(A) License required. Any person owning, possessing, keeping, or desiring to keep or maintain with the city a kennel composed of four or more animals of any one species shall obtain from the city a license therefor before such kennel may be kept or maintained. For purpose of this provision, anyone keeping four or more of any animal species shall be deemed to operate a kennel and shall comply with specifically all provisions of this chapter relating to and in addition to all requirements of this section.
(B) License fee for kennel. License or animal renewal inspection fee shall be $25 per year. The Animal Control Officer shall do annual inspection and renewals.
(C) License maintained. Every person desiring to obtain a kennel license provided for herein shall make application on a form by the city. Along with the application, the applicant shall also provide to the city the written consent of the majority of the persons of full age residing with 400 feet of the exterior boundaries of the premises where such kennel is proposed to be located and kept. The city's designee shall make a site inspection and submit in writing the site inspection report, application, and written consent to the Board of Commissioners. The report shall state the name and place where such kennel is to be located and the size of the kennel proposed to be kept. Then, upon payment of the license fee as herein provided and upon the approval of the Board of Commissioners, the license shall be issued. The approval of Board of Commissioners shall be conditional upon compliance with all applicable zoning laws, all provisions of this chapter relating to the keeping of animals generally, and all other properly promulgated rules and regulations of the state and the city relating to the keeping of animals.
(Ord. 33, passed 7-8-2010; Ord. 2023-06, passed 7-20-2023)