Arcadia Municipal Code Div. 6 Keeping, Treating and Breeding

No person shall keep more than three (3) dogs over the age of four (4) months in any place in the City within two hundred fifty (250) feet of any dwelling in use or occupied by human beings other than a dwelling in use or occupied by the owner of such dogs.

No person shall carry on the business of keeping dogs for breeding purposes or for the purpose of medical treatment of dogs, or caring for dogs for hire, without first obtaining a permit from the Council, pursuant to Article VI of Chapter 2 of this Code, to keep or maintain a kennel. The Council shall have the right to grant or refuse such permit in its discretion, provided that if the Council shall grant such permit the Council may prescribe such conditions as it may deem necessary or advisable to prevent such business becoming a nuisance.

No person shall keep four (4) or more dogs over the age of four (4) months each, at any one place or in any premises in the City, in the charge or control of any person and over two hundred fifty (250) feet from any dwelling in use or occupied by human beings, other than a dwelling in use or occupied by the owner of such dogs, without first obtaining a permit from the Council, pursuant to Article VI of Chapter 2 of this Code, to keep or maintain a kennel. The Council may grant or refuse such permit, in its discretion, provided that if such permit is granted, the Council may prescribe such conditions as it may deem advisable or necessary to prevent the keeping of such dogs becoming a nuisance.