Colfax Municipal Code Ch. 6.12 Kennels

A. Every person owning or controlling a kennel or place where more than five dogs are kept for breeding, training, treating, sale or other commercial purposes shall pay an annual license fee of five dollars ($5.00) for such kennel, which shall include the license fee for all dogs regularly kept in such kennel. Such license fee shall be paid between December 15th and February 1st of the year next ensuing and shall be the license fee for such kennel for a period of one year commencing January 1st. If such license fee is paid after February 1st, the annual license fee shall be ten dollars ($10.00) for such delinquency. License fees for the operation of new kennels shall be paid within thirty (30) days after the new operation is commenced and shall be five dollars ($5.00).

B. Any person who shall refuse to apply for and pay for such license as required by the provisions of this section shall be in violation of the provisions of this chapter and shall be punishable as set forth in Chapter 1.24 of this code.

C. No kennel license shall be issued until the poundmaster shall have first issued a certificate that the kennel is being operated or is to be operated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and such certificate shall be presented to the dog license collector with an application for such kennel license.

D. Whenever a dog not theretofore licensed is removed from any such kennel, the owner thereof shall forthwith apply for and obtain an annual license as required by the provisions of this chapter.

(Prior code § 6-1.15)

All kennels or other places where dogs are kept for breeding, training, treatment, sale or other commercial purposes shall be so constructed as to prevent the dogs confined therein from running at large off the premises where the kennel is maintained and shall be constructed, operated and maintained in a sanitary and proper manner so that the kennel will not become a nuisance to the neighborhood. No dog shall at any time be taken from the premises where such kennel is operated, except dogs permanently removed and licensed as provided in this chapter and licensed dogs removed by their owners. Any owner of a kennel or his or her agents or employees, who shall otherwise run or take dogs off the premises of the kennel or permit them to be run or be taken therefrom, shall be in violation of the provisions of this chapter and shall be punishable as set forth in Chapter 1.24 of this code.

(Prior code § 6-1.16)