Chapter 9.16 — KENNEL LICENSES

Every person owning or operating a kennel or place where four or more dogs are kept for breeding, boarding, training or other commercial purposes in lieu of obtaining licenses for the individual dogs kept therein may obtain a kennel license for all dogs regularly kept therein; provided, however, all such dogs shall be vaccinated as provided in Chapters 9.04 through 9.44. It is unlawful for any person to fail to procure the license. The fee therefor shall be set by resolution of the board of supervisors in an amount not to exceed the county's costs of administering this chapter, which fee shall be due, payable, delinquent, penalized, and proratable in the same manner as is provided for individual dog licenses in Chapter 9.12. Before any kennel license is issued, a permit therefor shall be obtained from the health officer, and all kennels shall be so constructed as to prevent dogs confined therein from running at large or leaving the premises where the kennel is maintained. It shall be operated and constructed in a sanitary and proper manner so that the same will not become a nuisance to the neighborhood thereof. The operation of all kennels licensed pursuant to provisions of this section shall be subject to reasonable regulations of the health officer.

(Ord. No. 21-01, § 1(Exh. A), 5-4-2021)

Every person owning or operating a working dog kennel, in lieu of obtaining licenses for the individual dogs kept therein, may obtain a working dog kennel license for all dogs regularly kept therein, at a fee set by resolution of the board of supervisors not to exceed the county's cost of administering this chapter; provided, however, all such dogs are vaccinated as provided in Chapters 9.04 through 9.44.

(Ord. No. 21-01, § 1(Exh. A), 5-4-2021)