National City Municipal Code Ch. 8.24 Commercial Kennels and Catteries

* Prior ordinance history: Ord. 828 §§ 28—34.

A commercial kennel is as defined in Section 18.04.368. For purposes of this chapter, the term shall also include a commercial cattery where cats are raised or bred for sale or boarded for compensation.

(Ord. 2245 § 6 (part), 2004: Ord. 2196 § 4 (part); Ord. 2171 § 7 (part), 2000)

A. Applications to maintain a kennel shall be processed as conditional use permits through the planning commission. Applications shall be denied if impermissible with the zoning of the property, or, if the operation and maintenance of a kennel at that location, with due consideration for noise, sanitation and drainage, would be incompatible with, or inimical to, existing uses on contiguous parcels, and contrary to public health and welfare.

B. Once approved, a kennel or cattery operating permit shall be renewed annually by the animal control officer upon payment of the annual licensing fee established in the National City fee schedule, provided the kennel or cattery continues to be maintained in accordance with Chapters 8.24 and 8.32.

(Ord. 2245 § 6 (part), 2004; Ord. 2196 § 4 (part); Ord. 2171 § 7 (part), 2000)

Sanitation, food handling, construction and veterinary health conditions of approved kennels shall comply with Chapter 8.32 and all applicable provisions of state law.

(Ord. 2171 § 7 (part), 2000)

A. A kennel permit is issued on the condition that the kennel is subject to unannounced inspections at all times during normal business hours, and except in an emergency, upon twenty-four hours advance notice at all other times. A refusal to allow an inspection or interference in the inspection process constitutes grounds for the immediate suspension of the license and the impoundment of all animals maintained at that site.

B. A kennel or cattery operating permit may be revoked for any violation of the Penal Code, the Food and Agricultural Code or this title as it relates to the care and custody of animals. The holder of the permit may appeal an order of revocation in accordance with the procedures established in Chapter 1.42 for administrative hearings.

C. Decisions on the appeal shall constitute the exhaustion of administrative remedy and be final as to the issue of revocation.

D. The cost of any impoundment of animals shall be at the expense of the owner or permit holder and shall constitute a lien upon said animals. Only when the decision on appeal is wholly in favor of the owner or permit holder, that is, that the order of suspension was wholly unjustified, shall the costs of impoundment be waived or reimbursed to the owner or permit holder.

(Ord. 2245 § 6 (part), 2004; Ord. 2171 § 7 (part), 2000)