Yolo County Municipal Code Art. 7 Licenses: Kennels

Every person owning or controlling a kennel shall procure an annual kennel license on or before February 15 of each year in accordance with the procedure set forth in this chapter, which kennel license shall be a license for all dogs kept therein. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

The Chief of the Animal Control Division is hereby authorized and directed to have prepared suitable application forms for kennel licenses and kennel license certificates as provided in this article. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

The application forms for kennel licenses shall set forth the name and address of the applicant, the location, including the address, of the kennel, a description of the facility for housing the dogs, and the number and description of the dogs to be kept in the kennel. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

The kennel license fee shall be set by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974, as amended by § 5, Ord. 1097, eff. August 24, 1989)

(a) The owner of any kennel who fails to procure and pay for such license until after February 15th of any year shall nevertheless procure a kennel license until January 1st next ensuing and, except as otherwise provided in Section 6-1.706 of this article, shall pay in addition to the license fee a penalty set by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.

(b) The owner of any kennel required to be licensed by this chapter for the year immediately preceding the year in which an application for a kennel license is filed who failed to obtain a license for that kennel for that year shall pay in addition to any other license fee or penalty a penalty set by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974, as amended by § 6, Ord. 1097, eff. August 24, 1989)

(a) The penalty provided for in Section 6-1.705 of this article for the nonpayment of a license fee on or prior to February 15 in any year shall not apply to the owner of a kennel required to be licensed that has not been subject to the licensing requirement for more than ten (10) days.

(b) The penalty provided for in Section 6-1.705 of this article for nonpayment of a license fee for the immediately preceding year shall not apply to the owner of a kennel required to be licensed that had not been subject to the licensing requirement for more than ten (10) days during the immediately preceding year. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

If a kennel is used exclusively for housing dogs used exclusively for law enforcement purposes by a public agency, no fee or penalty shall be collected or received for such a kennel. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

Upon the receipt of an application and license fee and penalties, if any, the Chief, Division of Animal Control, shall send copies of the application to the Health Officer and to the building official and planning official having jurisdiction over the territory where the kennel is located for an investigation and report as to conformity with the sanitation laws, building codes, and planning and zoning laws, respectively. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

After the receipt of the sanitation, building code, and planning and zoning reports and making such investigations as he may deem proper, the Chief, Division of Animal Control shall act on the application as follows:

(a) He shall approve the application if he finds that the kennel is maintained in accordance with each of the conditions of Sections 6-1.401, 6-1.405, and 6-1.412 through 6-1.419 of Article 4 of this chapter.

(b) He may impose such conditions upon granting an application as are reasonably necessary to bring a kennel into compliance with the provisions of this chapter.

(c) He shall deny the application if he does not make the findings set forth in this section, or he may grant the application subject to conditions. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

The issuance of the license shall be endorsed upon the application form by the person issuing the license. All license application forms so endorsed shall be filed in the office of the Chief, Division of Animal Control, and shall be at all times open for public inspection. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

The issuance of a kennel license shall be evidenced by the issuance of a kennel license certificate in a form determined by the Chief, Division of Animal Control; however, kennel license certificates shall bear the name of the County and the year of issuance and shall be numbered serially. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

The Chief, Division of Animal Control, may notify all kennel owners of record that a current kennel license is due and a fee is payable. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

The Chief, Division of Animal Control, may make an order suspending any kennel license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter upon a finding that there exists any fact which would have been a ground for refusal to issue a kennel license, or if there has been a violation of the provisions of Sections 6-1.401 through 6- 1.405 or 6-1.412 through 6-1.419 of Article 4 of this chapter, or if there has been a violation of the conditions imposed in any kennel license, or if the owner of the kennel, or any agent or employee employed therein, has been convicted of a violation of the provisions of Section 597 of the Penal Code of the State. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

No order of suspension shall become effective until the Chief, Division of Animal Control, shall cause a copy thereof to be mailed to the applicant by United States certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, at the address set forth in his application. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

The applicant or permittee may appeal an order of the Chief, Division of Animal Control, denying a license, issuing a license subject to conditions, or suspending a license to the Board by filing such appeal within fifteen (15) days after the denial or granting of an application with conditions or after the mailing of a notice of revocation. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)

If no appeal shall be taken within the time specified for an appeal following an order of suspension of a license, the license shall be deemed revoked. (§ 2, Ord. 703, eff. May 22, 1974)