Chapter 6.20
KENNELS
Sections:
6.20.010 Compliance with zoning ordinance.
6.20.020 Licensing requirements.
6.20.030 Vaccination requirements.
6.20.010 Compliance with zoning ordinance.
No kennel shall be established or maintained within the city unless authorized by the city’s zoning ordinance. (Ord. 1060 § 1 (part), 1999: prior code § 6.20.010)
6.20.020 Licensing requirements.
A. Any person owning, conducting, managing or operating any kennel within the city shall pay a license fee established by city council resolution.
B. In any cases where during the year for which a kennel license has been issued, the number of animals in any licensed kennel is increased, the person conducting, managing or operating such a kennel shall obtain a new license after approval by the planning commission of the increased number of animals to be kept at the kennel. Any increased fee shall be prorated for the remainder of the year. (Ord. 1060 § 1 (part), 1999: prior code § 6.20.020)
6.20.030 Vaccination requirements.
A kennel operator shall not be required to obtain the individual license imposed by this title for each dog in his or her kennel for which the kennel license is obtained; however, each kennel operator shall ensure that each dog in his or her kennel is vaccinated as required by this title. (Ord. 1060 § 1 (part), 1999: prior code § 6.20.030)
6.20.040 Kennel inspection.
A. Because of the need to adequately protect animals within kennels from unhealthy conditions and practices, the interest of the public in preventing inhumane practices, reasonable inspections by the city shall be completed at intervals determined at the city’s discretion. As a condition of the issuance of a kennel license, each operator shall agree to allow such inspection; such acknowledgement shall be made part of the application and file.
B. Any kennel which is found by the city to be unsanitary or a hazard to animal or public health, safety or welfare, is declared to be public nuisance. The city is authorized and empowered to take such action as is necessary to abate the nuisance. In the event immediate action is necessary to preserve or protect animal or public health, safety or welfare, the city is authorized and empowered to summarily abate such nuisance by any reasonable means including but not limited to impoundment of the animal(s) and/or immediate closure of the kennel for such time until the nuisance is abated. The city may also commence abatement proceedings in accordance with Title 8 of the San Jacinto Municipal Code. (Ord. 1060 § 1 (part), 1999: prior code § 6.20.040)