§ 3-60. Restrictions on number of dogs and cats allowed to be kept, enclosures; kennels and breeders.  


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  • (a)

    It shall be unlawful for any person to keep more than three (3) dogs in an enclosure, within the corporate limits of the city, where the perimeter of such enclosure is less than fifty (50) feet from the residence or dwelling of another person.

    (b)

    It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any dogs in an enclosure, within the corporate limits of the city, where the perimeter of such enclosure is less than three hundred (300) feet from the residence or dwelling of another person, where such enclosure allows less than a minimum of one hundred (100) square feet.

    (c)

    It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or board on his premises, within the corporate limits of the city, dogs and/or cats of another when the total number of dogs and/or cats on the premises exceeds three (3), unless such person operates a licensed kennel.

    (d)

    The term "commercial kennel" means every place or premises which sells, offers for sale, or lets for hire for breeding purposes, dogs and/or cats which are raised on the premises or kept at other facilities under contractual arrangements; provided, such term shall not include hobby breeders, as defined in this article. The yearly license [shall be] fifty dollars ($50.00), effective September 1 [1995].

    (e)

    The term "hobby breeder" means every place or premise which sells, offers for sale, or lets for hire for breeding purposes, ten (10) or less dogs and/or cats, and the owner or proprietor of which does not possess a license to conduct wholesale or retail business for the purpose of selling animals, [such] yearly license being twenty-five dollars ($25.00), effective September 1 [1995].