§ 15.03.362a. Kennel, commercial.

A place or establishment engaged in the for-profit business of buying, selling, breeding or boarding, including day-care services, for five or more dogs, cats or other similar small animals of the same species over six months old. A commercial kennel/cattery license from the city is required. Boarding services provide shelter and twenty-four-hour surveillance for the safety, nurturing and care of the pet's physical needs. A section of the kennel facility may be apportioned for an on-site manager's living quarters in accordance with the following:

(1)

The manager's living quarters shall only be used in conjunction with an operating commercial kennel and shall be constructed as an integral component of the commercial kennel structure;

(2)

The manager's living quarters shall be clearly subordinate to the commercial kennel in size and use and shall not exceed one thousand (1,000) square feet or twenty (20) percent of the gross square footage (whichever is less) of the commercial kennel; and

(3)

All current adopted separation requirements found in the building codes shall be followed in the design and construction of the manager's living quarters.

(Ord. 5553 § 3, 2001).

(Ord. No. 6158, § 1, 7-23-2012).