Emmett, Idaho

Sec. 5-2A-7 – Kennel licenses.

A. License required. It shall be unlawful to keep, harbor or possess upon the premises of any one household more than three dogs over eight weeks old unless the owner or persons in charge thereof shall have obtained a noncommercial or commercial kennel license from the city.

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C. Commercial kennel license.

1. Commercial kennel defined. A “commercial kennel” shall be identified as a kennel kept and maintained for the purpose of selling or exchanging dogs or pups for a commercial or profit purpose.

2. Application and hearing. There shall be no commercial kennel license issued without specific application and a hearing before the mayor and city council, which body shall decide whether it shall permit a commercial kennel to be licensed. Each application shall be judged on its own merits and no specific guidelines are now established; except, that no commercial kennel shall be licensed or permitted unless 100 percent of all persons in possession of premises within 300 feet of the premises upon which the commercial kennel is to be maintained and kept shall consent to the establishment of said commercial kennel.

3. License fee; conditions of license. The license fee for a commercial kennel shall be set from time to time by council action, and such commercial kennel license shall be subject to such rules and regulations as the mayor and council may prescribe at the time of issuance of such license, if any.