Howard, Kansas

§ 2-123 KENNEL LICENSES.

(a)   No person or household shall own or harbor more than three dogs of six months of age or older, or more one litter of pups, or engage in the commercial business of breeding, buying, selling, trading, training or boarding dogs, without having obtained a kennel license from the City Clerk.

(b)   Kennel licenses must be renewed annually. No kennel license shall be issued until an inspection certificate has been issued by the Animal Control Officer certifying approval of the kennel and compliance with the applicable laws of the city and the state. If the City Clerk has not received any protest against the kennel, the City Clerk may issue a renewal of an existing kennel license at the same location without any report from the Animal Control Officer. If the Animal Control Officer finds that the holder of any kennel license is violating any law of the state, or of the city, or is maintaining the facility in a manner detrimental to the health, safety or peace of mind of any person residing in the immediate vicinity, he or she shall report such fact to the City Clerk and the license shall not be renewed except after a public hearing before the governing body.

(c)   The Animal Control Officer, or any law enforcement officer, shall have the right to inspect any premises licensed under this section at any reasonable time and nothing shall prevent the entry onto private property for the purpose of inspection. The application for a kennel license constitutes consent to such entry and inspection.

(d)   The governing body may suspend or revoke a kennel license if, pursuant to a public hearing, it finds any of the following:

(1)   The kennel is maintained in violation of an applicable law of the state or of the city;

(2)   The kennel is maintained so as to be a public nuisance; or

(3)   The kennel is maintained so as to be detrimental to the health, safety or peace of mind of persons residing in the immediate vicinity.

(e)   The annual kennel license fee shall be $100. Payment of such license fee is in addition to, and not in lieu of, the dog license fees otherwise required under this chapter.

(f)   This section shall not apply to and will not be construed to require a kennel license for a licensed veterinarian to operate an animal hospital.

§ 2-202 REGISTRATION AND VACCINATIONS.

(a)   Every owner of any dog over six months of age shall annually register with the City Clerk his or her name and address with the name, sex and description of each dog owned and kept within the city. It shall be unlawful for the owner for any newly acquired dog to fail to register such animal within 30 days from acquisition or bringing the dog into the city. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any previously registered dog to fail to maintain current registration of such dog.

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(c)   The owner of any dog shall at the time of registering such dog present to the City Clerk a certificate from an accredited veterinarian showing that a male dog has been neutered or a female dog has been spayed if the dog has been neutered or spayed.

(d)   The City Clerk shall collect an annual registration fee of $5 for each neutered male dog and spayed female dog, and $10 for each unneutered male dog and for each unsprayed female dog.