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ORDINANCE NO. 23 - 08
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
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AMENDING CHAPTER 4.28 OF THE DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO KENNELS
The City Council of the City of Dublin does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 4.28 of the Dublin Municipal Code is revised as follows:
4.28.010 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter the words set out in this section shall have the following meanings:
"Director" means the City Manager or his or her authorized representative.
"Kennel" means any place where dogs and/or cats four months of age or older are kept or maintained
for breeding purposes, boarding, training, treating, sale or other commercial purposes.
"Owner" means any person, firm, or corporation keeping or maintaining any kennel.
4.28.020 Kennel license required.
Every person owning or controlling a kennel within the City shall within ten (10) days after
commencing to keep or maintain a kennel, and each year thereafter on the anniversary date of such
license, procure a kennel license from the Director. Each applicant for a kennel license shall pay a license
fee in the amount established by City Council resolution.
4.28.030 Exception.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Chapter, no facility at which veterinary medicine,
veterinary dentistry or veterinary surgery is being practiced, and which has proof of current registration
with the California Veterinary Medical Board pursuant to Business and Professions Code Section 4853 as
it is now and as it may be amended, shall be required to obtain a kennel license. This exception applies
only to the kennel license requirement described in Section 4.28.020, and does not relieve any operator of
any such facility of the duty to comply with all applicable provisions of the Dublin Municipal Code.
4.28.040 Certificate required.
No kennel license shall be issued without a current certificate signed by the County Health Officer first
having been obtained that the kennel is operated or is to be operated in accordance with applicable law.
4.28.050 Use permit.
No kennel license shall be issued without evidence of a use permit, if any is required by the zoning
provisions of the Dublin Municipal Code.
4.28.060 Issuance of license.
The Director shall issue kennel licenses to applicants who have met requirements of this chapter.
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4.28.070 License tag required-When.
When any dog is removed from a kennel and is kept at any place in the City other than a kennel, the
owner shall obtain a license tag for the dog pursuant to City ordinance within ten (10) days after its
removal from the kennel.
4.28.080 Kennel license nontransferable.
No kennel license issued pursuant to this chapter is transferable.
4.28.090 Maintenance-Inspection.
A. Every kennel shall be maintained in a manner satisfactory to the Director.
B. Any premises licensed as a kennel pursuant to this chapter may be inspected by any City official at
any reasonable hour.
Section 2. Severability. The provisions of this Ordinance are severable and if any provision,
clause, sentence, word or part thereof is held illegal, invalid, unconstitutional, or inapplicable to any
person or circumstances, such illegality, invalidity, unconstitutionality, or inapplicability shall not affect
or impair any of the remaining provisions, clauses, sentences, sections, words or parts thereof of the
ordinance or their applicability to other persons or circumstances.
Section 3. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be enforced thirty (30) days
following its adoption.
Section 4. Posting. The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this Ordinance to be
posted in at least three (3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with Section 36933 of the
Government Code of the State of California.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of June, 2008, by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers Hildenbrand, Oravetz, Sbranti and Scholz, and Mayor Lockhart
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN: None
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