A. Licensees shall ensure that appropriate preventative and therapeutic veterinary care is provided. A dog shall not be bred if a veterinarian determines the dog is unfit for breeding purposes.

B. Each licensee must have a plan for disaster response and recovery, including but not limited to structural damage, electrical outages and other critical system failures.

C. All dogs over four months old must be properly licensed.

D. All dogs must be provided necessary and appropriate veterinary care, including, at a minimum, an examination at least annually by a licensed veterinarian, prompt treatment of any illness or injury by a licensed veterinarian, and, where justified, humane euthanasia by an appropriate agency using lawful techniques determined acceptable by the division.

E. All dogs shall be provided sufficient housing, including protection from the elements, constant and unfettered access to an indoor enclosure that has a solid floor (a wire-mesh or similar floor is not permitted), no stacking of one animal’s enclosure above or below another animal’s enclosure, and waste removal at least once a day while the dog is outside the enclosure.

F. To prevent an extremely large number of dogs on a property, licensees can have multiple bitches, but are only allowed one litter, from one bitch, at a time. (Ord. 2018-06 § 1 (Exh. A (part)); Ord. 2012-12 § 2 (Exh. A (part)))