2434                               County Local Laws

commercial kennel owning or keeping more than twenty-five (25) animals
the license fee shall be fifty dollars ($50.00), provided that the County Ex-
ecutive may from time to time increase or diminish such fees to an amount
not to exceed the cost of administering and enforcing this Article. Dogs
harbored by a licensed commercial kennel for breeding purposes or sale
may be taken under close supervision from the commercial kennel for exer-
cise and returned to the commercial kennel in like manner but no dog
harbored at a licensed commercial kennel may otherwise be permitted to
leave the establishment without wearing an individual dog license tag if
such a license is required under the provisions of this Chapter.

(c)    Before an annual license for a pet shop or a commercial kennel
shall be issued, an application therefor shall be made in such form as
shall be prescribed by the Department of Inspection and Licenses.

(d)    No license shall be issued to any person, association or corpora-
tion for any pet shop or commercial kennel, the location of
which violates the Zoning Ordinance. If any pet shop or commercial
kennel is required by the Zoning Ordinance for Montgomery County to
meet additional standards or to obtain a special exception from the County
Board of Appeals, no such license shall be issued until the standards of
the Zoning Ordinance have been complied with and/or the special excep-
tion has been obtained.

76-58. Same—Term, display, revocation, etc.

Licenses issued under this Article shall expire on June 30th of each
year, unless earlier suspended or revoked as provided herein. Each license
issued under this Article shall be prominently displayed at all times in
the establishment for which it is issued.

76-59. Same—Renewal.

The holder of any expiring license under this Article desiring a new
annual license to be effective on the expiration of the existing license,
shall, not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days before
the expiration of the existing license, file a written application for renewal
with the Director of the Department of Inspection and Licenses giving such
information as is required on the form provided therefor, and pay the
annual renewal fee in such amount as may be fixed from time to time
by the County Executive.

76-60. Same—Denial, revocation or suspension—Generally.

The Director of the Department of Inspection and Licenses may refuse
to issue or renew a license or may revoke or suspend any license issued
under this Article if he finds that the applicant or licensee has wilfully
withheld or falsified any information required for a license. A license issued
under this Article may be revoked or suspended upon a finding that the pet
shop or commercial kennel for which the license is issued is in violation of
any provision of this Chapter or has engaged in fraud or willful mis-
representation in connection with the sale of animals. Any revocation,
suspension or failure to renew shall be by written notice to the licensee
served upon the licensee personally or by certified mail. Before any
license may be revoked or suspended, the Director shall afford the licensee
an opportunity to appear at a hearing before the Director or his designee
and show cause why such license should not be revoked or suspended.

76-61. Same—Same—Appeals.

In the event that any person is aggrieved by a denial, revocation or
suspension of a license under this Article, such person may appeal from