2469

KENT COUNTY

A.     VETERINARY HOSPITALS OR CLINICS, RESEARCH
FACILITIES WHERE BONAFIDE MEDICAL OR RELATED RESEARCH

(DENTAL, VETERINARY, PHARMACEUTICAL OR BIOLOGICAL) IS
BEING CONDUCTED, HUMANE SHELTERS AND OTHER ANIMAL
ESTABLISHMENTS OPERATED BY STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
OR WHICH ARE LICENSED BY FEDERAL LAW ARE EXCLUDED FROM
KENNEL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ORDINANCE.

B.    THE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY DOG BELONGING TO A
NON-RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY AND KEPT WITHIN THE
BOUNDARIES OF THE COUNTY FOR NOT LONGER THAN THIRTY
(30) DAYS, AND WHILE KEPT WITHIN THE COUNTY MEET ALL

OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ORDINANCE.

C.    OWNERS OF DOGS USED AS SEEING EYE DOGS OR
AS GOVERNMENTAL POLICE DOGS ARE EXEMPT FROM THOSE FEE
REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED BY SECTION C OF THIS ORDINANCE.

SECTION H - INVESTIGATION

THE DOG CONTROL WARDEN SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO
ENTER UPON ANY PREMISES AT ALL REASONABLE TIMES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF DISCHARGING THE DUTIES IMPOSED UPON HIM
BY THIS ORDINANCE WHERE THERE IS REASONABLE BELIEF
THAT A VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE HAS BEEN COMMITTED.

SECTION I - RECORDS

IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE DOG CONTROL WARDEN TO
KEEP: (A) ACCURATE AND DETAILED RECORDS ON THE
LICENSING, IMPOUNDMENT, AND DISPOSITION OF ALL DOGS
COMING INTO HIS CUSTODY; (B) ACCURATE AND DETAILED
RECORDS ON ALL REPORTED BITE CASES AND INVESTIGATIONS
FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (3) YEARS; (C) ACCURATE AND
DETAILED RECORDS ON ALL MONIES COLLECTED AND EXPENDED
IN THE OPERATION OF THE FUNCTIONS OF HIS OFFICE. ALL
RECORDS REQUIRED BY THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
INSPECTION BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR KENT COUNTY
OR THEIR DESIGNATED AGENTS.

SECTION J - PENALTY

ANY PERSON VIOLATING ANY PROVISIONS OF THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND
UPON CONVICTION THEREOF BEFORE THE DISTRICT COURT OF
KENT COUNTY OR IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF KENT COUNTY
SHALL BE FINED A SUM OF NOT LESS THAN $25.00 NOR MORE
THAN $100.00.