Permits are required for the following:

A. Multi-animal Permit. To own, harbor or keep more than four and less than nine sterilized dogs and cats in any combination thereof over the age of three months. This multi-animal permit will be issued upon completion of a permit application as required by the city.

B. Commercial Permit. To operate a kennel, pet shop, refuge, shelter, commercial breeding site, or multiple animal site having in excess of eight dogs and cats or any combination thereof over the age of three months. A commercial permit may only be approved in a nonresidential zone. As used in this subsection:

1. Kennel means a commercial establishment operating for intended profit where dogs or cats are boarded, kept, or maintained.

2. Pet shop means any premises, or part thereof, open to the public which engages in the purchase, sale, exchange or hire of animals of any type, except livestock.

3. A refuge or shelter means a nonprofit animal facility operated by a municipality or nonprofit organization for the purpose of bringing aid and comfort to dogs or cats, and where animals are not bred.

C. Home Breeders Permit. To own, harbor or keep unsterilized dog(s) or cat(s) or to conduct home breeding of dogs or cats for resale purposes. No more than two unsterilized animals may be owned, harbored, or kept at a residence for breeding purposes.

D. Those individuals to whom current multi-animal permits have been issued may continue to operate under prior code Section 6.12.110 as to existing animals if an application for renewal is submitted to the city within thirty days of the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter. (Ord. 1648-2000 § 3(part), 2000).