§ 82-20.004. Dog fanciers.

(a)

Dog fancier use and activities and a multiple pet license therefor may be allowed only after the issuance of a land use permit pursuant to this chapter authorizing such use only in the following land use districts:

(1)

Agricultural zoning districts A-1, A-2, and A-3;

(2)

Retail business (R-B);

(3)

General commercial (C);

(4)

Light industrial (L-I);

(5)

Heavy industrial (H-I);

(6)

Single-family residential (R-20, R-40, R-65, or R-100);

(7)

Transition residential-agricultural (R-A); or

(8)

In any other residential land use district requiring a minimum residential lot size of less than twenty thousand square feet, where the applicant's lot is at least twenty thousand square feet in area and where the maximum number of dogs permitted over six months of age does not exceed four.

(b)

In residential districts requiring a minimum lot size of twenty thousand square feet or more, the maximum number of dogs permitted shall be fixed by the involved planning agency division as a condition in the granting of a land use permit.

(c)

All dogs maintained by dog fanciers shall be confined on the premises or trained or exercised under the owner's control and shall be enclosed in a building during the hours of darkness.

(d)

Dog fancier use and activities (involving twenty or less dogs) are a permitted use in agricultural zoning districts A-4, A-20, A-40 and A-80.

(Ords. 92-25 § 3, 1744: prior code § 8123: Ord. 1264).