[Adopted 3-19-1975 as Ch. 33, Art. II, of the 1975 Code]
No person shall maintain any dog kennel in the Township of Ridley unless he has obtained a license therefor from the Township Secretary.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DOG KENNEL
Includes any establishment in which dogs are kept for the purpose of boarding, breeding, sale or show purposes.
The Township Secretary shall refer every application for a dog kennel license to the Board of Health, and approval of the application therefor must be obtained from the Board of Health before any such license shall be issued by the Township Secretary.
The Board of Health, before granting its approval to any such application, shall certify, in writing, that:
A. 
Proper sanitary conditions are present for the maintenance of the kennel so that no odor shall emanate therefrom for a distance greater than 10 feet.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 190, Noise and Odors, and in particular § 190-13.
B. 
Appropriate closed receptacles are installed to store waste material emanating from the dogs, and facilities are available so that such waste material will be disposed of within 24 hours.
C. 
An appropriate and adequate supply of deodorizer and germicide are on hand at all times, and the kennel will be thoroughly sprayed at least once every 24 hours with such chemicals.
D. 
Every dog kept in such kennel is immunized against rabies.
E. 
Proper precautions are taken to prevent the dogs in the kennel from howling.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 190, Noise and Odors, and in particular § 190-7.
F. 
Such kennel is not built, kept or maintained within 100 feet of any dwelling house.
G. 
Such kennel is not located in any district zoned as residential.[3]
[3]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 325, Zoning, for designation of districts.
H. 
Such kennel is not located within 100 feet of any spring, well or open water supply.
I. 
The applicant has available a building, which is approved by the Building Committee of the Township, where all dogs must be kept between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
A. 
The annual license fee for any such dog kennel shall be as set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Commissioners for each male and each spayed female dog, and for each unspayed female dog.
[Amended 10-25-2000 by Ord. No. 1808]
B. 
The number of dogs shall be determined from the total number of individual dogs using the kennel in the previous twelve-month period.
[Amended 10-25-2000 by Ord. No. 1808]
Any owner or operator who shall maintain any dog kennel without a license therefor, or who shall, after obtaining a license therefor, fail, refuse or neglect to continue to comply with the conditions set forth in § 77-17 of this article, or who shall furnish false information as to the number of dogs having used the kennel in order to determine the license fee, or who shall fail to avail himself of all the requirements set forth in § 77-17 of this article, shall be guilty of maintaining a nuisance and shall, upon conviction before a District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and in default of payment of such fine and costs shall be imprisoned for a period not to exceed 30 days.
Any penalty imposed under § 77-19 of this article shall not be deemed to prevent the Township of Ridley from abating such nuisance by bill in equity, as authorized under the First Class Township Code.