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• I • Article 33 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Mashpee Code, Chapter 79, Article II, Licensing of Dogs; Other Animal Regulations, by adding the following sections: §79-14 Kennel license. A. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated: COMMERCIAL KENNEL - A kennel maintained as a business that advertises the breeding, rearing, training, boarding or grooming of dogs or which sells dogs born and raised on the premises from more than one (1) litter per year. KEEPER - The owner or person hired by the owner to provide for the care of the dogs sheltered within the licensed kennel. RESIDENTIAL KENNEL - A kennel within a residential zone with more than three (3) dogs over three (3) months of age, associated with a detached dwelling and not maintained as a business or a commercial kennel. OWNER - The person in whose name the kennel license is issued. VETERINARY HOSPITAL - Shall not be considered a kennel unless it contains an area for the grooming or selling of dogs or for the boarding of dogs for other than medical or surgical purposes, in which case it shall apply in writing to the Town Clerk upon certification of compliance with any zoning requirements. B. Kennel License requirements. (1) Any owner or keeper of more than three (3)dogs, three (3) months of age or over, shall obtain a kennel license upon written application to the Town Clerk. The residential kennel license application shall include the written approval from the Board of Health. All kennels shall comply with any applicable zoning requirements. Application for a commercial kennel shall require written approval from the Board of Health and a special permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals. (2) The kennel license shall be on a form prescribed and furnished by the Town Clerk and shall specify the name of the owner, the name of the property owner, the name of the kennel, the name of the keeper, the location of the kennel, proof of current rabies inoculation from a licensed veterinarian, and any special conditions which may be imposed by the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Board of Health.