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r v (3) The license shall be renewed annually. The required fee shall be paid to the Town Clerk at the time application is made for renewal of the license. If the owner or keeper fails to renew the license prior to the expiration date of the current license, he/she shall be deemed to have forfeited the license and he/she shall apply for a new license according to license requirements. (4) All dogs kept in kennels shall have a valid, current license according to Article II, §79-6. (5) The Town Clerk shall issue, without charge, upon application and written approval from the Board of Appeals and Board of Health, a kennel license to any domestic charitable corporation incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts exclusively for the purpose of protecting animals from cruelty, neglect or abuse. The kennel must comply with any applicable zoning requirements. C. Kennel activity. (1) All holders of kennel licenses shall maintain said kennel in a manner supportive of a healthy environment for the keeping of dogs. The dogs shall be kept wholly indoors. §79-15. Inspection; regulation; suspension; revocation of licenses; penalties A. Inspection. The Animal Control Officer, the Health Agent, the Building Inspector or the Police Chief or his/her designee may at any time during normal business hours inspect or cause to be inspected any kennel. B. Suspension, regulation, revocation of license. (1) Sanitary/humane conditions/inadequate record keeping. If, in the judgment of Animal Control Officer or the Health Agent the kennel is found not to be maintained in a sanitary and humane manner, or if records are not properly kept as required by the law, or where a violation of a special permit exists, the Chief of Police or his/her designee, at a public hearing shall by order revoke or suspend said kennel license. In the case of suspension of said license, the Chief of Police or his/her designee may reinstate such kennel license by imposing conditions and regulations upon the operation of said kennel. (2) Public nuisance. Upon petition of ten (10) residents in the neighborhood of the kennel, filed with the Chief of Police or his/her designee, setting forth that they are aggrieved or annoyed to an unreasonable extent by one (1) or more dogs at a kennel located in the town because of excessive barking or vicious disposition of such dog or dogs or other conditions connected with the kennel that constitute a public nuisance, the Chief of Police shall, within ten (10) days of the filing of such petition, give notice to all parties concerned of a public hearing to be held within