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private personal use. Breeding of personally (3)months of age or older is currently owned dogs may take place for the purpose of vaccinated against rabies. improving the breed, exhibiting, showing, use Application for a Commercial Kennel in sporting activity or other personal reasons, license shall also require a special provided that selling, trading, bartering or the permit under the zoning bylaws. distribution of such breeding from a personal kennel shall be to other breeders or individu- c. Issuance of a Personal or Commercial als by private sale only and not to wholesalers, Kennel License shall be contingent brokers or pet shops. Kennels in this category upon inspection and approval by the shall not sell, trade, barter or distribute any Animal Control Officer to ensure that dogs not bred from their personally owned basic standards of cleanliness and dogs. However, dogs temporarily housed at a proper care and confinement of said personal kennel in conjunction with an animal dogs exist on the premises. The name shelter or rescue registered with the depart- and address of the owner of each dog ment may be sold, traded, bartered or distrib- kept in any kennel, if other than the uted as long as it is not for profit. person maintaining the kennel, and a veterinarian's certificate verifying "OWNER OR KEEPER": any person pos- that each dog three (3) months of age sessing, harboring, keeping, having an interest or older is currently vaccinated in,or having control or custody of a dog. If the against rabies, shall be kept on file animal is owned by a person under the age of thereat and available for inspection by eighteen (18), that person's custodial parents the Animal Control Officer or any or legal guardian shall be responsible for com- authorized persons. plying with all requirements of this by-law. d. Such license shall be in a form pre- A. Kennel License Requirements. scribed by the Town Clerk. Such license shall be in lieu of any other a. Any owner or keeper of five (5) up to license for any dog while kept at such and including nine (9) dogs three (3) kennel during any portion of the months of age or older, being main- period for which such kennel license tained at a premises, shall secure a is issued. The holder of a license for Personal Kennel License in lieu of a kennel shall cause each dog kept licensing such dogs under Section 79- therein to wear, while it is at large, a 6. The Town Clerk shall not issue a collar or harness of leather or other Personal Kennel License unless the suitable material, to which shall be owner or keeper provides the Town securely attached a tag upon which Clerk with a veterinarian's certificate shall appear the number of such ken- verifying that each dog three (3) nel license, the year of issue, and the months of age or older is currently inscription "Mashpee". vaccinated against rabies. e. The Town Clerk shall, upon applica- b. Any Owner or Keeper of ten (10) or tion, issue without charge a more dogs, three (3)months of age or Commercial Kennel License to any older; or a Commercial boarding or Domestic Charitable Corporation ken- training kennel; or a Commercial nel. A veterinary hospital shall not be Breeder Kennel; or a Domestic chari- considered a kennel unless it contains table corporation kennel shall obtain a an area for the boarding of dogs for Commercial Kennel License. The other than medical purposes, in which Town Clerk shall not issue a case it shall apply for a Veterinary Commercial Kennel License unless Kennel License. The license period for the owner or keeper provides the a kennel license shall be from January Town Clerk with a veterinarian's cer- 1 to December 31, inclusive. tificate verifying that each dog three 97