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Kennel License to any domestic charitable corporation, incorporated exclusively for the purpose of protecting animals from cruelty, neglect or abuse, and for the relief of suffering among animals. A veterinary hospital shall not be considered a kennel unless it contains an area for the boarding of dogs for other than medical purposes, in which case it shall apply for a Commercial Kennel License. The license period for a kennel license shall be from January 1 to December 31, inclusive. f. The Animal Control Officer, or any agent authorized by the Town Manager, may, at any time during the hours of 9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., inspect any kennel or premises for which a Personal or Commercial Kennel License has been issued upon his/her reasonable and articulable belief that there has been a violation of this bi-law or that the basic standards of cleanliness and proper care and confinement of said dogs no longer exist on the premises g. If the Animal Control Officer or other authorized agent, after inspection, determines that the kennel or premises that are the subject of a kennel license are not kept in a sanitary or humane condition, or if records are not kept as required by law, the Town Manager may, by order after hearing, revoke or suspend such license. If a license has been revoked or suspended, the license may be reinstated after inspection. h. Upon written petition of twenty-five (25) neighbors of the kennel who are residents, filed with the Town Manger, setting forth that they are aggrieved or annoyed to an unreasonable extent by one or more dogs at the kennel because of excessive barking or vicious disposition of said dogs, or other conditions connected with such kennel constituting a public nuisance, the Town Manager, within seven (7) days after the filing of such a petition, shall give notice to the owner or keeper of the kennel, the petitioner(s), and any other person the Town Manager determines should be given notice, of a public hearing to be held within fourteen (14) days after the date of such notice. Said notice shall also be posted on a Town bulletin board. i. Within seven (7) days after such public hearing, said Selectmen shall make an order either revoking or suspending such kennel license, or otherwise regulating said kennel or premises, or dismissing said petition. j. The holder of such license or other person who is the subject of an order under §79-4h may petition the district court for relief in accordance with G.L. c. 140 §137C. k. Any person maintaining a personal or commercial kennel after the license has been so revoked, or while such license is so suspended, may be punished by a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each day in violation of said 39