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Bylaw No. 267-96
## Kennel Regulation Bylaw
Consolidated and printed by authority of the
Corporate Officer
under section 139 of the *Community Charter*. Includes amendment bylaws
2566-2016 and 3063-2020
.
Last amended
August
31,
2020
| *Contents* | | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | | 1 Citation |
| | | 2 Interpretation |
| | | 3 Animal Hospital and Dog Kennel requirements |
| | | 4 Additional Animal Hospital requirements |
| | | 5 Additional Dog Kennel requirements |
| | | 6 Animal Beauty Parlour requirements |
| | | 7 Hobby Kennel |
| | | 8 Licences |
| | | 9 Inspection of premises |
| | | 10 Offence and penalties |
| | | 11 Repeals bylaw |
WHEREAS the Council may, by Bylaw, pursuant to the Municipal Act, applicable
throughout the City or in any defined area of it, regulate or prohibit, and the
regulations may be different for different areas, kennels or other places for the
keeping, training, care, breeding, treatment, hospitalization, or boarding of dogs,
cats, fur bearing animals, or other animals, whether domesticated or undomesticated;
and define areas in which those places are permitted or are not permitted;
AND WHEREAS the Council may further, by Bylaw, define for different
species of animals what constitutes a kennel and what is deemed a fur bearing
animal;
NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Abbotsford, in open meeting
assembled, ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
#### Citation
**1**
Bylaw No. 267-96 may be cited as "Kennel Regulation Bylaw".
#### Interpretation
**2**
In this Bylaw, unless the context otherwise requires:
"Animal Beauty Parlour" means a building, structure, or premises in
which the business of washing, grooming, clipping, de-fleaing, or ridding an animal
of external vermin or clipping of animal nails, is operated or carried on, and which
must be licenced to operate as a business under the "*Business Licence Bylaw*".
"Animal Hospital" means any building, structure, or premises in which
animals are cared for, treated, maintained, or hospitalized, and which must be
licenced to operate as a business under the "*Business Licence Bylaw*".
"Dog Kennel" means any building, structure, compound, group of pens or
cages, or property in which, or where, four or more dogs are kept for any purpose,
and which must be licenced to operate as a business under the "*Business Licence Bylaw*".
"Hobby Kennel" means a dog kennel in which three or more dogs
are kept for the sole purpose of breeding and which is operated under a name
registered with the "Canadian Kennel Club".
#### Animal Hospital and Dog Kennel requirements
**3**
Every building, or part thereof, used as an Animal Hospital or Dog Kennel
shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) shall not be constructed prior to approval by the Poundkeeper and the
granting of a building permit by the Building Inspection Department;
(2) shall have a ceiling height of not less than seven feet;
(3) shall have walls and floors constructed of impervious material, and all
open air runs shall have concrete floors sloped to a floor drain;
(4) shall be well lighted by windows or skylights; windows shall be not less
than 1.5 m above the floor;
(5) shall be provided with adequate ventilation;
(6) shall be kept in good repair at all times;
(7) shall have all walls and partitions separating pens of impervious material
solid for a height of 1.5 m above the floor, and runs shall be enclosed by a
solid wall of 0.9 m above the ground; the remaining 0.6 m in height may be
constructed with wire mesh;
(8) shall be provided with an adequate supply of water for drinking, washing,
and cleaning purposes;
(9) shall contain a whelping area properly separated from the kennel or
boarding area by permanent partitions;
(10) shall have an isolation pen for any animal suffering from any contagious
disease; and
(11) each kennel shall be kept clean, and excrement and waste shall be disposed
of in a manner which does not cause a nuisance.
#### Additional Animal Hospital requirements
**4**
Every building, or part thereof, used as an animal hospital shall comply with
the following requirements, namely each such building:
(1) shall comply with Abbotsford *Zoning Bylaw, 1996*, as amended or replaced from time to time;
(2) shall have a floor area of not less than 0.9 m2 for each
animal kept therein;
(3) shall have all pens and cages of a design, finish, and size so as not to
restrict the animals unnecessarily and to permit ready cleansing;
(4) shall have an adult person in attendance at all times;
(5) shall be supervised by a properly registered Veterinary Surgeon;
and
(6) all animal hospitals shall be operated in such a manner as not to create a
nuisance to anyone occupying property in the vicinity and shall be subject to
the provisions of the "*Noise Regulation Bylaw*" of the City of Abbotsford.
#### Additional Dog Kennel requirements
**5**
(1) Dog kennels shall comply with Abbotsford *Zoning Bylaw, 1996*, as amended or replaced from time to time.
(2) Every building, or part thereof, used as a dog kennel shall contain a pen
of 1.5 m2 within the building and an open run containing at
least 5.5 m2 for each dog.
(3) The outside perimeter fence of runs shall be screened by a hedge or other
suitable form of landscaping to a height of at least 1.5 m so as to totally
obstruct the vision of a person standing 6.0 m away.
(4) Siting of dog kennels shall be as follows:
(a) 30 m from exterior lot lines;
(b) 15 m from interior lot lines;
(c) 30 m from all wells, and 15 m from all streams; and
(d) 15 m from all buildings for residential uses.
(5) All dog kennels shall be operated in such a manner as not to create a
nuisance to anyone occupying property in the vicinity, and shall be subject to
the provisions of the "*Noise Regulation Bylaw*" of the City of Abbotsford.
#### Animal Beauty Parlour requirements
**6**
Every building, or part thereof, used as an animal beauty parlour shall comply
with the following requirements, namely, that each such building:
(1) shall comply with Abbotsford *Zoning Bylaw, 1996*, as amended or replaced from time to time;
(2) shall be well lighted and be provided with adequate
ventilation;
(3) shall have an adult person in attendance at all times;
(4) every animal beauty parlour shall be restricted to the following services,
namely: washing, grooming, de-fleaing, clipping of nails, or ridding an animal
of external vermin;
(5) no animal shall be kept, boarded, or quartered overnight in an animal
beauty parlour;
(6) all animal beauty parlours shall be operated in such a manner as not to
create a nuisance to anyone occupying property in the vicinity, and shall be
subject to the provisions of the "*Noise Regulation Bylaw*" of the City of Abbotsford.
#### Hobby Kennel
**7**
Every building, or part thereof, used as a Hobby Kennel, shall comply with the
following requirements:
(1) shall comply with Abbotsford **Zoning Bylaw, 1996**, as amended or replaced from time to
time;
(2) provide sufficient space therein for the dog or dogs to stand and lie in
comfort, and be kept in a sanitary, well-ventilated, clean condition, free of
offensive odours;
(3) contain facilities whereby each dog has adequate access to drinking
water;
(4) be kept at a reasonable temperature;
(5) be constructed to ensure that each dog shall have space for adequate
exercise either within the kennel or adjacent thereto;
(6) shall be kept clean of excrement and food waste;
(7) not more than 10 dogs over the age of six months shall be kept in a Hobby
Kennel at any one time;
(8) there shall be no boarding, grooming, or training of dogs not owned by the
kennel owner;
(9) Sections 3 (1), 3 (3), and 5 (3) of this Bylaw shall apply to Hobby Kennels;
(10) siting of Hobby Kennels shall be as follows:
(a) 30 m from exterior lot lines;
(b) 15 m from interior lot lines; and
(c) 30 m from all wells, and 15 m from all streams.
(11) all Hobby Kennels shall be operated in such a manner as not to create a nuisance to anyone occupying property in the vicinity, and shall be subject to
the provisions of the "*Noise Regulation Bylaw*" of the City of Abbotsford.
#### Licences
**8**
The owner of a dog kennel or a hobby kennel is required to pay an annual
licence fee under the provisions of the "*Dog Licence
Bylaw*".
#### Inspection of premises
**9**
The Poundkeeper of the City of Abbotsford, Bylaw Enforcement Officer, or any
Peace Officer, is hereby authorized and empowered to enter at all reasonable times
upon any property to ascertain and ensure that the provisions of this Bylaw are
being complied with.
#### Offence and penalties
**10**
[Repealed, B/L 3063-2020.]
Every person who contravenes this bylaw commits an offence and is subject to enforcement and penalties in accordance with the *Bylaw Enforcement Bylaw*.
#### Repeals bylaw
**11**
District of Matsqui Bylaw No. 1280, cited as "Kennel Regulation Bylaw", and
all amendments thereto, are hereby repealed.
READ A FIRST TIME on
November
25,
1996
READ A SECOND TIME on
November
25,
1996
READ A THIRD TIME on
December
16,
1996
ADOPTED on
January
6,
1997
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