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ORDINANCE
CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
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An Ordinance Creating A License For Animal Day Care And Animal Boarding.
THE CQUNCIL OF THE CTI'Y OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1.
Section 348A1 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby created to read as follows:
Sec.348.01. License Required.
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No person shall operate an animal day caze or animal boarding facility in Saint Paul without a
license.
Section 2.
Section 348.02 of the Saint Paul Legislative code is hereby created to read as follows:
Sec.348.02. Definitions.
Animal day care means and includes every place kept or maintained for the care, grooming,
training, exercising, and socializing of live dogs or cats for less than 24 hours per day by a
person other than the owner of the live animal. Animal day care does not include facilities that
provide animal boarding, breeding or selling of animals, or facilities whose primary source of
revenue is licensed veterinarian services.
Commercial animal day care means any animal day care establishment that is located in a
building other than a residence.
Home occupation animal day care means any animal day care establishment that is located in a
residential building. A home occupation animal day care can only be operated by a person
residing in the building. A home occupation animal day care can care for no more than three (3)
animals at one time including any animals that are owned/kept by the residenUlicensee.
Animal boarding means and includes every place kept or maintained for the care and socializing
of live dogs or cats for any amount of time by a person other than the owner of the live animal.
An animal boarding facility may also offer animal day care. Animal boarding does not include
facilities that provide breeding of animals, selling of animals, or facilities whose primary source
of revenue is licensed veterinarian services.
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Section 3.
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Section 348.03 of the Saint Paul Legislative code is hereby created ro read as follows:
Sec.348.03. Fee.
The fee required for each license shall be established by ordinance as specified in section
310.09(b) of the Saint Paul Legislative Code.
Section 4.
Section 348.04 of the Saint Paul Le�slative Code is hereby created to read as follows:
Sec. 348.04. Licensing Requirements.
(a) Application. Every applicant for an animal day care license or animal boarding license shall
file an application with the department of safety and inspections. The application shall be on a
form prescribed by the department of safety and inspections. The following information shall be
set forth in the application:
1. The name, place of residence, and telephone number of the applicant.
2. The exact location of the premises upon which the applicant proposes to provide animal
services and the telephone number.
3. Whether the applicant has ever engaged in a similar business and, if so, the location
thereof and the date when so engaged.
4. A description of the type of services offered including but not limited to animal day care,
animal boarding, pet grooming, and obedience training.
5. The maacimum intended number of animals to be housed at the facility at any one time.
6. The maximtun and minimum lena h of stay for individual animals.
(b) Consent of neighboring property; A animal day care or animal boarding license applicant
shall present with his or her application a statement in writing with the signatures of as many of
the owners of private residences, dwellings and apariment houses located within one hundred
fifty (150) feet of such premises as he or she can obtain to the effect that they have no objection
to the granring of the animal day care or animal boarding license sought or the operation of the
business at the proposed location. The one hundred and fifty feet shall be calculated as the
distance measured in a straight line from the neazest point of the property line of the building
where the license is sought, to the nearest point of the residentially occupied property line. If the
applicant fails to obtain the signatures of seventy five (75) percent of such persons, the license
shall not in any case be granted.
Section 5.
Section 348.05 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby created to read as follows:
Sec.348.05. Regulations.
(a) Premises. The licensed premises must be approved under the Saint Paul zoning code
and the department of safety and inspections as suitable to house animals. The animal
control division of the departnnent of safety and inspections shall inspect the premises
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proposed to house animal day care and animal boarding to determine whether the facilities
are suitable for aiumal day care or animal boarding. Once per year, the animal control 8$����
Division shall re-inspect the facilities to determine continued suitability. Nothing in this
section shall prevent animal control officers to inspect the premises more often than once per
year. The premises shall meet the following minunum criteria:
1. The facility shall be shucturally sound, maintained in good repair, and designed so as to
protect the animals from injury and restrict the entrance of other animals.
2. Each anunal shall be provided with adequate floor space to allow such animal to turn
about freely and to easily stand, sit and lie in a comfortable and normal position.
3. Water shall be supplied at sufficient pressure and quantity to clean indoor housing
facilities and enclosures of debris and excreta.
4. Suitable food and bedding shall be provided and stored in facilities adequate to provide
protection against infestation or contamination by insects or rodenYs. Refrigeration shall
be provided for the protection of perishable food.
5. Provision shall be made for the removal and disposal of animal and food wastes, bedding
and debris. Disposal facilities shall be so provided and operated as to minimize vermin
infestation, odors and disease hazazds.
6. The facility shall be sufficiently heated or cooled when necessary.
7. The facility shall have interior walls, ceiling and floor surfaces conshucted of materials
which are resistant to the absorption of moisture and odors, ar which surfaces shall be
treated with sealant or with paint. Floor surfaces shall not be made of unsealed wood.
Interior walls shall be conshucted so that the interface with floor surfaces is sealed from
the flow ar accumulation of moisture or debris.
8. Outdoor facilities shall be constructed to provide shelter from excessive sunlight, rain,
snow, wind, heat, cold or other elements.
9. Outdoor facilities shall provide sufficient space for the proper exercise and movement of
each animal contained therein.
10. Outdoor facilities shall be enclosed by walls or fences sufficient to keep animals within
and to prevent entrance of other animals.
(b) Animal Requirements. The licensee shall have for each animal housed in the animal day care
or animal boazding facility:
1. Proof of a current license from the jurisdiction where that animal resides; and
2. Proof that the animal meets all vaccination requirements in place in the city of Saint Paul;
and
3. A current veterinary certificate verifying that the animal is free from intestinal parasites;
and
4. The name and address of the owner of the animal.
(c) Animals Declared Dangerous. An animal day care or animal boarding facility may not
house an animal that has been declared dangerous or potentially dangerous by any
jurisdiction including but not limited to the city of Saint Paul or state of Minnesota.
(d) Sanitation Standard. Animal feces shall be removed a minimum once per day or more often
if necessary to ensure no odars can be detected from neighboring property.
(e) Animal Rescue Not Allowed. Animal day care and animal boarding facilities cannot rescue
animals or house rescued animals.
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(fl Home Occupation Limitation on Number ofAnimals. Home occupation animal cay care and
animal boarding faciliries shall house no more than a total of 3 animals including any
animals residing in the home. �"�� �
(g) Cages. Each animal shall be provided with a cage or separate individual enclosure. The
enclosure shall have adequate floor space to allow such atiimal to tum about freely and to
easily stand, sit and lie in a comfortable and normal position.
Section 6.
This Oxdinance shall take effect and be in force thiriy (30) days following its passage, approval
and publication.
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Approval of an Ordinance establishing a license for animal day care and animal boarding.
Planning Commission
CIB Committee
Civil Service Commission
1. Has this personlfirtn ever worked under a contract for this department?
Yes No
2. Has this person/firtn ever been a city employee?
Yes Na
3. Does this person/firm possess a skill not normally possessed by any
current city employee?
Yes No
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Initiating Problem, Issues, Opportunity (Who, What, When, Where, Why):
Currently, "doggie day care" facilities are appearing across the City. In order to assure public health considerations, humane treatment
of animals and to take zoning matters into consideration licensing is an important tool.
AdvanWges If Approved:
Disadvantages If Approved:
Disadvantages ff Not Approved:
Transaction:
Funding Source:
Financial Information:
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CostlRevenue Sudgeted:
Activily Number:
May 14, 2008 835 AM Page 1
Animal Care Facifity Regulalion —Selected Cities and Countees
5/9/07
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Animal Care Facility Regulation — Selected Cifies and Counties
Animal daycare centers have been expanding along with upscale pet supply and apparel stores
and grooming faciliries. As the market responds to the chanb ng roles of companion animals,
c�ties and counties will have to addzess the new kinds of businesses that emerge, and several
options exist for what direction to take.
Very few municipalities or counties currently specifically regulate animal day care centers. More
common are kennel regulations, but while some ordinances define kennel such that it would
apply to a day-only care center, most specify ovemight or long-term care.
There are a number of stated reasons for either type of ordinance. Most cities use a combination
of these rationales.
1. To rect� a zoning problerre. A handfizl of oidinances wece created recogmzing a maiket
for animal day care facilities and a lack of legal options far operating them according to
current zoning regulations. Along wrth this is the frequent tendency to regulate noise in
commercial or residential zoning areas. Some ordinances do th�s by ]imiting the number
of animals in a given facility and others do it through requiring the construction of noise
barriers.
2. To ensure humane treatment of animals. Several municipalrties regulate facilities and
caze of animals, either in general or specifically in day care centers, as part of a broader
city commitment to humane treahnent of companion animals. These vary from very
specific regulations of cage sizes and leash lengths, frequency of human contact, and
food and temperature requirements, to simple statements that adequate space and food
must be provided.
3. Public health considerations. While this rarely seems to be the primary focus of a kennel
or animal day care ordinance, several do include provisions that require animals kept in
close proximity to be healthy and spayed or neutered, and occasionally control the breeds
of dogs to minimize aggression between the animals.
While the facilities are regulated, opecations rarely are_ Denvec's ocdinance, with the stated intent
of ensw the humane treahnent of pets, requires the submission of a plan that details how food
and water will be made available to animals and defines the number of hours animals can be kept
�n cages without exercise. Vancouver, WA's ordinance, which is framed in terms of zoning
regularions, also requires that a plan of operations b,e submitted, but only relating to controllmg
the volume of bazking dogs. Even so, more and more municipahties are talang stronger measures
to protect animals. Albuquerque's HEART ordinance very specifically regulates human
obligations to dependent animals, and some Califomia cities have recently amended their code
allowmg city officials to intezvene more easily if abuse or mistreatment is suspected. These
ordmances apply to commercial animal care just as they do to private individuals.
Included is the following:
Attachment A: Specific Dog Daycare Ordinances
Prepared by Amand¢ Rohrer Page 1 of 2
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