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City of Franklin, WI
Milwaukee County
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[Adopted 8-5-1997 by Ord. No. 97-1461 as Sec. 13.12 of the 1997 Code]
Any person who keeps or operates a kennel may, in lieu of the license tax for each dog, apply to the City Treasurer for a kennel license for the keeping or operating of such kennel. For such kennel, he or she shall pay a license tax specified in Chapter 169, Licenses and Permits, for the license year. With each kennel license, the Treasurer shall issue a number of metal tags equal to the number of dogs authorized to be kept in the kennel. Such tags shall be made in a form so that they may be readily distinguishable from the individual license tags for the same year.
Pursuant to § 174.001, Wis. Stats., "kennel" shall mean any establishment wherein or whereon dogs are kept for breeding, sale or sporting purposes.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
No kennel shall be established or maintained except in compliance with the following regulations:
A. 
No kennel shall be established or maintained in any residential, business or commercial district unless the dogs are properly housed and kept completely fenced in no less than 500 feet from the nearest dwelling or commercial building, except the applicant's dwelling, and not less than 200 feet from the lot lines of a parcel of land on which such kennel shall be located.
B. 
In any other district where the establishment and maintenance of a kennel is a permitted use, no kennel shall be established or maintained until the location and plan of operation have been submitted to and have been approved by the Plan Commission after a public hearing.
The licensee of the kennel shall, at all times, keep one of such tags attached to the collar of each dog over five months old kept by him or her under a kennel license.
Kennel tags may be transferred from one dog to another within the kennel whenever any dog is removed from the kennel.
No dog bearing any tag shall be permitted to stray or to be taken anywhere outside the limits of the kennel unless he is on a leash or temporarily for the purposes of hunting, breeding, trial, training or competition.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
The City Treasurer shall apply to the County Clerk for suitable and sufficient kennel tags and blank licenses.
The City Assessor shall make, in triplicate, a list of the names of persons owning and operating kennels and the number of dogs kept in each kennel. The City Clerk shall deliver one copy of such list to the County Clerk, one copy to the City Treasurer and shall retain one copy for his or her files.
In addition to the suspension or revocation of any license or permit granted under this article, any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, § 1-19.