Keeping five or more dogs or cats over six months old in unincorporated Spokane County triggers a kennel classification. Five to eight dogs (or five to ten cats) is a private kennel; more than eight dogs or ten cats, or any keeping for compensation, is a commercial kennel.
Spokane County Code 5.04.020 defines the kennel thresholds. A 'private kennel' is a place where between five and eight dogs over six months old, and/or between five and ten cats over six months old, are kept for personal, noncommercial purposes. A 'commercial kennel' is where five or more dogs and/or cats are boarded, bred, or sold for compensation, or where more than eight dogs or ten cats are kept regardless of compensation. Keeping four or fewer dogs and four or fewer cats needs no kennel license, though all dogs six months or older must be licensed (SCC 5.04.030). Contract cities may set different numbers in their own codes.
Operating a kennel without the required license, or exceeding limits, is enforced by SCRAPS; license violations under SCC 5.04.030 carry a $200-per-violation penalty (SCC 5.04.130).
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