Drafter
Clerk 12/17/2015
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A RULE AND REGULATION relating to animal shelter fees; amending R&R 09-07, Section 44, as amended, and BOH 2.13.020, R&R 09-07, Section 47, as amended, and BOH 2.13.050; enacted pursuant to RCW 70.05.060, including the latest amendments or revisions thereto.
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BE IT ADOPTED BY THE KING COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH:
SECTION 1. R&R 09-07, Section 44, as amended, and BOH 2.13.020 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Permit fees.
A. The owner or operator of a pet shop, commercial kennel, pet daycare facility, animal shelter, pet grooming service or pet food retail business shall pay to the director the following annual operating permit fees, as applicable:
1. Pet shop
a. Aquarium only $241.00
b. Standard $418.00
2. Commercial kennel $341.00
3. Pet daycare facility $341.00
4. Animal shelter
a. Category 1: not more than 1,500 pet adoptions $((613.00)) 418.00
per calendar year except a Category 4 shelter
b. Category 2: more than 1,500 pet adoptions $((934.00)) 892.00
per calendar year
c. Category 3: Satellite pet adoption facility $146.00 per location
d. Category 4: fewer than 500 pet adoptions per $250.00
calendar year if housing and offering or
distributing for adoption as pets only small,
noncanine and nonfeline mammals, including,
but not limited to, ferrets, rabbits, hamsters,
hedgehogs, gerbils, chinchillas,
rats or mice
5. Pet grooming service other than a $241.00
mobile grooming unit $241.00
6. Mobile grooming unit $241 base fee for one vehicle plus
$81.00 for each additional vehicle
owned by the same person and
inspected at the same time and
location as all other vehicles
7. Poultry retail business $320.00
8. Pet food retail business $221.00
9. Any combination of two or more permit Highest applicable permit fee
classifications (pet shop, commercial plus $241.00 for one additional
kennel, pet daycare facility, animal permit classification or $482.00
shelter, pet grooming service or poultry for two or more additional
retail business) other than pet food for two or more additional
retail business at the same location permit classifications
B. The applicant for two or more annual operating permits at the same location for any combination of pet shop, commercial kennel, pet daycare facility, animal shelter, pet grooming service or poultry retail business establishments shall pay to the director the highest applicable operating permit fee plus the additional permit classification fee as set forth in this section, but the pet food retail business permit fee shall be waived for any holder of a current pet shop, commercial kennel, pet daycare facility, animal shelter, pet grooming service or poultry retail business permit.
C. The permit applicant for a pet shop, commercial kennel, pet daycare facility, animal shelter, pet grooming service, poultry retail business or pet food retail business that is to be operated no longer than any period of six consecutive months shall pay one-half the applicable annual permit fee in subsections A. and B. of this Part 3.
SECTION 2. R&R 09-07, Section 47, as amended, and BOH 2.13.050 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Miscellaneous fees.
A. The pet shop, commercial kennel, pet daycare facility, animal shelter, pet grooming service, poultry retail business or pet food retail business owner or operator shall pay the following miscellaneous fees, as applicable:
1. Variance request fee $184.50
2. ((Second and subsequent reinspection)) 50 percent of
Reinspection fee applicable permit fee
3. Reinstatement of permit after suspension 100 percent of
applicable permit fee
B. The director is authorized to charge a fee equal to one-half of the applicable permit fee when the director determines that a ((second or subsequent)) reinspection is necessary following a routine inspection or complaint investigation, and to adopt administrative policies to specify the terms and conditions upon which the reinspections are made, which must be based upon the extent and severity of violations found.
C. The pet shop, commercial kennel, pet daycare facility, animal shelter, pet grooming service, poultry retail business or pet food retail business owner or operator shall pay fees, as applicable, for dishonored check submittal, permit replacement, permit transfer or name change, inspections outside regular department working hours, special services and refunds, in accordance with the fee provisions of BOH chapter 2.06.
SECTION 4. Severability. If any provision of this rule or its application to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the rule or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.