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Resident urges Altoona to tighten kennel, dog-license rules
Summary
Steve Alfeldt told the council there may be as many as 1,000 dogs kept in outbuildings that could meet the city's kennel definition and urged the city to require breeder/seller information on dog-license applications to improve enforcement without using general-fund dollars.
A resident told the Altoona City Council on Oct. 14 that city dog-license rules should be changed to make it easier to identify commercial kennels.
"I'm Steve Alfeldt. I live at 116 Spruce Avenue," the resident said, adding there are "perhaps 1,000 dogs in the city limits that are primarily housed in buildings outside of the primary residence." He pointed to Altoona City Code '184-4, the…
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