Nanaimo : Règlement no 7316, art. 34 — Animal Responsibility Bylaw

34. A Person must not keep an Animal outside, unless the Animal is provided with a shelter that provides:

• (a) protection from heat, cold and wet that is appropriate to the Animal’s weight and type of coat;
• (b) sufficient space to allow the Animal the ability to turn about freely and to easily stand, sit and lie in a normal position; at least two times the length of the Animal in all directions, and at least as high as the Animal’s height measured from the floor to the highest point of the Animal when standing in a normal position, plus 10%;
• (c) protection from the direct rays of the sun at all times; and
• (d) bedding that will assist with maintaining normal body temperature.