[Added 6-12-2018 by Ord.
No. 18-15]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
An animal control center or animal shelter, maintained by
or under contract with any state, county or municipality, whose mission
and practice is, in whole, or significant part, the rescue and placement
of animals in permanent homes.
Any not-for-profit organization which has tax-exempt status
under § 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue
Code, whose mission and practice is, in whole or in significant part,
the rescue and placement of animals in permanent homes.
A member of a species of domestic cat, Felis catus.
A member of a species of domestic dog, Canis familiaris.
To sell offer for sale or adoption, advertise for the sale
of, barter, auction, give away or otherwise dispose of a dog or cat.
A retail establishment where dogs and cats are sold, exchanged,
bartered or offered for sale as pet animals to the general public
at retail. Such definition shall not include an animal care facility
or animal rescue organization, as defined.
No pet store shall sell, deliver, offer for sale, barter, auction,
give away or otherwise transfer or dispose of cats or dogs. Nothing
in this section shall prohibit stores from collaborating with animal
care facilities or animal rescue organizations to offer space for
such entities to showcase adoptable dogs and cats.
