[G.O. No. 2103, 4-10-2018]
For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings, respectively ascribed to them by this section:
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 or rescue organizations.
Any not-for-profit organization which has tax-exempt status
under Section 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.
[G.O. No. 2103, 4-10-2018]
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 pet shops from collaborating with animal
care facilities or animal rescue organizations to offer space for
such entities to showcase adoptable dogs and cats.
[G.O. No. 2103, 4-10-2018]
A pet shop shall maintain records stating the name and address
of the animal care facility or animal rescue organization that each
cat or dog was obtained from for at least two years following the
date of acquisition. Such records shall be made available, immediately
upon request, to the Town's police and submitted annually, and
no later than May of each year, to the Town of Westfield. Each pet
shop shall display on each cage a label stating the name and address
of the animal care facility or animal rescue organization of each
animal kept in the cage.
[G.O. No. 2103, 4-10-2018]
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase
of this article shall be declared invalid for any reason whatsoever,
such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of this article,
which shall continue in full force and effect, and to this end, the
provisions of this article are hereby declared to be severable.
[G.O. No. 2103, 4-10-2018]
This article shall take effect upon final passage and publication
in accordance with law.
