[Adopted 11-12-2019 by Ord. No. 19-1990]
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 or 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.
A pet shop shall maintain records, stating the name and the
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 Borough of Highland Park Police Department and
submitted annually, and no later than May of each calendar year, to
the Clerk of the Borough of Highland Park. Each pet shop shall display
on each cage a label stating the name and address of the animal facility
or animal rescue organization of each animal kept in the cage.
