Hereafter, no person shall operate any veterinary clinic within the city without first obtaining from the city secretary a permit for the operation of the same. Said permits shall be for a period of one calendar year, and shall be renewable as hereinafter more fully specified. A fee to be set by ordinance by the city council and maintained in the schedule of fees shall be paid for each original permit, and a further fee to be set by ordinance and maintained in the schedule of fees shall be paid for each annual renewal permit, which shall be granted if the clinic is in compliance with the provisions of this article. In the event of an original permit being issued after the month of January of any year, the city secretary shall prorate the above stated original fee and charge only for the portion of the year remaining.
(Ordinance 84, intro., adopted 4/9/1973)
Any person, firm or corporation desiring to operate a veterinary clinic within the city shall present to the city council thereof a letter of application which shall set forth the following information:
(1) 
The name and address of the person, firm or corporation planning to operate said clinic.
(2) 
The name and address of the veterinary surgeon or veterinary surgeons who will actually practice in said clinic on a regular basis, together with the date of licensing as a doctor of veterinary medicine of each such veterinary surgeon.
(3) 
A description of the real estate upon which said clinic will be operated, sufficiently precise to enable the city council to locate said real estate on the city map.
(4) 
There shall be enclosed with each such letter of application a plot, plan or diagram, drawn to scale, showing the boundaries of the real estate in question, as well as the location of all fences, buildings, lots, pens or sheds, and other structures located or planned to be located upon said real estate for use by said clinic.
(5) 
Before any additional buildings, lots, pens, sheds or other structures shall be added to the clinic, application for permission to make such additions shall be sought and obtained from the city council.
(6) 
The aforesaid plot, plan or diagram shall contain a key, or explanation showing the intended use of every lot, pen, shed, stall or other structure shown thereon.
(7) 
Before the use of any building, lot, pen, shed or other structure shall be changed to a use other than the use stated in the letter of application, the operator of the clinic shall submit to the city council an application for permission to make such change, and shall state therein the intended change of use or purpose.
(8) 
Said plot, plan or diagram shall extend to and show all land for a distance of one hundred feet in all directions from the real estate upon which said clinic is intended to be operated, and shall show every building or other structure located upon said perimeter area of 100 feet. The key, or explanation of said plot, plan or diagram shall explain the nature of each building or other structure within said perimeter area of 100 feet.
(Ordinance 84, § I, adopted 4/9/1973)
No lot, pen or shed for the housing of animals shall be located closer to any presently existing residential dwelling than 100 feet therefrom.
(Ordinance 84, § II, adopted 4/9/1973)
Sanitary provisions shall be made for the incineration of excised organs and other biological material.
(Ordinance 84, § V, adopted 4/9/1973)
Stalls, pens and dog cages shall be cleaned daily when in use, and all fecal material, bedding straw and other foreign material shall be removed from the clinic premises so as to prevent bacteriological action.
(Ordinance 84, § VI, adopted 4/9/1973)
Adequate provision shall be made for the disposal of urea. It shall in no event be drained into open ditches bordering the clinic premises. Should it develop that the urea is of such great quantity that it cannot be readily absorbed into the ground provisions shall be made to drain it into the city sewerage system.
(Ordinance 84, § VII, adopted 4/9/1973)
The city council shall have the right to appoint an inspector to inspect the clinic premises at reasonable and seasonable times to ensure that the terms of this article are being complied with, and that the premises are maintained in a sanitary condition.
(Ordinance 84, § VIII, adopted 4/9/1973)