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)
Only sick or injured animals shall be kept on the premises,
and boarding facilities for well animals shall not be operated.
(Ordinance 84, § III,
adopted 4/9/1973)
Horses, ponies, mules and dogs may be kept on the clinic premises
for treatment. Other types of animals may be treated in the clinic,
but may not be kept on the premises for continuing treatment.
(Ordinance 84, § IV, 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)
