Any and all buildings used or designed to be used as a hospital
for the care and treatment of animals suffering from or afflicted
with sickness or disease, shall be so constructed as to be sanitary
and shall be maintained so as not to be offensive or endanger the
public health or comfort.
(Prior code § 7-145)
The business of carrying on and conducting a veterinary hospital
for the care and treatment of animals suffering from or afflicted
with any sickness or disease, shall not be prosecuted in any building
or structure whose frontage or sides are located or placed within
35 feet of any dwelling house or building used for residence purposes,
provided, however, that the rear portion of such building or structure
may be so located or placed within 15 feet of such dwelling or residence.
(Prior code § 7-145.1)
A. The
Animal Services Supervisor or assistants shall, upon request of a
veterinary hospital, collect and dispose of dead animals. The Animal
Services Supervisor or assistants shall require the hospital to place
dead animals in containers or freezers prior to collection, and to
suture or bag all dead animals upon which autopsies or other operative
procedures have been performed.
B. Veterinary
hospitals shall be billed monthly by the Finance Department, for collection
and disposal services, according to the following fee schedule:
1. Cats.
$0.50 plus, $5.00 per call.
2. Dogs
and Other Animals. $1.00 plus, $5.00 per call.
C. The
Animal Services Supervisor shall include in the monthly pound report
sufficient information to facilitate billing.
(Prior code § 7-7-145.2; Ord. 022-07 C.S. § 1)