Title 6 Animals of the Riverside County Code is hereby adopted
in its entirety by this reference.
(Prior code § 93.01; Ord. 561 12-16-14)
It is unlawful for any person to keep or cause to be kept or
to have in his or her possession or under his or her custody or control
within the City limits, any rooster(s).
(Ord. 702 12-3-19)
The purpose and intent of this chapter is to promote animal
welfare and encourage best practices in the breeding and purchasing
of dogs and cats offered for retail sale in the City of Desert Hot
Springs.
(Ord. 575 5-3-16)
Notwithstanding the definitions set forth in Title
6 Animals of the Riverside County Code, the following definitions shall govern the meaning of words and phrases used in this chapter, unless it is plainly evident from the context that a different meaning is intended:
“Animal shelter”
means a municipal or related public animal shelter or duly
incorporated nonprofit organization devoted to the rescue, care, and
adoption of stray, abandoned, or surrendered animals, and which does
not breed animals.
“Backyard breeding”
means the breeding of dogs or cats for the purpose of sale on any property zoned residential, where such breeding is prohibited pursuant to Desert Hot Springs Municipal Code Section
17.108.040(B).
“Cat”
means an animal of the Felidae family of the order Carnivora.
“Certificate of source”
means a document declaring the source of the dog or cat sold
or transferred by the pet store. The certificate shall include the
name and address of the source of the dog or cat.
“Dog”
means any member of the canine family.
“Pet store”
means a retail or commercial establishment open to the public
and engaging in the business of, or having as a component of a business,
the offering for sale and/or selling animals at retail.
“Pet store operator”
means a person who or entity (whether for-profit or nonprofit,
corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated association
or any other type of organization) that owns and/or operates a pet
store.
“Reputable breeder”
means any person or entity that maintains and operates a kennel or cattery duly licensed pursuant to the applicable provisions of Title
6 Animals of the Riverside County Code, as adopted pursuant to this chapter, and in compliance with all applicable provisions of the Desert Hot Springs Municipal Code.
“Retail sale”
includes display, offer for sale, sell, deliver, offer for
adoption, barter, auction, give away, or otherwise transfer any cat
or dog.
(Ord. 575 5-3-16)
This chapter does not apply to:
A. A person or establishment that sells, delivers, offers for sale, barters, auctions, gives away, or otherwise transfers or disposes of only animals that were bred and reared on the premises of the person or establishment, provided that the person or establishment has not engaged in prohibited backyard breeding as defined in this chapter or prohibited pursuant to Section
17.108.040 of the Desert Hot Springs Municipal Code, as may be amended from time to time.
B. An animal
shelter, as defined in this chapter;
C. A private,
charitable, nonprofit humane society or animal rescue organization;
D. A publicly
operated animal control agency, nonprofit humane society, or nonprofit
animal rescue organization that operates out of or in connection with
a pet store; or
E. A kennel or cattery maintained and operated and duly licensed pursuant to the applicable provisions of Title
6 Animals of the Riverside County Code, as adopted pursuant to this chapter, and in compliance with all applicable provisions of the Desert Hot Springs Municipal Code.
(Ord. 575 5-3-16)
Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a pet store operator or
pet store located in the City of Desert Hot Springs from providing
space and appropriate care for animals owned by a publicly operated
animal control agency, nonprofit humane society, or nonprofit animal
rescue agency and maintained at the pet store for the purpose of public
adoption.
(Ord. 575 5-3-16)