The City Clerk shall promulgate regulations
for the issuance of permits and shall include requirements for humane
care of all animals and for compliance with the provisions of this
chapter and other applicable laws. Such regulations may be amended
from time to time as deemed desirable for public health and welfare
and for the protection of animals.
No person shall operate a commercial animal
establishment without first obtaining a permit in compliance with
this article. Every facility regulated by this article shall be considered
a separate enterprise and require an individual permit.
If the applicant has withheld or falsified any
information on the application for a permit for a commercial animal
establishment, the City Clerk shall refuse to issue the permit. No
person who has been convicted of cruelty to animals shall be issued
a permit to operate a commercial animal establishment. Any person
denied such a permit may not reapply for a period of 30 days. Each
reapplication shall be accompanied by a $10 fee.
The commercial animal establishment permit period
shall begin with the first of the year and run one year. Renewal applications
for permits shall be made 30 days prior to and up to 60 days after,
the first of the year. Application for permit to establish a new commercial
animal establishment may be made at any time.
A.
Annual commercial animal establishment permits shall
be issued upon payment of the applicable fee that shall be established
by resolution of the Common Council. Such fees may thereafter be amended
from time to time by like resolution.
[Amended 11-20-2012 by Ord. No. 12-10]
B.
No fee shall be required of any veterinary hospital,
animal shelter or government-operated zoological park.
C.
Any person who has a change in the category under
which a permit was issued shall be subject to reclassification and
appropriate adjustment of the permit fee shall be made.
If there is a change in ownership of a commercial
animal establishment, the new owner may have the current permit transferred
to his name upon payment of a transfer fee of $10.
A.
After a hearing affording due process, the Mayor may
revoke any permit for a commercial animal establishment if the person
holding the permit refuses to comply with this chapter, the regulations
promulgated by the Clerk or any law governing the protection and keeping
of animals.
B.
Any person whose permit is revoked shall, within 10
days thereafter, humanely dispose of all animals owned, kept or harbored
by such person, and no part of the permit fee shall be refunded.
C.
A person whose permit has been revoked may appeal
such decision to the Common Council by requesting a hearing before
the Council. Such requests shall be made to the City Clerk within
10 days after receipt of notice of the action of the Mayor. The Council
shall then hear and decide the matter within a reasonable time.
D.
It shall be a condition of the issuance of any permit
that the City Clerk shall be permitted to inspect all animals and
the premises where animals are kept at any time and shall, if permission
for such inspection is refused, revoke the permit of the refusing
owner.
