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 City Manager 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.
[Amended 7-18-2023 by L.L. No. 6-2023[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law was subject to mandatory referendum and approved by the electors of the City of Oneida 11-7-2023.
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 City Manager. The Council shall then hear and decide the matter within a reasonable time.
[Amended 7-18-2023 by L.L. No. 6-2023[2]]
[2]
Editor's Note: This local law was subject to mandatory referendum and approved by the electors of the City of Oneida 11-7-2023.
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.