(A) PET SHOP. Any retail establishment where companion animals are bought, sold, exchanged, or offered for sale or exchange to the public, whether as the primary purpose of the business or merely incidental to the operation of the business.
(B) No person shall sell, offer for sale, barter, or give away, any animal, fowl, or reptile that is less than eight weeks of age.
(C) No person shall sell, trade, barter, auction, lease, rent, give away, or display for commercial purposes, any live pet, on any roadside, public right-of-way, public property, commercial parking lot or sidewalk, or at any flea market, fair, or carnival.
(D) No person shall give away any live animal, fish, fowl, reptile or bird as a prize for, or as an inducement to enter any contest, game or other competition, or as an inducement to enter a place of amusement or to enter into any business agreement whereby the offer is for the purpose of attracting trade.
(E) It shall be unlawful for any pet shop, as defined herein, to offer for sale a dog or cat. A pet shop may provide space to an animal shelter or an animal rescue organization, as defined herein, to offer to the public dogs or cats for a nominal adoption fee, provided that the pet shop shall not have any ownership interest in the animals offered and shall not receive any fee for providing space or for the adoption of any of the animals.
(F) Any person convicted under any local ordinance or state statute regarding animal cruelty or maltreatment is prohibited from selling any animal or offering any animal for sale in the county.
(Ord. 22-10-01, passed 10-18-22)