(a) Adoption of Shelter and Rescue Animals. Nothing in this subchapter shall prevent a pet store or its owner, operator or employees from providing space and appropriate care for animals owned by an Animal Control Shelter, Animal Protection Shelter, nonprofit Humane Society, or nonprofit animal rescue agency and maintained at the pet store for the purpose of adopting those animals to the public.
(b) Prohibitions.
(1) No pet store shall sell, offer for sale, offer for adoption, trade, barter, auction, give away, deliver, or otherwise transfer or dispose of dogs, cats, rabbits, long-lived birds, or large reptiles.
(2) No person or business entity shall offer for sale, offer for adoption, trade, barter, auction, give away, or otherwise transfer dogs, cats, ferrets, long-lived birds, or large reptiles on a roadside, public right-of-way, commercial parking lot, outdoor special sale, swap meet, flea market, or other similar event.
(3) No person, breeder or business entity shall hold off-site retail sales of animals at a location other than where the animal was bred.
(4) A pet store shall not sell or transfer any live animal without providing disclosure through a Certificate of Origin prior to the sale or transfer.
(5) No person shall knowingly provide or present an inaccurate Certificate of Origin.
(c) Exemptions. This subchapter does not apply to:
(1) Any large-scale breeder or hobby breeder in good standing with State and County requirements.
(2) A publicly operated animal control shelter, animal protection shelter or zoological park.
(3) A private, charitable, nonprofit humane society or animal rescue organization
(4) A publicly operated animal control shelter, nonprofit humane society, or nonprofit animal rescue organization that operates out of or in connection with a pet store.
(d) Existing Pet Store. An existing pet store may continue to display, offer to sale, offer for adoption, barter, auction, give away, or otherwise transfer dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits, long-lived birds, or large reptiles, but shall not be permitted to expand the scope of its operations in scope or size and must comply with all other provisions herein.
(Ord. 484. Passed 2-27-23.)