This Chapter applies to any retail sale of a dog or a cat by a pet shop located in New York City that is subject to Chapters 3, 8, and 17 of Title 17 of the Administrative Code. It does not apply to the sale of a cat or dog by a person who breeds and sells directly to consumers fewer than a total of 25 dogs and cats per calendar year where such dogs and cats are born and raised on the breeder's residential premises. It also does not apply to the sale of any other animal by a pet shop operated in accordance with a permit issued by the Commissioner pursuant to 24 RCNY Health Code §§ 5.07 and 161.09. Nothing in this Chapter exempts a pet shop from also complying with any applicable provisions of the Health Code.
(Added City Record 3/6/2018, eff. 4/5/2018)
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