(a) No person shall give away any live vertebrate animal 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 offer any vertebrae animal as an incentive to enter into any business agreement in which the offer was for the purpose of attracting trade. As used herein, "vertebrate animal" means any fish, amphibian, reptile, bird or mammal.
(b) No person shall keep, sell, give away, barter or otherwise dispose of any live animals, fish, fowl or birds in any business establishment or in connection with any commercial business enterprise in the City, other than in connection with a regularly established pet or animal shop or veterinarian hospital, unless a permit shall have been first obtained without cost from the Director of Public Safety, which permit shall be issued if all sanitary regulations, ordinances and laws have been complied with.
(c) It is unlawful for any person to receive with intent to sell or transfer, or sell or transfer directly or through a third party, an animal to a research or educational facility in this municipality.
(d) Whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If the offender has been previously convicted of violating that division or a concomitant offense, any subsequent violation is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(e) Whoever violates division (b) or (c) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If the offender has been previously convicted of violating that division or a concomitant offense, any subsequent violation is a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 2019-3. Passed 2-11-19.)