(a) No animals except seeing-eye dogs shall be taken into, allowed or permitted to be kept in any place where food is kept for sale or sold, and each such place where food is kept for sale or sold shall cause to be placed in a conspicuous place in each such establishment a sign of a size and design to be approved by the Police Chief containing notice to the public.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the keeping of cats or ferrets for the purpose of ridding the premises of rodents. Nor shall anything in this section be construed to prohibit the keeping of live poultry for sale on such premises, so long as the same are kept and slaughtered in accordance with the provisions required by the Village Board of Health.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.