(A) Prior to the commencement of breeding, an owner must obtain a breeding permit from the Animal Control Division of the Police Department for each dog that he or she intends to breed within the city. No person, as principal, agent, employee or otherwise, shall breed any dog within the city without a breeding permit. The breeding permit shall expire six months from the date of issuance.
(B) Each completed application for a breeding permit must be submitted to the Animal Control Division.
(C) Each application for a breeding permit shall be accompanied by a fee as set forth in the schedule of fees, charges, penalties and rewards attached to the annual budget of the city, pursuant to § 41.11 of this code and no breeding permit shall be issued until the application fee is paid.
(D) Each breeding permit is issued to the dog owner and cannot be sold, purchased, traded, or otherwise conveyed.
(E) No breeding permit shall be issued unless the following conditions are met:
(1) The applicant has submitted the required forms to the Animal Control Division together with fees as set forth in the schedule of fees, charges, penalties and rewards attached to the annual budget of the city, pursuant to § 41.11 of this Code.
(2) The applicant has an indoor space and outdoor space in which to breed the dogs and raise the offspring that will contain the dogs as well as provide them with safe, sanitary, and humane conditions, appropriate for breeding a specific breed, and which satisfies all applicable provisions of this Code and all applicable state animal welfare laws.
(3) The Animal Control Division has evaluated the physical and behavioral characteristics regarding the suitability of the particular dogs to be bred.
(4) The dog identified in the breeding permit must be micro-chipped.
(F) The Animal Control Division may deny any application for a breeding permit if it finds that one or more of the following has occurred:
(1) The applicant has failed to appropriately license the dog to be bred.
(2) The applicant has failed to pay the appropriate application fee.
(3) As determined by the State of Connecticut and/or City of Waterbury, the applicant has a history of allowing dogs to run loose or escape, or has otherwise been found to be neglectful; has had his/her dog identified as a nuisance; or has previously been determined to have violated the provisions of this chapter.
(4) Within the last ten months, the applicant has both obtained a breeding permit and bred the subject dog.
(5) The applicant has failed to provide a parvovirus vaccination record from a licensed veterinarian pursuant to § 92.23 of this Code.
(G) In the event that a dog owner fails to apply for a breeding permit before the commencement of breeding, the animal control division may issue the breeding permit without penalty if it determines that the failure to acquire the breeding permit was not in bad faith.
(Ord. passed 7-8-2016)