§ 14:214. Animal establishment permits.

(a)

No person shall operate an animal establishment without first obtaining a permit from the animal control and rescue center.

(b)

The animal control and rescue center director may adopt animal establishment regulations such as those set forth in title 9, animal and animal products, chapter 1, animal and plant health services, United States Department of Agriculture Animal Welfare Act of 1970 (Public Law 91579) or revisions thereto, or statutes of the state, or may promulgate and use any such nutritional or environmental standards which may be considered applicable and standard husbandry practices by expert opinion or literature, or by such organizations as the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (AAZP&A), or a qualified veterinarian.

(c)

The animal control and rescue center will provide a copy of the standards adopted, as provided in subsection (b), to applicants with application for a permit. The applicant shall acknowledge receipt of the standards in the application.

(d)

The permit period shall begin on the day the permit application is approved by the director. All applications for renewal of a permit for the ensuing year shall be filed with the animal control and rescue center no later than the day of the annual inspection and a remittance therefor in cash, cashier's check or money order, in the proper amount as set forth hereinafter, payable to the animal control and rescue center.

(e)

Any person who maintains or operates an animal establishment shall pay an annual permit fee as provided hereinafter. If any person shall own or operate more than one (1) facility, he shall be required to have a permit for each facility.

(f)

The annual permit fee shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00).

(Ord. No. 9634 § 1, 5-26-93; Ord. No. 13097, § 4, 10-27-04; Ord. No. 15237, § 1, 1-11-12)