Record #: O2015-2572   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 4/14/2015 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on License and Consumer Protection
Final action: 6/17/2015
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Section 4-384-010 regarding breeding of dogs or cats
Sponsors: Mendoza, Susana A., Dept./Agency
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 384 Animal Care
Attachments: 1. O2015-2572.pdf
Committee on Licensing
 
ORDINANCE
 
 
 
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
 
 
SECTION 1. Section 4-384-010 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language stricken through and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
4-384-010 Definitions.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
"Pet shop" means any person primarily engaged in the business of selling or offering to sell animals suitable for use as pets; provided that a "pet shop" shall not include: (1) any animal control center, animal care facility, kennel or pound or training facility operated by any subdivision of local, state, or federal government; (2) any research facility subject to inspection under separate provisions of local, state or federal law; or (3) the isolated or occasional sale of animals by a person who sells only such animals that he has produced and raised; or (4) any person engaged in the business of breeding who owns, has possession of or harbors 5 or fewer female dogs or cats capable of reproduction and sells only those breeding dogs or cats or their offspring.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
 
 
 
SECTION 2. This ordinance is intended to clarify, rather than to change, existing law.
 
 
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take full force and affect upon its passage and publication.