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Amendment of Municipal Code Section 4-384-020 to further regulate operation of animal shelters
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MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 384 Animal Care
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Committee on License & Consumer Protection Chicago City Council Meeting July 24, 2019
ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Chapter 4-384-021 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting the underscored language, as follows:
4-384-020 Animal care - License required when - Permit required for temporary animal exhibitions.
fjQ No person shall engage in the business of a grooming facility, guard dog service, pet shop, animal shelter, animal care facility, humane society, veterinary hospital or permanent animal exhibition without having first obtained an animal care license under this chapter; provided, however, that an animal care facility may, under that license, (If) buy or sell cats or dogs without a pet shop license; or (2ii) groom cats or dogs without a grooming facility license.
(2) No person shall operate an animal shelter without having first obtained an animal care license under this chapter. As a condition of license issuance or renewal, any animal shelter must submit to the Commissioner the shelter's statistics on animal euthanasia and pet surrender. Upon request by an authorized City official, such statistics shall be made immediately available for inspection by such authorized City official.
No person shall engage in the business of temporary animal exhibition without first having obtained a permit to do so under Section 7-12-185.
For purposes of this section, the terms "permanent" and "temporary" shall have the meaning ascribed to those terms in the definition of "animal exhibition" as set forth in Section 4-384-010.
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SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect January 1, 2020.