§ 462.1004. Application for issuance, renewal or reinstatement of permit.

(a)

No permit or renewal or reinstatement of a permit shall be issued to any person who has been convicted of cruelty to animals, under any federal, State or local law, or fined for animal cruelty under Part 2 and upheld on appeal, or shall be issued to any pet shop that is owned by, or employs or plans to employ, any person who has been convicted of cruelty to animals under any federal, State, or local law, or fined for animal cruelty under Part 2 and upheld on appeal.

(b)

A pet shop or animal dealer shall, in a timely manner, apply to ACPS for issuance of, or for renewal or reinstatement of, a permit. If the prospective permittee is not an individual person, application shall be made by a person authorized by the prospective permittee to apply and sign.

(c)

The signature of the applicant shall constitute agreement that the prospective permittee shall assume responsibility for the operation of the pet shop in accordance with the requirements of this Part and all applicable provisions of this Chapter.

(d)

The application for issuance, renewal or reinstatement of a permit shall include such information and documentation as ACPS may reasonably require including, but not limited to, the following:

(1)

Name, address and telephone number of the pet shop;

(2)

Name, date of birth, home and business addresses, and home and business telephone numbers of the permittee and the individual(s) having primary management responsibility. If permittee is a corporation or partnership or other organization, the name, date of birth, home and business address and home and business telephone numbers of each officer or partner; and

(3)

The animal cruelty conviction histories, and any civil fines for animal cruelty upheld on appeal, of each of the above listed persons.

(e)

Each permittee and each prospective permittee shall notify ACPS promptly of any and all changes in the information submitted in the application for issuance, renewal or reinstatement of a permit. Each permittee and each prospective permittee shall also promptly notify ACPS of any enlargement to or remodeling of the facilities.

(f)

Each permittee and each prospective permittee shall notify ACPS of any change of the individual person having primary management responsibility for the pet shop no later than the time of the change.

(g)

A timely application for issuance, renewal or reinstatement of a permit shall be accompanied by payment of a fee in accordance with ACPS's permit fee schedule. A late application for issuance, for renewal or reinstatement shall be accompanied by a late fee payment as provided in the fee schedule.

(h)

No permit shall be transferable, and the location of a permitted pet shop or animal dealer shall not change unless the permittee has applied for and received a new permit for the new location.

(Ord. 2004-259-E, § 1; Ord. 2010-527-E, § 11)

Editor's note

Ordinance 2007-839-E, § 18, authorized updated department/division names pursuant to reorganization.