§ 462.207. Artificial coloring of animals.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to artificially color any animal in the City or cause this coloration to be done or to bring into the City, possess, offer for sale, sell, barter or give away an artificially colored animal. Enforcement of this Section is intended to protect the animal from being harmed from the coloration process and to prevent misrepresentation of the actual coloration of an animal to any potential buyer. Strictly prohibited is the artificial coloring of chick, ducklings, gosling and rabbits. A violation of this Section shall subject the violator to a civil fine of not less than the amount designated in Chapter 462, Part 18.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person or business entity to knowingly allow or permit anyone to display, possess, offer for sale, barter or give away an artificially colored animal. The manager on site and/or the property owner shall be subject to a civil fine of not less than the amount designated in Chapter 462, Part 18. "Knowingly" for this Section shall mean that a reasonable person with the knowledge of the facts available would or should have known or had reasonable cause to believe that the animal had been colored.

(Ord. 2004-259-E, § 1; Ord. 2010-527-E, § 3)