§ 4-200. Commerce in live animals.  


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  • It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, trade, barter, lease, rent, raffle, give away or display for commercial purposes a live animal on a roadside, public right-of-way, sidewalk, street, parkway or any other public property or any property dedicated to public use, a commercial parking lot, or at an outdoor special sale, swap meet, flea market, parking lot sale or similar event. This section does not apply to a sale held on privately owned property with the written permission of the owner of the property or a parking lot where the seller has the parking lot owner's written permission. This section does not apply to adoption of animals by the city animal shelter or by a Internal Revenue Code, 26 USC 5.01(c)(3) humane society/animal rescue organization.

(Code 1990, ch. 2, § 17(A))