Truckee Municipal Code Ch. 8.02 Retail Sale of Dogs and Cats in Pet Stores

For the purpose of this chapter unless it is plainly evident from the context that a different meaning is intended, the following terms are defined as follows:

(a) "Cat" shall mean all domesticated felines.

(b) "Dog" shall mean all domesticated canines.

(c) "Pet Store" shall mean a retail establishment open to the public and selling or offering for sale animals, including, but not limited to, animals for use as pets or animals intended as food for other animals. A person who sells, exchanges, or otherwise transfers only animals that were bred or raised, or both, by the person, or sells or otherwise transfers only animals kept primarily for reproduction, shall be considered a breeder and not a pet store.

(d) "Pet Store Operator" shall mean a person who owns and/or operates a pet store.

No pet store operator or pet store shall display, sell, deliver, offer for sale or adoption except in conjunction with an established tax-exempt animal rescue group, barter, auction, give away, or otherwise dispose of cats or dogs in the Town of Truckee.

(ORD 2016-01 01-09-2016)