Watsonville Municipal Code Art. 6 Pet Shops

(a) Every person who owns, conducts, or operates a pet shop shall keep each animal in a housing facility which is structurally sound and in good repair to protect the animal from injury and to restrict the entrance of other animals. This provision shall not be construed to prohibit the keeping of more than one animal in a single housing facility so long as such multiple housing does not create a threat to the safety of any of the animals so housed.

(b) Such facilities shall be constructed so as to prevent the escape of the animals kept therein.

(c) Such facilities shall be of sufficient size to provide adequate and proper housing for the animals kept therein.

(d) Such facilities shall provide temperature and ventilation control of a nature compatible with the needs of the animals kept therein.

(§ 1, Ord. 886-92 C-M, eff. April 9, 1992)

Every person who owns, conducts, or operates a pet shop shall comply with the following:

(a) All animals and all premises, enclosures, or structures wherein animals are kept shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition, free from all obnoxious odors and substances. The presence of an inordinate number of flies in the vicinity of any such premises, enclosure, or structure, any accumulation of debris, refuse, manure, urine, waste food, or other removable material upon any surface within any such premises, enclosure, or structure, or any obnoxious odor arising from any condition existing within any such premises, enclosure, or structure shall be evidence of a lack of the sanitary maintenance of such premises, enclosure, or structure; provided, however, the conditions set forth in this subsection shall not be deemed to be the exclusive means of exhibiting or proving the lack of sanitary maintenance.

(b) All animals and all premises, enclosures, or structures wherein animals are kept shall be thoroughly cleaned, and all debris, refuse, manure, urine, waste food, or other removable materials shall be removed therefrom every day or more often as necessary to effect compliance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. All refuse, manure, urine waste food, and other materials conducive to the breeding of flies or creative of any obnoxious odor removed from any such premises, enclosure, or structure shall be placed in a suitable nonporous container and covered with a tightly fitted cover or lid until removed from the pet shop, such removal to occur at least once every two (2) days or more often as necessary to prevent the presence of flies and obnoxious odors.

(c) All provisions of Title 14 of this Code and all conditions imposed thereto.

(§ 1, Ord. 886-92 C-M, eff. April 9, 1992)

Every person who owns, conducts, or operates a pet shop shall supply each animal therein with sufficient good and wholesome food and fresh water as often as the feeding habits of the animal require. Food so supplied each animal shall be of a nature compatible with the dietary habits and needs of the animal.

(§ 1, Ord. 886-92 C-M, eff. April 9, 1992)

Every person who owns, conducts, or operates a pet shop shall cause a notice, containing the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of persons to be notified during any hour of the day or night who will proceed at once to the location so as to permit entry to the premises by the Director of Animal Control or the police officers of the City, to be posted on the premises near the entrance, such notice to be in such a position as to be legible from the sidewalk or ground level adjacent to the building.

(§ 1, Ord. 886-92 C-M, eff. April 9, 1992)

No person who owns, conducts, or operates a pet shop shall sell a dangerous or wild animal without first ascertaining the place of residence of the prospective purchaser of such animal. If the prospective purchaser resides in the City, the prospective purchaser shall be advised that he shall obtain a permit pursuant to this chapter before he may purchase such dangerous or wild animal.

(§ 1, Ord. 886-92 C-M, eff. April 9, 1992)