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Home My WebLink About5334ORDINANCE NO. 5334 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, amending Section 7.08.030 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "Commercial Pet Facilities, Grooming Parlors and Animal Welfare Facilities." WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend Section 7.08.030 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "Commercial Pet Facilities, Grooming Parlors and Animal Welfare - Facilities" by adopting reasonable regulations to reduce costs to the City and its residents, protect the citizens of the City who may purchase cats and dogs form a pet shop, promote community awareness of animal welfare, and foster a more healthy and humane environment in the City; and WHEREAS, current federal, Washington State, and Kitsap County regulations do not adequately address the sale of animals in pet shops; and WHEREAS, restricting the retail sale of cats and dogs to only those sourced from animal welfare organizations is likely to increase demand for animals from animal welfare - organizations and thereby reduce the number of homeless animals and animal control costs; and WHEREAS, across the country, thousands of independent pet shops, as well as large chains operate profitably with a business model focused on the sale of pet services and supplies and not on the sale of cats and dogs. These shops collaborate with local animal welfare organizations to offer space and support for showcasing adoptable homeless pets` on their premises; and WHEREAS, this ordinance will not affect a consumer's ability to obtain cats and dogs directly from an animal welfare organization or from a breeder where the consumer can see directly the conditions in which the cats and dogs are bred, or can confer directly with the breeder concerning those conditions; NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION]. Section 7.08.030(b) of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "Commercial Pet Facilities, Grooming Parlors and Animal Welfare Facilities" is hereby amended to add sections (8), (9), (10) and (11) as follows: (b) Operation requirements for commercial pet facilities and animal welfare facilities: (1) Adequate food and water for each species, pursuant to Section 7.04.020(a), and proper habitat and medical attention, if needed, shall be provided during normal business hours and when the facilities are not open for business; (2) Food shall be stored in a fashion that prevents contamination or infestation; Page 1 of 3 Commercial Pet & Animal. Welfare Facilities (3) The facilities shall be maintained and operated in a healthful and sanitary manner, free from disease, infestation, and foul odors; (4) Sick animals shall be isolated from healthy ones in quarters adequately ventilated to prevent contamination of healthy animals; (5) Sick or injured animals shall receive appropriate medical treatment by or under the auspices of a licensed veterinarian. Records'shall be maintained reflecting treatment, care, dates of veterinary visits, and the name of the veterinarian and veterinary clinic providing treatment. Sick or injured animals shall not be sold, bartered, or otherwise transferred from a commercial pet facility or animal welfare facility to a new owner until the illness or injury is substantially healed, unless such transfer is to an animal welfare organization that assumed all responsibility for providing the appropriate medical treatment; (6) Cats and dogs shall receive age-appropriate vaccines and anthelmintics. Records of such shall be maintained for each animal and made available to the animal control authority and the Bremerton-Kitsap County Health District, including the name and address of the attending veterinarian, if applicable; (7) A copy of all medical records including, but not limited to, the records described in subsections (5) and (6) shall be provided to new owners at the time the ownership of the animal is transferred, or to the animal control authority upon request; (8) A net shop may offer for sale only those cats and dogs that the pet shop has obtained from or displays in cooperation with an animal welfare organization' (9) A pet shop shall not offer for sale a cat or do that h�younger than eight weeks old, - (10) A pet shop shall maintain records stating the name and address of the animal welfare organization that each cat and dog was obtained from for at least two years following the date of acquisition. Such records shall be provided to new owners at the time the ownership of the animal is transferred and to the animal control authority upon request. Each pet shop shall display on each cage a label stating the name and address of the animal welfare organization of each cat or dog kept in a cage; and (1 l) Commercial pet facilities rooming parlors and animal welfare facilities shall comply with the veterinary certification requirements of WAC 16-54-170 when importing dogs, cats, and ferrets from outside Washington Records documenting compliance with WAC 16-54-170 shall be maintained for at least two years following the date of acquisition of the animal and such records shall be provided to new owners at the time the ownership of the animal is transferred, and to the animal control authority upon request SECTION2 Severability. If any one or more sections, subsections, or sentences of this ordinance are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance and the same shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 3. Efective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force ten (10) days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law. Page 2 of 3 Commercial Pet & Animal Welfare Facilities PASSED by the City Council the day of �. W"", - ERIC YOUI\ Approved this 6 '�'- day of �� '2017. ATTEST: &V412� SHANNON CORIN, City Clerk PATTY LEN yor 2017. it President APPROVED AS TO FORM: 5ROiER A. LUBOVICH, City Attorney PUBLISHED the day of �l %?� 2017. EFFECTIVE the 3 day of�/�� ,2017. ORDINANCE NO. Page 3 of 3, Commercial Pet & Animal Welfare Facilities AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION Account #342133 AD#1749115 STATE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF KITSAP I, Teresa Hull, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and says: That she is now, and at all times embraced in the publication herein mentioned was the principal clerk of the printers and publishers of KITSAP SUN; that said newspaper has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior Court of the County of Kitsap, in which County it is published and is now and has been for more than six months prior to the date of the publi- cation hereinafter referred to, published in the English language continually as a daily newspaper in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, a weekly newspaper in Kitsap County, Washington and is now and during all of said time, was printed in an office maintained in the aforesaid place of publication of said newspaper; that the following is a true text of an advertisement as it was published in regular issues (and not in supplement form) of said newspaper on the following date, to wit: And on September 13, 2017 such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period. The full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is the sum of $65.12. This amount has not been paid in full. -7 (Signature of Principal Clerk) Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of September 14, 2017.' ORDINANCE NO. 5334 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, amending Section 7.08.030 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "Commercial Pet Facilities, Grooming Parlors and Animal Welfare Facilities." PASSED by the City Council on the 6th day of September, 2017. The full text of this ordinance is available from the City Clerk's Office, 345 Sixth Street, Suite 600, Bremerton, WA 98337. SEPT. 13, 2017 AD# 1749115