Oak Park, Illinois

5-3-6: DISPOSITION OF ANIMALS NOT REDEEMED:

C.   Every animal adopted from an animal control center shall be required to be licensed, inoculated for rabies and spayed or neutered within thirty (30) days. A deposit sufficient to cover the current cost of inoculation, spaying or neutering shall be made with the Village. The deposit shall be returned to the adopting party on receipt of a certification of a licensed veterinarian that the animal has been so inoculated and spayed or neutered. In the alternative, the deposit may be applied directly to the payment of the veterinarian’s charges. If these requirements are not fulfilled, the animal shall be reimpounded.

ARTICLE 6 DEALERS IN HOUSEHOLD PETS

5-6-1: LICENSE REQUIRED:

No person shall engage in the business of buying, selling, grooming, training or dealing in animals used as household pets or for domestic purposes without first obtaining a State and Village license.

5-6-2: APPLICATION; INVESTIGATION; ISSUANCE OF LICENSE:

Any person desiring a license to engage in the business of buying, selling or dealing in birds, dogs and other small animals used as household pets and for domestic purposes, shall make written application to the Village Clerk, stating the name and residence of the applicant and the place at which it is intended or desired to carry on such business, giving the location as well as a description of the premises. It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Health and other appropriate inspection personnel of the Village to cause an investigation of the premises named and described in such application for the purpose of determining the fitness and suitability of such premises for such business. Upon recommendation of the Director of Public Health and other appropriate personnel, and upon payment by such applicant to the Village Clerk of the license fee as set out in Chapter 8 of this Code, on licenses, the Village Clerk shall issue or cause to be issued to such applicant a license. A valid license certificate shall be posted in a conspicuous place in such place of business. No license shall be issued hereunder unless the applicant is in compliance with the Animal Welfare Act of the State of Illinois, cited earlier.