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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 0649ORDINANCE NO. 649 AN ORDINANCE ADDING SECTION 1335.1 TO THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME TO PROHIBIT THE DISPLAY, SALE, OFFER FOR SALE, BARTER, OR GIFT OF ANY FOWL, FISH, REPTILE OR ANIMAL AS A NOVELTY The City Council of the City of Burlingame does ordain as follows: SECTION 1: The Ordinance Code of the City of is hereby amended by adding a new Section 1335.1 which shall read as follows: "Section 1335.1 - ANIMALS AS NOVELTIES (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to display, sell, offer for sale or barter any live rabbit, baby chick, duckling or other fowl, fish, turtle, snake, lizard, chameleon or other reptile, bird, cat, dog, guinea pig, rodent or other animal, as novelties, whether or not dyed, colored, or otherwise artificially treated. ''This sub -section shall not be construed to prohibit the display in proper facilities or the sale of any animal, fish, reptile or bird by any person carrying on any business in which animals, fish, reptiles or birds are the stock in trade when such person is possessed of a valid business license under the ,orovisions of Part IV of the Burlingame Ordinance Code, as such provisions now exist or as they may be hereafter amended. "(b) It shall be unlawful for any person required to procure a business license under the provisions of Part IV of the Burlingame Ordinance Code, as such provisions now exist or as they may be hereafter amended, to give away any animal, fish, reptile or bird unless such person is possessed of a valid business license to carry on the business of a pet shop, kennel, aviary or fish hatchery.P° SECTION 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, - 1 - clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council of this City hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, clauses, phrases, or por- tions may be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 4. quired by law. This Ordinance shall be published as re - I, Herbert K. White, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 15t7a day of April, 1957, and adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 6th day of May , 1957, by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen: Byrd-Morgan-Rooth-Thaver Noes: Councilmen: None Absent Councilmen: Joh - 2 -