Sec. 5-100. - Business using protection dog—Registration required.
Sec. 5-101. - Application for registration.
Sec. 5-102. - Action on application.
Sec. 5-103. - Registration period.
Sec. 5-104. - Registration certificate not transferable.
Sec. 5-100. - Business using protection dog—Registration required.
No business shall use or employ any protection dog to protect facilities or property of the business without first registering pursuant to the provisions of this article.
(Ord. No. 4782 § 11, 1994.)
Sec. 5-101. - Application for registration.
Application for registration as a business using protection dogs shall be made in writing to the director by the owner of the business to be registered. Such application shall be on a form approved by the director and shall be accompanied by a registration fee, the amount of which shall be established pursuant to Section 5-4.
Sec. 5-102. - Action on application.
(a)
Upon receipt of an application for registration as a business using protection dogs, the director shall review the application and inspect the business premises. If the director finds that the requirements of this article and state law have been complied with, the director shall register the business in the records of the director and issue a registration certificate to the owner. If the director finds otherwise, the director shall not register the business until the noncompliance is corrected.
(b)
When issuing a registration certificate pursuant to this article, the director may make the certificate subject to such conditions as the director deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and to protect the public health, safety, and welfare. Failure to comply with any such condition shall be a violation of this chapter.
Sec. 5-103. - Registration period.
Every registration certificate issued pursuant to this article shall remain valid for so long as the business registered thereby continues to use or employ protection dogs.
Sec. 5-104. - Registration certificate not transferable.
No registration certificate issued pursuant to this article shall be transferable.
As a condition to the issuance of a registration certificate pursuant to this article, the director shall have the authority to conduct periodic inspections of the business premises. The director may impose an inspection fee, the amount of which shall be established pursuant to Section 5-4, where it is found that the business premises violates any of the conditions of the registration certificate, this chapter or state law.