§ 14-38. Animal markets.  


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  • No horse market shall be conducted or maintained in any block of ground in the city where a majority of the frontage of any side of such block is occupied and used for residential purposes. It shall further be unlawful to offer any animal for sale at auction unless the sale is done in a barn, stable or other covered enclosure. Where any animal is offered for sale at auction, the auctioneer so offering the animal for sale shall first make a minute description of such animal in a well-bound book, which book shall be at all times open to inspection by any officer of the city or police department; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall in any way alter or invalidate any common usage or procedure of the American Royal.

(Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 6.36; Ord. No. 48707, 6-22-78; Ord. No. 951372, § 1, 11-9-95)

Cross reference

Auctions and special sales, ch. 16; licenses and miscellaneous business regulations, ch. 40.