Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-22-115.1
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Commercial pet breeder - Restriction of location near
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schools or day care facilities.
A. No commercial pet breeder shall be located within two
thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of a public or private school or
licensed day care facility in a municipality having a population of
more than three hundred thousand (300,000). Provided, this
prohibition shall not apply to a commercial pet breeder that was
lawfully in operation and in full compliance with all licensing,
permitting, and zoning requirements applicable to the commercial pet
breeder prior to the effective date of this act.
B. No public officer or employee shall issue any type of
license, permit, approval or consent for a commercial pet breeder to
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be located within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of a public
or private school or licensed day care facility in a municipality
having a population of more than three hundred thousand (300,000).
C. Applications for a commercial pet breeder license or for any
governmental permit, approval or consent needed to authorize the
lawful operation of a commercial pet breeder that are pending on the
effective date of this act shall be subject to the prohibitions set
forth in subsections A and B of this section.
D. The provisions of subsections A and B of this section may be
enforced by any public officer within whose jurisdiction a
noncompliant commercial pet breeder is located or by any other
person aggrieved in any way by noncompliance with the provisions.
Enforcement action may include a civil suit for an injunction filed
in the district court in the county where a noncompliant commercial
pet breeder is located.
E. Any municipality is hereby authorized to enact an ordinance
consistent with the provisions of this section and to enforce the
ordinance by prosecution of violations in the municipal court, as
provided by law.
F. For the purposes of this section, the term "commercial pet
breeder" shall have the same meaning as given in Section 30.2 of
Title 4 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
A. No commercial pet breeder shall be located within two
thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of a public or private school or
licensed day care facility in a municipality having a population of
more than three hundred thousand (300,000). Provided, this
prohibition shall not apply to a commercial pet breeder that was
lawfully in operation and in full compliance with all licensing,
permitting, and zoning requirements applicable to the commercial pet
breeder prior to the effective date of this act.
B. No public officer or employee shall issue any type of
license, permit, approval or consent for a commercial pet breeder to
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 179
be located within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of a public
or private school or licensed day care facility in a municipality
having a population of more than three hundred thousand (300,000).
C. Applications for a commercial pet breeder license or for any
governmental permit, approval or consent needed to authorize the
lawful operation of a commercial pet breeder that are pending on the
effective date of this act shall be subject to the prohibitions set
forth in subsections A and B of this section.
D. The provisions of subsections A and B of this section may be
enforced by any public officer within whose jurisdiction a
noncompliant commercial pet breeder is located or by any other
person aggrieved in any way by noncompliance with the provisions.
Enforcement action may include a civil suit for an injunction filed
in the district court in the county where a noncompliant commercial
pet breeder is located.
E. Any municipality is hereby authorized to enact an ordinance
consistent with the provisions of this section and to enforce the
ordinance by prosecution of violations in the municipal court, as
provided by law.
F. For the purposes of this section, the term "commercial pet
breeder" shall have the same meaning as given in Section 30.2 of
Title 4 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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