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Amending Chapter 10-100 ("Animals") of The Philadelphia Code to restrict the operation of carriage horse businesses and to provide for penalties for violations, all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Title 10 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
TITLE 10. REGULATION OF INDIVIDUAL CONDUCT AND ACTIVITY
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CHAPTER 10-100. ANIMALS
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? 10-101. Definitions.
In this Chapter the following definitions apply:
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[Carriage Horse. Shall mean any horse which is used by its owner or other person to pull any vehicle, carriage, sled, sleigh, wagon or other device. A horse rented or leased by its owner to another for any of the foregoing purposes shall be deemed a carriage horse for the purposes of this Chapter.]
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? 10-108. Rental [and Carriage] Horses.
(1) Rental [and Carriage] Horse Licenses.
(a) No person shall use or offer the use of any horse in a rental riding [or carriage horse] business unless such horse shall be licensed by the Department of Licenses and Inspections. The Animal Control Agency in conjunction with the Department of Licenses and Inspection shall promulgate regulations for the licensing of rental [and carriage] horses, which regulations may from time to time revise the annual license or renewal fee to reflect the costs incurred by the City in regulating rental [and carriage] horses under this Section. Unless otherwise provided by regulation, the annual fee for a license or renewal of a license shall be twenty-five dollars ($25) per horse. No license shall be transferable. All applications for a license or the renewal of a license shall be accompanied by a health certificate signed and dated by the examining veterinarian.
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(c) Each horse licensed pursuant to this Section shall be assigned an official identification number by the [Department of Licenses and Inspecti...
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