Logan, UT Animal Ordinances: Pet Store Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Logan Municipal Code § 6A.06.120(D)
- Exempt from
- Animal boarding establishment (kennel/cattery) license
- Condition
- Dog or cat sales ancillary to retail sales
- Dog license
- Dogs within a retail pet shop exempt, § 6A.06.070(C)
- Inspections
- Animal control can enter and inspect, § 6A.16.010
- Default penalty
- Class B misdemeanor, each day separate, § 6A.16.030(A)
Summary
In Logan City, Utah, a bona fide retail pet shop that sells dogs or cats as an ancillary part of its retail sales is exempt from the animal boarding establishment (kennel/cattery) license in Title 6A. Section 6A.06.120(D) contains no sale ban and no adoption-only requirement. Pet shops still answer to animal control inspections, the disease rule, and the wild animal sale ban.
The following are not subject to the animal boarding establishment license regulation of this title: A. Bona fide research facilities where medical or related research is conducted in accordance with law. B. Government shelters. C. Animal shelters. D. Bona fide retail pet shops where the selling of dogs or cats is ancillary to the retail sales of the establishment.
Full Breakdown
Logan City's animal code, Title 6A (Comprehensive Animal Control), defines a pet shop in section 6A.02.030 as a retail business containing cages or exhibition pens, where dogs, cats, birds or other pets for sale are kept or displayed. The same definition says a pet shop is not classified as an animal boarding establishment, kennel, or cattery for the purposes of the title. Section 6A.06.120(D) repeats the point in the licensing chapter: bona fide retail pet shops where the selling of dogs or cats is ancillary to the retail sales of the establishment are not subject to the animal boarding establishment license. The same list exempts bona fide research facilities, government shelters and animal shelters.
The exemption is written around the word ancillary. The definition of an animal boarding establishment reaches a kennel, cattery, or related establishment where it exceeds the permissible number allowed by City ordinance of dogs or cats boarded, bred, bought, sold, adopted, or donated. Section 6A.06.010 sets the residence limit at no more than four (4) dogs or four (4) cats, with no combination exceeding six (6), unless a kennel/cattery license is obtained under section 6A.06.080.
Pet shops still carry other duties. Individual dogs within a bona fide retail pet shop are exempt from dog licensing under section 6A.06.070(C), but subsection D of that section says nothing exempts any dog from having a current rabies vaccination at all times. Section 6A.08.100 forbids any person to knowingly harbor, keep or sell an animal afflicted with mange, ringworm, distemper, parvovirus, kennel cough, or any other contagious disease unless the animal is being given adequate necessary treatment. Section 6A.08.180 makes it unlawful to import, sell, offer for sale, barter, give away, keep or purchase any wild animal as defined in the title. Finally, section 6A.16.010 authorizes an animal control officer, as a condition of the issuance of any license including a business license, to enter and inspect the premises of any pet shop.
Violations & Fines
Section 6A.16.030 sets the penalty. Unless the title states otherwise, a person violating any provision is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor, and each day a violation continues is a separate offense. Selling a wild animal under 6A.08.180 or selling a diseased animal under 6A.08.100 falls under that rule. Animal control can also deny, suspend, or revoke a boarding license under 6A.06.140 when an applicant is found maintaining or selling illegal species, wild animals, or prohibited animals, with an appeal to the City's Appeal Authority under section 5.02.160.
Frequently Asked Questions
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