11-46a - Animal Enterprise and Working Animal Regulations
Title 11 > 11-46a
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11-46a-101 - Definitions.
As used in this chapter: 11-46a-101(1) “Animal” means any nonhuman vertebrate life form.”Animal” does not include domestic cats, domestic dogs, exotic animals, or reptiles. 11-46a-101(2) “Animal enterprise” means a commercial enterprise, an academic enterprise, or a competition that uses or sells animals or animal products for profit, food or fiber production, agriculture, education, research, sport, or testing.”Animal enterprise” includes an animal competition, exposition, fair, rodeo, farm, feedlot, furrier, ranch, or event intended to exhibit or advance agricultural arts and sciences.”Animal enterprise” does not include an aquarium, circus, horse and carriage operation, retail pet store, or zoo. 11-46a-101(3) “Exotic animal” means a:member of the family Felidae not indigenous to Utah, except the species Felis catus (domestic cat);nonhuman primate;nonwolf member of the family Canidae not indigenous to Utah, except the species Canis familiaris (domestic dog);bear; andmember of the order Crocodylia. 11-46a-101(4) “Political subdivision” means:a city or town; ora county, as it relates to the licensing and regulation of an animal enterprise or working animal in the unincorporated area of the county. 11-46a-101(5) “Working animal” means an animal used for performing a specific duty or function in commerce, including an animal used for entertainment, herding, transportation, education, or exhibition.”Working animal” does not include a horse and carriage operation.
11-46a-102 - Limitations on animal enterprise and working animal regulations.
11-46a-102(1) Subject to Subsection (2), a political subdivision may not adopt or enforce an ordinance or other regulation that prohibits or effectively prohibits:the operation of an animal enterprise;the use of a working animal; ordomestic dogs from:actively participating in an exposition or rodeo; orperforming a specific duty as a working animal. 11-46a-102(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an ordinance or other regulation that a political subdivision adopts or enforces if the ordinance or other regulation:enforces a state or federal law;is a land use regulation as that term is defined in Section 10-20-102; oris adopted or enforced, in accordance with Section 10-8-15 or 19-4-113, to protect:drinking water or a source of drinking water from pollution; ora waterworks system.