Animal Sales Ordinance
Summary
After a collaborative rewrite, the council passed rules for animal sales establishments: veterinary exams on arrival, lab testing within seven days of sale, buyer disclosures, due process for license holders, and flexible enforcement through animal control or code enforcement.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 9
- Last 30 days
- 0
Discussed at 2 meetings in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 17, 2026.
Impact analysis
License fees and civil penalties will go to the general fund.
Pet buyers get healthier animals and know their origin; animals get humane treatment protections.
Animal sellers face new testing, licensing and compliance costs, which may be passed to buyers.
Mentions & discussions (9)
City Council - Sep 17, 2026
After a collaborative rewrite, the council passed rules for animal sales establishments: veterinary exams on arrival, lab testing within seven days of sale, buyer disclosures, due process for license holders, and flexible enforcement through animal control or code enforcement.
City Council - Sep 10, 2026
Prompted by puppy-sale problems in Clarksville, this ordinance would license and inspect animal sales businesses, require source disclosure, medical and vaccination records, better water and enclosure standards, and possibly milestone-based vet exams before sale. State law bars a pet-store sales ban, so the city is using licensing and care standards instead.
New Albany City Council Committee advances pet store ordinance
New Albany City Council Committee advances pet store ordinance WLKY
New Albany City Council refers pet store ordinance to committee
New Albany City Council refers pet store ordinance to committee News and Tribune
City Council - Aug 20, 2026
A new ordinance would regulate the sale of animals and set standards for pet sales establishments, aimed at puppy-store operations. Clarksville has sued a store at Green Tree Mall, and local officials want New Albany's rules in place quickly. A committee will review it August 28 with a recommendation expected at the next meeting.
New Albany becomes latest southern Indiana town to draft ordinance putting regulations on pet stores
New Albany becomes latest southern Indiana town to draft ordinance putting regulations on pet stores WDRB
City Council - Aug 3, 2026
Blair and Gohmann are drafting an ordinance on how retail stores treat animals, using Jeffersonville and Clarksville ordinances as models. It grew out of advocacy from Mindy Johnson of Southern Indiana Animal Welfare watchdogs.
City Council Meeting - Jul 16, 2026
A volunteer watchdog group asked the council to add care standards and enforcement powers for retail puppy stores to the animal ordinance update, since state law bars outright bans.
City Council - Jun 18, 2026
Councilman Blair raised the Clarksville controversy over pet stores selling puppy-mill animals, asking if New Albany should address it in the new zoning code. Planning staff will look into it.
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