The ordinance would make it unlawful to display any animal in a public place with the purpose of giving them away or selling them, unless the person in question is a dealer.

The topic has arisen due to the continuing debate about animal control in the city. Shelbyville's animal control officer has told the council that one of the sources of the dilemma surrounding stray dogs is the fact that the animals are given away at locations like Wal-Mart, only to be later abandoned by the new owners.

The ordinance is based on a measure passed in Gallatin, but council members replaced the words "cats and/or dogs" with "domestic animals" to close up any loopholes. Other changes would allow local animal control and the Humane Association to hold adoptions.

The Gallatin ordinance says the term "public places" would include, but not be limited to "shopping centers, storefronts, street corners, sidewalks and businesses other than pet shops open to the general public."

The ordinance would not prevent people from selling or giving away pets from their own residence.

Two ordinances before the council on second reading made revisions to the wording of the city code concerning the city's park board and its director. Under state law, a city can have two types of park boards -- an advisory board or a board that actually runs a park.

Shelbyville's board operates as an advisory board, but the current wording of the ordinance has it as the type of organization that runs the park. The changes to the two ordinances will reflect the board's role as being an advisory capacity.

Another two ordinances passed on second reading deal with next year's budget and the current one. One would establish a budget for 2008-2009 and the other ordinance would approve final budget amendments to this year's budget.

In other council business:

* Two rezoning requests were passd on third reading. Donnie Pogue asked the council to rezone 3.81 acres at 700 West Lane St., the old Empire building, from I-1 (light industrial) to PUD (planned unit development). Activities at the site would include auto repair, climate-controlled self storage, and a separate building to be used as a wood pallet facility. The other rezoning request granted was to Buchanan Beauty College at 925 Sevier St., with the 0.38 acres to be rezoned from R-3 (medium density residential) to C-2 (highway service district).

* Approved on second reading was a rezoning request from Bobby Sanders for a 0.134-acre parcel on Davis Lane from I-1 (light industrial) to C-2 (highway service district).

* Another rezoning request was approved on second reading to Rod Parsons for 635 North Main St. for a nine-unit professional services office complex adjoining Delray Street and North Main at the site of the old Senior Citizens Center. The property was requested to be rezoned from C-2 (highway service district) to PCD (planned commercial development).

* Passed on second reading was an amendment to the Planned Unit Development (PUD) for Parker Brothers LLC to finalize the design for Union Station, off U.S. 41-A North, and layout changes for Section K and the front commercial entryway out parcels.

* Passed on first reading was an ordinance de-annexing the property of Don and Alberta Tanner at 1976 Fairfield Pike.