Sec. 12-49. Animals and fowl prohibited; exceptions.

(a) No animals or fowl shall be kept or allowed in any room in which food or drink is prepared or stored in a restaurant.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) above, it shall be lawful for a blind person accompanied by a guide dog or a deaf or hearing-impaired person accompanied by a dog on a blaze orange leash to take such dog with him into a restaurant.