(A) Except as provided in subsection (D), no person shall keep, harbor or own any of the following:
(1) Any warm-blooded, carnivorous or omnivorous, wild or exotic animals, dangerous or undomesticated animals which are not of a species customarily used as an ordinary household pet, but one which would ordinarily be confined in a zoo, or one which would ordinarily be found in the wilderness of this or any other country, or one which otherwise causes a reasonable person to be fearful of bodily harm or property damage (including, but not limited to nonhuman primates, raccoons, skunks, wolves, any wolf-dog cross as that term is defined by Act 246 of the Public Acts of 2000, foxes and wild and exotic cats; but excluding fowl, ferrets and rodents of varieties used for laboratory purposes).
(2) Any animal, whether warm- or cold-blooded, spider or insect, having poisonous bites.
(3) Venomous, cold-blooded reptiles and other cold-blooded animals that, if in contact with humans, are capable of inflicting fatal injury to the average human; including, but not limited to constrictor snakes 6 feet or more in length, and all non-domesticated carnivores such as crocodiles, piranha fish, sharks and the like.
(B) (1) No person shall release any of the above-referenced animals into the wild.
(2) Any person disposing of such an animal shall upon request provide the city with documentation as to the method of disposal utilized.
(C) Any person owning any of the animals referenced in subsection (A) above shall have a period of 10 days following the effective date of this ordinance to remove such animal from the city.
(D) Any duly licensed zoological park or aquarium which is accredited by the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums, wildlife sanctuaries, nature preserves, circuses and bona fide scientific, medical, or educational research facilities shall not be subject to the prohibitions contained in this § 133.05.
(E) (1) Any person found to be in violation of the terms of this ordinance shall be deemed responsible for a municipal civil infraction and thus punishable in accordance with § 131.05 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burton.
(2) Any person found to be in possession of a wolf-dog cross as defined by Act 246 of the Public Acts of 2000 shall also be subject to the penalty, seizure and civil forfeiture provisions as set forth in Act 246 of the Public Acts of 2000.