1. For the purpose of this section, a
WILD OR EXOTIC ANIMAL means an animal which is usually not a domestic animal and which can normally be found in the wild state, or which has not been deemed by the State Department of Health to have established rabies quarantine period, including, but not limited to, lions, tigers, leopards, panthers, wolves, foxes, lynxes or any hybrid of like animals, alligators, crocodiles, apes, foxes, elephants rhinoceroses, bears, all forms of poisonous snakes, lynxes, raccoons, skunks, monkeys, prairie dogs, bats and like animals.
2. It is unlawful to keep or harbor any wild or exotic animal in the city limits as a pet or for display or for exhibition purposes, whether gratuitously or for a fee, except as provided in this section, and as may be licensed, by the State Wildlife Department pertaining to wildlife rehabilitators.
3. This section shall not apply to zoological parks or zoos, performing animal exhibitions, circuses, educational or medical institutions.
a. All wild animals owned by a circus or traveling animal show shall not be permitted within the corporate limits of the city, unless the owner or person in charge of said circus or show, or his or her designated representative, has first obtained a license for said animals from the city.
b. Said license shall be issued upon submission of a written, signed statement by the applicant that he or she has provided ample safeguards to protect the public health, safety and welfare.
c. To cover issuance and enforcement costs, the applicant shall pay a fee of $20 to the city; the written receipt may constitute the license.
d. Said license, so issued, shall be valid for a term of one month.