(a) Dangerous Animal. “Dangerous animal” means any living wild mammal, reptile, fowl or other vertebrate species which is not naturally tame or gentle, but is of a wild nature or disposition, and which because of its characteristics may constitute a danger to human life or property if it escaped from secured quarters. Dangerous animal also includes any living domestic, reptile, fowl or other vertebrate species which because of its size or vicious propensity or other characteristics would constitute a danger to human life or property if it escaped from secured quarters.
(b) Prohibited Animals. Except as provided in this section, no person shall keep, maintain or have in his possession or under his control within the Municipality any of the following animals:
(1) Any animal which has been declared to be protected or endangered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Ohio Revised Code, the Ohio Administrative Code, or the City Codes and ordinances;
(2) All poisonous animals, including rear fang snakes;
(3) Badgers (mellinae);
(4) Bears (ursidae);
(5) Beavers (castoridae);
(6) Canids, that is: wolves, foxes, coyotes, jackals, dingo;
(7) Civet (viverrines);
(8) Constrictor snakes;
(9) Crocadilians, that is: alligators, crocodiles, caimans, cavials;
(10) Eagles, hawks, owls (falconiformes);
(11) Edentata, that is: anteaters, tamanduas, sloths, armadillos;
(12) Emus (casuariiformes)
(13) Felids, that is: lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars, pumas, lynx, ocelots;
(14) Game cocks and other fighting birds;
(15) Hyendidae (hyenas);
(16) Marsupials, that is: opossums, tasmanian wolf, kangaroos, koalas, wombats;
(17) Muskrats (ondatra);
(18) Ostriches (struthio);
(19) Porcupine (hystricomorpha);
(20) Primates (nonhuman), that is: apes, monkeys, baboons, chimpanzees, gibbons, gorillas, orangutans, siamangs;
(21) Procuonids, that is: raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, ring tailed cats, pandas;
(22) Rats (mus);
(23) Rheas (rheiformes);
(24) Skunks (mephitinae);
(25) Squirrels (sciuriclae);
(26) Sharks (chondrichthyes);
(27) Swine (suidae);
(28) Ungulates, that is: elephants, zebra, tapirs, rhinoceroses, camel, llama, caribou, antelope, bison, reindeer, deer, giraffe, hippopotamus, wild boar, gazelle, gnu;
(29) Water buffalo (bubalus);
(30) Wart hogs (phacocherus aethiopicus);
(31) Weasels;
(32) Wolverines (gulo gulo); or
(33) Woodchucks (marmota monas).
(c) Medical and Educational Institutions. The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to prohibited or dangerous animals kept at medical and educational institutions if:
(1) Their locations and uses conform to the requirements of the Zoning Code.
(2) All animals and animal quarters are kept in a clean and sanitary condition and so maintained as to eliminate objectionable odors.
(3) The animals are maintained in quarters so constructed as to prevent their escape.
(4) No person lives or resides within 100 feet of the quarters in which the animals are kept.
(d) Agricultural Uses. The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) hereof shall not apply to agricultural husbandry, done in conformance with the Zoning Code, or farm animals such as, but not limited to, livestock, poultry and horses.
(e) Circus and Commercial Exhibition. The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) hereof shall not apply to circus or commercial exhibitions of dangerous or prohibited animals done in accordance with the Zoning Code and the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 9.
(f) Any person, officer, agent or employee of an organization who has any living dangerous or prohibited animal within the Municipality shall remove same from the Municipality within thirty days from the effective date of this section.
(Ord. 47-01. Passed 9-4-01.)