(a) No person shall harbor, maintain or control a wild, dangerous or undomesticated animal within the Village.
(b) “Wild, dangerous or undomesticated animal” means an animal whose natural habitat is the wilderness and which, when maintained in human society, is usually confined to a zoological park or exotic animal farm and which:
(1) Is a venomous snake, spider or reptile or is a snake that is a constrictor; or
(2) Is an omnivorous or carnivorous animal that weighs more than twenty-five pounds and which is a predator in its natural habitat; or
(3) Is an animal which, by reason of its size, strength or appetite, would, if unrestrained and free in the Village, cause peril to persons, household pets, buildings, landscape or shrubbery; or
(4) Is an animal that makes noises with sufficient frequency and volume as to constitute a nuisance to persons in the immediate vicinity of the animal; or
(5) Is an animal that emits offensive odors as to constitute a nuisance to persons in the vicinity of the animal; or
(6) Is, by illustration and without limitation to the following: a lion, tiger, mountain lion, jaguar, cheetah, leopard, panther, bear, wolverine, elk, moose, caribou, elephant, giraffe, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, wild ox or boar.
(c) No person shall own, harbor or keep any farm animal within the Village except that chickens may be kept on parcels zoned R1-100, One-Family Residential as set forth in Section 1125.09.
(d) “Farm animal” means:
(1) Chickens, ducks, geese or any other fowl; and
(2) Sheep, goats, horses, cattle, swine or any other hoofed animal.
(e) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (Ord. 2014-34. Passed 7-28-14.)