(A) No person shall keep, maintain, or have in his or her possession or under his or her control, within the city, any poisonous reptile or any other dangerous or carnivorous wild animal or reptile, any vicious or dangerous domesticated animal, or any other animal or reptile of wild, vicious, or dangerous propensities.
(B) No person shall keep, maintain or have in his or her possession or under his or her control, within the city, any of the following animals of either thoroughbred or hybrid stock or pedigree:
(1) All poisonous animals, including rear-fang snakes;
(2) Apes such as chimpanzee (Pan), gibbons (Hylobates), gorillas (Gorilla), orangutans (Pongo), and siamangs (Symphalangia);
(3) Baboons (Papio, Mandrittus);
(4) Bears (Ursidae);
(5) Bison (Bison);
(6) Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus);
(7) Crocodilians (Crocodilia);
(8) Constrictor snakes, including but not limited to boa, python, and anaconda;
(9) Coyotes (Canis latrans);
(10) Deer (Cervidae), such as white-tailed deer, elk, antelope, and moose;
(11) Elephants (Elephas and Loxodonta);
(12) Game cocks and other fighting birds;
(13) Hippopotami (Hippopotamidae);
(14) Hyenas (Hyaenidae);
(15) Jaguars (Panthera onca);
(16) Leopards (Panthera pardus);
(17) Lions (Panthera leo);
(18) Lynxes (Lynx);
(19) Monkeys, old world (cercopithecidae), new world;
(20) Ostriches (Struthio);
(21) Piranha fish (Characidae);
(22) Pumas (Felis concolor), such as cougars, mountain lions, and panthers;
(23) Rhinoceroses (Rhinocero tidae);
(24) Sharks (class Chondrichthyes);
(25) Snow leopards (Panthera uncia);
(26) Spiders and insects which are poisonous;
(27) Tigers (Panthera tigris);
(28) Wolves (Canis lupus and hybrids);
(29) Monitor lizard; or
(30) Wild animals.
(C) The provisions of this section shall not apply to institutions of higher learning, circuses, or persons harboring animals specifically for the purpose of rehabilitation and release into their natural habitat pursuant to a valid wildlife permit issued by the state or an agency of the United States if:
(1) Their location conforms to the provisions of city ordinances.
(2) All animals and animal quarters are kept in a clean and sanitary condition and so maintained as to eliminate offensive odors.
(3) Animals are confined in such a manner so as to prevent their escape and protect the public from coming in direct contact with them.
(4) Any person, firm, or corporation violating any provision of this section shall be fined not less than $200 for the first offense and not more than $500 for each subsequent offense; a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during which or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 2005-21, passed 5-25-2005; Am. Ord. 2014-1, passed 2-25-2014) Penalty, see § 90.99