(A) The keeping of vicious animals and/or large wild animals is prohibited. No person shall keep any vicious animal and/or large wild animal, whether owned by him or her or not, on his or her property within the city.
(B) The foregoing section is a necessary control on the unrestrained activities of vicious animals and/or large wild animals which threaten the safety and pleasantness of streets, parks, sidewalks, yards and all areas of the city and lack of knowledge or lack of intent is not a defense to a violation thereof.
(C) The keeping of livestock is prohibited. No person shall keep any livestock, whether owned by him or her, or not on his or her property within the city, except grand-fathered farms, those animals approved by the Board of Adjustment or those zoned RU (Rural District).
(Prior Code, § 90.07) (Ord. passed 9-11-2006) Penalty, see § 90.99