(a) Definitions.
(1) “Wild” or “dangerous” or “undomesticated animal” means an animal whose natural habitat is the wilderness and which, when maintained in a human society, is usually confined in a zoological park and which includes any of the following:
A. Venomous creature. Includes spiders and reptiles.
B. Constrictor snakes.
C. Omnivorous or carnivorous animal that weighs more than twenty- five (25) pounds and which is a predator in it natural habitat.
D. 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.
E. Includes, but is not limited to the following: Lion, Tiger, Lynx, Mountain Lion, Jaguar, Cheetah, Leopard, Panther, Bear, Wolverine, Elk, Moose, Caribou, Elephant, Giraffe, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Wolf, Wild Ox, Boar, Crocodile, Alligator, Caiman, Gavial. Including hybrids.
(b) With the exception of the provisions contained in Section 505.19, no person shall own, harbor or keep any wild, dangerous or undomesticated animal within the Village.
(c) Whoever violates subsection (b) is guilty of a misdemeanor in the fourth degree for the first offense, a misdemeanor of the third degree for a second offense, and a misdemeanor of the second degree for the third offense. Each and every day during such period, may be deemed a separate offense.
(Ord. 09-15. Passed 3-16-09.)