(a) No person shall be permitted:
(1) To harbor, feed or sell wild animals native to the State of Ohio including, but not limited to, foxes, skunks, raccoons, opossums, squirrels, weasels, ferrets, etc. (Wildlife).
(2) To import into the City of Grandview Heights Board of Health jurisdiction any such wild animals.
(3) To import, sell, harbor, or feed within the jurisdiction of the City of Grandview Heights Board of Health other type of wild or dangerous animals, including exotic animals not native to the State of Ohio.
(4) To perform surgery or other techniques on a wild animal for the purpose of domesticating it, such as but not limited to, neutering, spaying, or removing scent glands.
(5) To immunize wild animals against rabies.
(b) This section does not apply to the following exemptions and special provisions:
(1) The term wild animal does not include domesticated mice, rabbits, hamsters, rats, guinea pigs, gerbils, etc. (Pocket pets).
(2) Wild animals purchased or adopted prior to the adoption of this section providing:
A. That a bill of sale and/or license issued by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife, which verifies this date, can be provided.
B. That such wild animals can be confined in a house, building or other enclosure in such a way that human contact, other than the owner(s) cannot occur.
C. Wild animals held for exhibit or use by research institutions and other governmental Agencies having legal authority to possess wild animals, publicly supported zoos, circuses, or extensions thereof.
(c) Disposition of animals:
(1) In the event of a human exposure with any wild or feral animal, the animal shall be impounded for sacrifice as soon as possible, to permit laboratory examination for rabies.
(d) Whoever violates any provision of subsection (b), (c) and/or (d) hereof or any order of the City of Grandview Heights Board of Health in pursuance thereof, or obstructs or interferes with the execution of such order, or willfully or illegally omits to obey such order shall be prosecuted under applicable Ohio R.C. 3709.99 C.
(Res. 07-94. Passed 4-21-94.)