(A) No wild animals may be kept within the corporate limits except such animals kept for exhibition purposes by circuses and educational institutions.
(B) Potentially dangerous or poisonous animals not normally considered domesticated shall be prohibited in the city and shall include but not be limited to:
(1) Class Mammalia; Order Carnivora, Family Felidae (such as lions, tigers, jaguars, leopards and cougars) except commonly accepted domesticated cats and hybrids involving same;
(2) Family Canidae (such as wolves, coyotes and fox) and hybrids involving same;
(3) Family Mustelidae (such as weasels, martins, fishers, skunks, wolverines, opossums, mink, badgers, except for ferrets);
(4) Family Procyonidae (such as raccoons);
(5) Family Ursidae (such as bears);
(6) Order Primata (such as monkeys and chimpanzees);
(7) Order Chroptera (such as bats);
(8) Poisonous reptiles, cobras and their allies (Elapidae, Hydrophiidae); vipers and their allies (Crotiladae, Viperidae); Boosnslang and Kirtland's tree snake; and Gila monster (Heleodermatidae) Family Crocodylidae (such as alligators, crocodiles and caiman).
(Ord. 2297, passed 1-20-2009)