(a) No person shall harbor, maintain or control a wild, dangerous or undomesticated animal within the Village.
(b) A wild, dangerous or undomesticated animal is an animal whose natural habitat is the wilderness and which, when maintained in human society, is usually confined to a zoological park or exotic animal farm and which:
(1) Is a poisonous or venomous animal or snake;
(2) Is a carnivorous or omnivorous animal weighing more than twenty pounds and which is or may be a predator in its natural habitat;
(3) Is an animal which, by reason of its size, strength or appetite, if unrestrained and free in the Village, could cause peril to children, adults, pets or other domesticated animals, or damage to buildings, landscaping or personal property;
(4) Is an animal which makes noises with sufficient frequency and volume as to constitute a nuisance to persons in the vicinity of such animal;
(5) Is an animal which emits such offensive odors as to constitute a nuisance to persons in the vicinity of such animal; or
(6) Is, by way of illustration and without limitation, one of the following: an ape; including a chimpanzee (Pan), gibbon (Hylobate), gorilla (Gorilla), orangutan (Pongo), siamang (Syphalangus) and baboon (Papoi or Mandrillus); a bear (Ursidae); a bison (Bison); a boar (Suidae); a cheetah (Acinonyx Jubatus); crocodilian (Crocodilia), elk, moose, an elephant (Elephas or Loxodonta); a hippopotamus (Hippopotamidae); a hyena (Hyaenidae); a jaguar (Panthera Onca); a leopard (Panthera Pardus); a lion (Panthera Leo); a lynx (Lynx); a puma (Felis Concolor also known as a cougar, mountain lion and panther); a rhinoceros (RhinoceroTidae); a tiger (Panthera Tigris); and a wolf (Canis Lupus).
(c) If any paragraph of subsection (b) hereof or the application thereof to any person shall be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity or application of the remaining paragraphs of subsection (b) hereof, which shall be given effect without the invalid provision or application and, to that end, the paragraphs of this section are hereby declared to be severable.
(Ord. 1995-104. Passed 3-14-95.)