(A) Prohibited animals. No person shall keep, maintain or harbor within the city any of the following animals:
(1) Any animal or species prohibited by state or federal law;
(2) Any non-domesticated animal or species, including but not limited to the following:
(a) Any skunk, whether captured in the wild, domestically raised, de-scented or not de- scented, vaccinated against rabies or not vaccinated against rabies;
(b) Any large cat of the family Felidae such as lions, tigers, jaguars, leopards, cougars and ocelot, except commonly accepted domesticated house cats;
(c) Any member of the family Canidae, such as wolves, foxes, coyotes, dingoes and jackals, except domesticated dogs;
(d) Any crossbreed such as the crossbreeds between dogs and coyotes or dogs and wolves, but does not include crossbreed domesticated animals;
(e) Any poisonous pit viper such as rattlesnake, coral snake, water moccasin or cobra;
(f) Any raccoon;
(g) Any ferret; and
(h) Any other animal which is not listed explicitly above, but which can be reasonably defined by the terms of this subchapter, including bears and badgers.
(3) Any poultry, including but not limited to, chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys; or
(4) Any hoofed animal, including but not limited to, sheep, pigs, goats, cattle, horses, camels, llama, alpaca, deer, moose, caribou and bison.
(B) Keeping of honeybees. No person shall keep, maintain or allowed to be kept in any hive or other facility for the housing of honeybees without a beekeeping license. Beekeeping licenses shall be regulated by city policy and best practices.
(C) Animals in transit. Prohibited animals may be temporarily allowed within the city for a maximum of 72 hours while in route to another destination. If such animals in transit need to spend more than 72 hours within the city, the person responsible for the animals may seek a permit from the city for an extended stay.
(D) Animals associated with special events. Prohibited animals may be temporarily allowed within the city if such animals are part of a show, entertainment, or similar event permitted under this code. Such animals may be allowed within the city from one day before the event to one day after the event.
(E) Nonconforming animals. Any animals prohibited by divisions (A) and (B) above which have been regularly housed or kept within the city at the time this section is adopted, may be continued according to the following regulations:
(1) Any nonconforming animal that dies may be replaced with a similar animal, if replaced within 180 days. If a nonconforming animal is not replaced within 180 days, all future animals on the property must be conforming. Any nonconforming animal that is removed from the property for a period of more than 180 days may not be replaced, and all future animals on the property must be conforming; and
(2) The expansion or addition of more nonconforming animals to the property is prohibited.
(Ord. 87, passed 4-16-1992; Am. Ord. 2010-238, passed 11-8-2010; Am. Ord. 2017-281, passed 11-9-2017) Penalty, see § 10.99