(Amended by Ord. No. 133,983, Eff. 4/10/67.)
The Department is hereby invested with the authority to issue permits to any person for the keeping or maintaining of any wild, exotic, dangerous or non-domestic animal or reptile when, in the opinion of the General Manager, any such animal or reptile may be kept or maintained without menacing the safety of any person or property; provided, however, that the Department may require any such animal or reptile to be properly caged or secured or may make additional rules or regulations regulating the keeping or maintaining of any such animal or reptile, and may revoke any such permit for any violation of any of the provisions of this article or of any of the rules and regulations of the Department, or when, in the opinion of the General Manager, the safety of any person or property is menaced by the keeping of any such animal or reptile.
Provided further, that the Department shall also have authority to issue permits for the keeping or maintaining, on a temporary basis, of all types of wild animals or reptiles in connection with a circus, amusement enterprise or animal exhibition when located in a zone wherein such uses are permitted pursuant to Article 2, Chapter I of this Code.
Revocation of permits shall follow the procedure outlined in Sec. 22.02 of this Code.