(A) Prohibition on keeping. No person shall harbor, maintain, or control a wild, dangerous, or undomesticated animal within the village.
(B) Definition.
WILD, DANGEROUS, OR UNDOMESTICATED ANIMAL. That which is not of a species customarily used as an ordinary household pet but one which would ordinarily be found in the wilderness of this or any other country, or one which otherwise causes a reasonable person to be fearful of bodily harm or property damage. Fish in an aquarium are not included in this definition.
(C) Exceptions. The prohibitions of division (A) above shall not apply where the creatures are in the care, custody, or control of:
(1) An itinerant or transient carnival, circus, or other show; or
(2) A public or private educational institution and zoological garden if:
(a) Their location conforms to the provisions of Chapter 155;
(b) All animals and animal quarters are kept in a clean and sanitary condition as to climate and objectionable odors; and
(c) Animals are maintained in quarters so constructed as to prevent their escape.
(Prior Code, § 9.101) (Ord. 2-97, passed 2-27-1997; Ord. 4-97, passed 3-13-1997) Penalty, see § 130.999