(a) No person shall own, keep, harbor, or otherwise have control of any of the following animals at any premises, or on any property, public or private, within the limits of the Village:
(1) Horses, cattle, swine, poultry, sheep and goats.
(2) All animals which have been declared to be endangered or protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq., and as listed in the Federal Register by the Secretary of the Interior of the United States, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1558 (c).
(3) All poisonous animals, including rear fang snakes.
(4) Badgers (mellinae).
(5) Bears (urisdae).
(6) Beavers (castoridae).
(7) Canids, that is, wolves, foxes, coyotes, jackals, and dingoes.
(8) Constrictor snakes.
(9) Crocadilians that is alligators, crocodiles, caimans, and cavials.
(10) Eagles, hawks, and owls (falconiformes).
(11) Felids, that is, lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars, pumas, lynx, and ocelots.
(12) Game Cocks and other fighting birds.
(13) Hyenas (hyendidae)
(14) Masupials that is opossums, Tasmanian wolves, kangaroos, koalas, and wombats.
(15) Muskrats (ondatra)
(16) Ostriches (Struthio)
(17) Porcuines (hystricomorpha)
(18) Primates (non-human), that is, apes, monkeys, baboons, chimpanzees, gibbons, gorillas, orangutans, and siamangs.
(19) Proscenia, that is, raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, ring-tailed cats, and pandas.
(20) Skunks (nephitinae)
(21) Ungulates, that is elephants, zebras, tapirs, rhinoceroses, camels, llama, caribou, antelope, bison, reindeer, deer, giraffe, hippopotamus, wild boar, gazelle, and gnu.
(22) Weasels
(23) Wolverines (gulo gulo).
(24) Woodchucks (marmota monas).
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) hereof shall not apply to any circus, carnival, commercial exhibition, or a doctor of veterinary medicine licenses by the State of Ohio when in the course of the doctor's professional duties.
(c) Whoever violates this Section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. In addition, the violation of this Section shall constitute a nuisance, for which the Solicitor is authorized to initiate proceedings against the person(s) in violation for injunction, abatement, or other appropriate relief.
(Ord. 06-11. Passed 6-12-06.)