§ 90.03 PROHIBITED ANIMALS.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain, or have in his or her possession or under his or her control within the village any of the following animals:

   (A)   Any animal which has been declared to be protected or endangered by the U.S. Department of Interior and/or the Ohio Revised Code;

   (B)   All poisonous animals, including rear-fang snakes;

   (C)   Badgers (mellinae);

   (D)   Bears (ursidae);

   (E)   Beavers (castoridae);

   (F)   Canids (i.e., wolves, foxes, coyotes, jackals, dingo, and racoon dogs);

   (G)   Civet (viverrines);

   (H)   Civet or raccoon dog (nycterevtes procyonoides);

   (I)   Constrictor snakes;

   (J)   Crocadilians (i.e., alligators, crocodiles, caimans, and cavials);

   (K)   Eagles, hawks, and owls (falconiformes);

   (L)   Edentata (i.e., anteaters, tamanduas, sloths, and armadillos);

   (M)   Emus (casuariiformes);

   (N)   Felids (i.e., lions, tigers, leopards, cheetans, jaguars, pumas, lynx, and ocelots);

   (O)   Game cocks and other fighting birds;

   (P)   Hyenidae (hyenas);

   (Q)   Marsupials (i.e., opossums, tasmanian wolf, kangaroos, koalas, and wombats);

   (R)   Muskrats (ondatra);

   (S)   Ostriches (struthio);

   (T)   Porcupine (hystricomorpha);

   (U)   Primates (non-human) (i.e., apes, monkeys, baboons, chimpanzees, gibbons, gorillas, orangutans, and siamangs;

   (V)   Procyonids (i.e., raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, ring-tailed cats, and panda);

   (W)   Rheas (rheiformes);

   (X)   Skunks (mephitinae);

   (Y)   Squirrels (sciuridae);

   (Z)   Sharks (chondrichthyes);

   (AA)   Swine (suidae);

   (BB)   Ungulates (i.e., elephants, zebra, tapirs, rhinoceroses, camel, liama, caribou, antelope, bison, reindeer, deer, giraffe, hippopotamus, wild boar, gazelle, and gnu);

   (CC)   Water buffalo (bubalus);

   (DD)   Wart hogs (phacocherus aethiopicus);

   (EE)   Weasels;

   (FF)   Wolverines (gulo gulo);

   (GG)   Woodchucks (marmota monas); and

   (HH)   Any other dangerous animal. DANGEROUS ANIMAL includes any wild mammal, reptile, or fowl which is not naturally tame or gentle, but is of a wild nature or disposition and which because of its size a vicious nature or other characteristics would constitute a danger to human life or property if it escaped from secure quarters. DANGEROUS ANIMAL also includes any domestic, reptile, or fowl which because of its size or vicious propensity or other characteristic would constitute a danger to human life or property if it escaped from secure quarters.

(Ord. 1111, passed 6-17-1997) Penalty, see § 90.99