618.18 WILD, DANGEROUS OR UNDOMESTICATED ANIMALS PROHIBITED.

   (a)   No person shall harbor, maintain or control a wild, dangerous or undomesticated animal within the City.

   (b)   As used in this section, “wild, dangerous or undomesticated animal” means an animal whose natural habitat is the wilderness and which, when maintained in human society, is usually confined to a zoological park or exotic animal farm and which:

      (1)   Is a poisonous or venomous animal or snake, or a snake that is a constrictor;

      (2)   Is an omnivorous or carnivorous animal weighing more than twenty pounds and is a predator in its natural habitat;

      (3)   Is an animal which, by reason of its size, strength or appetite, could, if unrestrained, and free in the City, cause peril to children, adults, pets or other domesticated animals, or to buildings, landscaping or personal property;

      (4)   Is an animal which makes noise with sufficient frequency and volume as to constitute a nuisance to persons in the vicinity of such animal;

      (5)   Is an animal which emits such offensive odors as to constitute a nuisance to persons in the vicinity of such animal; or

      (6)   Is, by way of illustration and without limitation, one of the following: an ape, chimpanzee, gibbon, gorilla, orangutan, siamang, baboon, bear, bison, boar, cheetah, crocodilian, coyote, deer (including white-tailed deer, elk, antelope, moose and all other members of the deer family), elephant, hyena, jaguar, leopard, ostrich, piranha fish, puma (also known as cougar, mountain lion and panther), rhinoceros, shark, snow leopard, tiger or wolf.

   (c)   If any provision of this section, or the application thereof to any person, shall be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity or application of the remaining provisions of this section, which shall be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and, to that end, the provisions of this section are hereby declared to be separable.

   (d)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 2006-08. Passed 3-15-06.)