(A) 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 town any poisonous reptile or any other dangerous or carnivorous wild animal or reptile, any vicious or dangerous domesticated animal or any other animal or reptile of wild, vicious or dangerous propensities.
(B) 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 town any of the following animals:
(1) All poisonous animals including rear-fang snakes;
(2) Apes: chimpanzees (Pan), gibbons, (Hylobates), gorillas, (Gorilla), orangutans (Pongo) and siamangs (Symphalangus);
(3) Baboons (Papoi, Mandrillus);
(4) Bears (Ursidae);
(5) Bison (Bison);
(6) Cheetahs (acinonyx jubatus);
(7) Crocodilians (Crocodilia);
(8) Constrictor snakes;
(9) Coyotes (Canis latrans);
(10) Deer (Cervidae), includes all members of the deer family, for example, white-tailed deer, elk, antelope and moose;
(11) Elephants (elephas and Loxodonta);
(12) Game cocks and other fighting birds;
(13) Hippopotami (Hippopotamidae);
(14) Hyenas (Hyaenidae);
(15) Jaguars (Panthera onca);
(16) Leopards (Panthera pardus);
(17) Lions (Panthera leo);
(18) Lynxes (Lynx);
(19) Monkeys, old world (Cercopithecidae);
(20) Ostriches (Stuthio);
(21) Piranha fish (Characidae);
(22) Pumas (Felis concolor); also known as cougars, mountain lions and panthers;
(23) Rhinoceroses (rhinocero tidae);
(24) Sharks (class Chondrichthyes);
(25) Snow leopards (Panthera uncia);
(26) Spiders and insects which are poisonous;
(27) Tigers (Panthera tigris); and
(28) Wolves (canis lupus).
(C) The provisions of this section shall not apply to zoological parks and circuses, if:
(1) Their location conforms to the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance;
(2) All animals and animal quarters are kept in a clean and sanitary condition and so maintained as to eliminate objectionable odors; and
(3) Animals are maintained in quarters so constructed as to prevent their escape.
(1991 Draft Code, § 6-26) (Ord. 1-90, passed 2-28-1990) Penalty, see § 91.99