(A) Purpose. This section is to regulate the ownership of any wild, exotic or dangerous animals inside the town limits.
(B) Definition. For the purpose of this section, the following definition applies unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
WILD, EXOTIC OR DANGEROUS ANIMAL. An animal of the large variety which is usually not a domestic animal and which can normally be found in the wild state, with or without means or vicious propensities, including, but not limited to, lions, tigers, leopards, panthers, bears, wolves, alligators, crocodiles, apes, foxes, elephants, rhinoceroses, all forms of poisonous snakes, lynxes, raccoons, skunks, monkeys and other like animals.
(C) Prohibition.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, harbor or maintain care of any wild, exotic or dangerous animal inside the town limits as a pet, for display or for exhibition purposes, whether gratuitously or for a fee.
(2) This does not apply to such animals kept for temporary periods of time for exhibition purposes only by circuses, zoos and educational institutions. The term TEMPORARY PERIODS OF TIME shall be defined as, and shall be limited to, a period of time not to exceed one week per year.
(Ord. 18-02, passed 2-13-2018) Penalty, see § 94.99