No person shall offer for sale, give away, bring into or maintain within the city any lion, tiger, bear, monkey, wolf, cougar, wildcat, skunk, venomous or other wild animal (Ferae Naturae) irrespective of their actual or asserted state of docility, tameness or domesticity. The Animal Control Officer or peace officer may impound any animal and dispose of it in a humane manner after five working days to allow for legal restraining action by the owner. This section shall not apply to legally operated zoos and circuses unless the Animal Control Officer shall give 48 hours advance notice that, by reason of inadequate caging or other means of protection of the public from the animal or by the ineffectiveness of sanitation measures or by a particular hazard connected with the animal or animals involved, the public health and welfare will be endangered.
(`61 Code, § 4.10) (Ord. 703, passed 10-19-1982)