(a) No person shall harbor, maintain or control a wild, dangerous or undomesticated animal within the City.
(b) “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 venomous snake or is a snake that is a constrictor; or
(2) Is an omnivorous or carnivorous animal that weighs more than twenty-five pounds and which is a predator in its natural habitat; or
(3) Is an animal which, by reason of its size, strength, or appetite, would, if unrestrained and free in the City, cause peril to persons, household pets, buildings, landscape or shrubbery; or
(4) Is an animal that makes noises with sufficient frequency and volume as to constitute a nuisance to person in the immediate vicinity of the animal; or
(5) Is an animal that emits offensive odors as to constitute a nuisance to persons in the vicinity of the animal; or
(6) Is, by illustration, and without limitation to the following: a lion, tiger, lynx, mountain lion, jaguar, cheetah, leopard, panther, bear, wolverine, elk, moose, caribou, elephant, giraffe, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, wolf, wild ox, boar, crocodile, alligator, caiman or gavial.
(Ord. 17-84. Passed 3-5-84.)
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. 76-2003. Passed 9-23-03.)