(A) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to own, keep, or harbor any unusual animal within the corporate limits of the village, except that this section shall not be construed to prohibit a public zoo, circus, humane society, or carnival from displaying unusual animals as exhibits or to prohibit any wildlife rescue organizations with appropriate permits from the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission from rehabilitating or sheltering unusual animals.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to sell, give away, transfer, or import into the village any unusual animal as defined in this section, excluding a public zoo from doing business with another public zoo.
(C) In the event the Chief of Police determines an unusual animal is being owned, kept, or harbored by any person in violation of this section, the Chief of Police may have such person prosecuted for such violation and shall order such person to remove said unusual animal from the village, or destroy it. Such order shall be contained in a written notice to remove or destroy said unusual animal within five days and shall be delivered in person or by certified mail, return receipt requested. If the owner or person keeping or harboring such unusual animal shall have failed to remove or destroy such unusual animal after the expiration of five days from the receipt of said notice and no appeal is taken, the Chief of Police shall have such unusual animal destroyed.
(D) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DOMESTICATED. A tame animal that is subject to the dominion and control of an owner or person keeping or harboring said animal, and accustomed to living in or near human habitation without requiring extraordinary restraint for the protection of humans or unreasonably disturbing such human habitation.
UNUSUAL ANIMAL. Any poisonous or potentially dangerous animal not normally considered domesticated, and shall include animals prohibited by the village, or federal requirements, and also:
(a) Class mammalia; order carnivora, family felidae (such as lions, tigers, jaguars, leopards, bobcats, and cougars), except commonly accepted domesticated cats and hybrids involving the same; family canidae (such as wolves, coyotes, and fox); family mustelidae (such as weasels, martins, fishers, skunks, wolverines, mink, and badgers), except ferrets; family procyonidae (such as raccoon); family ursidae (such as bears); order primata (such as monkeys and chimpanzees); and order chiroptera (such as bats);
(b) Poisonous reptiles, cobras, and their allies (elapidae hydrophiidae); vipers and their allies (crotiladae, viperidae); boonslang and kirkland’s tree snake; and gila monster (heleodermatidae); and
(c) Non-poisonous reptiles or snakes that will grow to more than six feet in length at maturity.
(Ord. 99-5, passed 5-11-1999) Penalty, see § 92.999