Except as hereinafter provided, no person under Section 618.53 shall have, keep, maintain, or have in his/her possession or under his/her control within the City any animal described in Section 618.51 without first applying to and receiving a permit from the City Clerk; provided, no permit shall be granted except with such conditions attached as shall, in the opinion of the person or agency approving such permit, reasonably insure the public health, safety and general welfare, and in any event no permit shall be granted for any animal at any particular location except upon an explicit finding by the Chief Animal Control Officer or his/her authorized deputy that the issuance thereof will not be contrary to the public health, safety and general welfare.
(Ord. 90-2. Passed 1-4-90.)