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505.19. Cat regulation fund.
   The funds received from the collection of registration fees, kenneling fees and impounding fees as authorized by this chapter shall be deposited daily with the Commissioner and shall be accounted for and be known as the Cat Regulation Fund and, when appropriated by Council, shall be available for the payment of the expenses of administering this chapter, operation of one or more animal pounds, operation of a low-cost spaying and neutering program and/or funding other programs for education of the public on animal issues and the control and protection of animals; provided, that a minimum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or ten percent (10%) of the total annual amount collected from the aforementioned fees, whichever is less, shall be devoted to a program that provides a financial incentive or subsidy to cat owners to encourage the cat owners to spay or neuter their cats.
(Ord. 558-92. Passed 8-4-92.)
505.20. Wild or dangerous animals prohibited.
   (a)   It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain, or have in his possession or under his control within the City of Toledo any dangerous animal as defined and listed in Section 505.21.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and each day that the violation exists constitutes a separate offense.
   (c)   Any wild animal not covered by this section must be physically confined to the owner’s property.
(Ord. 474-96. Passed 6-25-96.)
505.21. Prohibited animals specified.
   (a)   Prohibited animals. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain, or have possession or under his control live within the City of Toledo any of the following animals:
      (1)   Any animal declared protected or endangered by the U.S. Department of Interior or the Ohio Revised Code.
      (2)   All venomous reptiles and venomous snakes.
      (3)   Bears (ursidae).
      (4)   All wild Canids, that is: wolves, foxes, jackals, dingo, coyote.
      (5)   Civet.
      (6)   Crocodilians, that is: alligators, crocodiles, caimans, gahrials.
      (7)   All wild cats and hybrids of wild and domesticated cats.
      (8)   Anthropoid apes.
      (9)   Marsupials.
      (10)   Procyonidae.
      (11)   Non-domesticated weasels.
(Ord. 474-96. Passed 6-25-96.)
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