(A) No person shall confine in any cage, pen or other enclosure, either in or outside a dwelling or other building, any live animal or live reptile of any species which is of the class of ferae naturae or nondomesticated.
(B) Pet stores within the city are exempt from division (A) of this section, except for the keeping of certain animals and reptiles as stated in division (C) of this section.
(C) No person, business association or corporation may keep any lion, tiger, leopard, ocelot, jaguar, cheetah, margay, mountain lion, Canada lynx, bobcat, jaguarundi, hyena or coyote or any poisonous reptile in any place other than a properly maintained zoological park, circus, scientific or educational institution research laboratory, veterinary hospital or animal refuge.
(D) It is no defense to a violation of this section that the keeper of any animal or poisonous reptile which is prohibited by division (C) of this section has attempted to domesticate the animal or poisonous reptile.
(E) The keeping of any animal or reptile prohibited above shall be deemed a nuisance and shall be subject to summary abatement by any police officer.
(F) Exhibitions or parades of animals which are ferae naturae in the eyes of the law may be conducted, kept or harbored within the city only after securing a permit from the Chief of Police.
(1986 Code, § 6-10) Penalty, see § 10.99