For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT. Animal waste shall be disposed of according to state and federal standards, guidelines and requirements as they pertain to best management practices.
DOUBLE SAFETY DOORS. Doors so constructed that the exterior door must be closed before the interior door can be opened.
OWNER. Any person, firm or corporation who keeps, has charge of, shelters, feeds, harbors or takes care of any wild, vicious or exotic animal in the county.
PERMITTEE. Any person, firm or corporation granted a permit to keep, shelter, feed, harbor or take care of any wild, vicious or exotic animal in the county.
PRIMARY ENCLOSURE. Any building, wire cage, pen or similar enclosure designed and used for the purpose of restraining and confining any animal, the keeping of which is regulated by this subchapter. All such enclosures shall be constructed and maintained according to the standards and requirements established in the appendix attached to Ord. 28, entitled “Standards for Enclosures for Wild, Vicious and Exotic Animals.”
SECONDARY ENCLOSURE. An enclosure which is not used for primary confinement, exercise or training of wild, vicious or exotic animals. Each person, firm or corporation keeping any wild, vicious or exotic animal shall construct a SECONDARY ENCLOSURE which shall surround or encompass all primary enclosures where such animals are kept. The SECONDARY ENCLOSURE shall be constructed and maintained according to the standards specified in the appendix attached to Ord. 28.
WILD, VICIOUS OR EXOTIC ANIMAL. All nonindigenous carnivores, primates, poisonous snakes or other venomous animals, giant constricting snakes, crocodilians, elephants and rhinoceroses.
(Ord. 28, passed 4-7-1997)