It shall be unlawful for any person within the city limits to own, harbor, keep, or possess any farm animal of any type, or a wild and/or exotic or deleterious animal of any nature within the city limits. No monkey, horse, mule, cow, calf, steer, bull, swine, chicken, tiger, bobcat, lion, bear or bear cub, leopard, cougar, poisonous snake, reptile, or other deleterious animal, except house cats, shall be allowed to run at large, or to be herded in any public places within the city limits, or upon any private premises open to the public, except when participating in a lawful or authorized parade or circus, and even then, said animal shall be secured by a rope, leash, halter, or other suitable restraint device, and then only on a public thoroughfare.
(Prior Code, § 5-4A-24) (Ord. 2013-02, passed 7-10-2013) Penalty, see § 90.999