(a) No person shall own, harbor or keep a wild, dangerous or undomesticated animal within the Municipality.
(b) “Wild, dangerous or undomesticated animal” means an animal whose natural habitat is the wilderness and which when maintained in human society, is usually confined to a zoological park or exotic animal farm and which:
(1) Is a venomous snake that is a constrictor; or
(2) Is an omnivorous or carnivorous animal that weighs more than twenty-five pounds and which is a predator in its natural habitat; or
(3) Is an animal which by reason of its size, strength or appetite would if unrestrained and free in the City, cause peril to persons, household pets, buildings, landscape or shrubbery; or
(4) Is an animal that makes noises with sufficient frequency and volume as to constitute a nuisance to the community; or
(5) Includes, but is not limited to the following: lion, tiger, lynx, mountain lion, jaguar, cheetah, leopard, panther, bear, wolverine, elk, moose, caribou, elephant, giraffe, rhinoceros, wolf, hippopotamus, wild ox, boar, crocodile, wolf, coyote or alligator.
(c) Effective February 1, 2024, no person shall own, harbor, or keep a rabbit, goat, chicken, pigeon, goose, turkey, horse, mule, donkey, sheep, bovine, swine, duck, rat, mouse or any such animal or fowl, or hutch, pen, coop, yard or other place for keeping such animals or fowl within the Municipality.
(d) Section 505.22(c) shall not apply to the following so long as the location is in compliance with the Codified Ordinances of the Municipality:
(1) The keeping of such animals in bonafide educational or medical institutions or museums where they are kept as live specimens for the public view, or for the purpose of instruction or study.
(2) The keeping of such animals for temporary exhibition to the public of such animals by a circus, carnival or other exhibit or show.
(3) The keeping of such animals in a bona fide veterinary hospital for treatment.
(Ord. 2024-007. Passed 1-16-24.)