(A) Hoofed animals. No person shall stable, keep or permit any hoofed animal to remain on any lot or premises within the city without a permit.
(B) Small animals and birds of the orders Anseriforms and Galliformes. No person shall keep or permit more than one live rabbit, or any chinchilla, mink, chicken, turkey, duck, goose, pigeon or similar small animal or bird, in any dwelling or on the same lot or premises as a dwelling or other such premise within the city without a permit. This division does not apply to any hamster, gerbil, white rat, mouse or guinea pig maintained as a pet.
(C) Bees. No person shall keep or allow to be kept any man-made or manufactured hive or other facility for the housing of bees within the city without a permit.
(D) Wild or exotic animals. No person shall keep or allow to be kept any wild or exotic animal within the city without a permit, whether or not the keeping of such animal is licensed by the state or federal government.
(E) Maximum number of cats and dogs. No person shall keep, harbor or maintain more than three cats or dogs of more than three months of age within any individual dwelling units within the city without a permit.
(F) Exceptions. This section does not apply to animals which are temporarily brought into the city for the purpose of participating in any circus or show, nor does it apply to any public zoo, or persons keeping animals for a public zoo as volunteers, docents or otherwise, nor to be bonafide research institution, or veterinary hospital, provided protective devices adequate to prevent such animal from escaping or injuring the public are provided.
(Ord. 860, passed 11-16-04)