(A) No person shall keep, maintain or harbor within the City of Waseca any of the following animals:
(1) Any animal or species prohibited by federal or Minnesota law;
(2) Any exotic animal or species when kept in such numbers or in such a way as to promote the likelihood of harm to the animals themselves, to human beings or to the property of human beings, or which constitutes a public nuisance;
(3) Any skunk, whether captured in the wild, domestically raised, descented or not descented, vaccinated against rabies or not vaccinated against rabies;
(4) Any large cat or members of the family Felidae, such as lions, tigers, jaguars, leopards, cougars, lynx, bobcats, and ocelots, except commonly domesticated cats;
(5) Any members of the family Canidae, such as wolves, dingoes, coyotes and jackals, except domesticated dogs;
(6) Any crossbreed such as the crossbreed between dogs and coyotes and dogs and wolves;
(7) Any raccoon; or
(8) Any red-eared turtle (Pseudemys scriptaelegans) with a shell length of less than four inches.
(B) 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 any bonafide research institution, or veterinary hospital, provided protective devices adequate to prevent such animal from escaping or injuring the public are provided. Any person keeping an animal for a purpose other than a bonafide research institution or veterinary hospital shall obtain a permit from the Police Department and shall provide proof of sufficient liability/casualty insurance. The required limits of this coverage shall be established by the Finance Department following consultation with the city's insurance provider.
(Ord. 860, passed 11-16-04)