[Adopted 10-20-1998 by Ord. No. 667]
It is recognized that the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Borough of Trafford must be protected to the maximum extent possible and legally permissible. It is further recognized that the keeping of certain animals poses a serious danger to the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Borough of Trafford, due to both the nature of certain animals and the demographics and environment of the Borough of Trafford.
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, association, firm or corporation to keep, maintain or have in his or its possession or under his or its control within the Borough of Trafford any poisonous reptile or any other dangerous or carnivorous wild animal or reptile, any vicious or dangerous domesticated animal or any other animal or reptile of wild, vicious or dangerous propensities.
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, association, firm or corporation to keep, maintain or have in his or its possession or under his or its control within the Borough of Trafford any of the following animals:
All poisonous animals, including rear-fang snakes.
Apes: chimpanzees (Pan), gibbons (hylobates), gorillas (Gorilla), orangutans (Pongo) and siamangs (Symphalangus)
Baboons (Papoi, Mandrillus)
Bears (Ursidae)
Bison (Bison)
Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)
Crocodilians (Crocodilia) 30 inches in length or more
Constrictor snakes, six feet in length
Coyotes (Canis latrans)
Deer (Cervidae): includes all members of the deer family, for example, white-tailed deer, elk, antelope and moose
Elephants (Elephas and Loxodonta)
Game cocks and other fighting birds
Hippopotami (Hipopotamidae)
Hyenas (Hyaenidae)
Jaguars (Panthera onca)
Leopards (Panthera pardus)
Lions (Panthera leo)
Lynxes (Lynx)
Ostriches (Struthio)
Pumas (Felis concolor) also known as "cougars," "mountain lions" and "panthers"
Rhinoceroses (Rhinocero tidae)
Snow leopards (Panthera uncia)
Swine (Suidae)
Tigers (Panthera tigris)
Wolves (Canis lupus)
The provisions of §§ 66-10 and 80-11 shall not apply to licensed petshops, menageries, zoological gardens and circuses, if:
A. 
Their location conforms to the provisions of Chapter 202, Zoning, of the of the Code of the Borough of Trafford.
B. 
All animals and animal quarters are kept in a clean and sanitary condition and so maintained as to eliminate objectionable odors.
C. 
Animals are maintained in quarters so constructed as to prevent their escape.
[Amended 5-10-2005 by Ord. No. 702]
Any violation of this article shall be a summary offense and shall be subject to a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000, together with the costs of prosecution, and in default of the payment of such fine and/or costs of prosecution, to imprisonment for a term of not more than 30 days.