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Town of North Brentwood, MD
Prince George's County
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[Adopted as Ch. V, Art. 1, Title 2, Sec. 5-1205, of the 1990 Code of Ordinances]
Unless a license is first obtained from the county for the keeping or displaying of wild and exotic animals, no person shall keep or permit to be kept on his or her premises as a pet or for breeding, or for display or exhibition purposes any wild or exotic, vicious or dangerous animals, any poisonous snake, poisonous reptile, or other poisonous or venomous animal, or any skunk, raccoon, fox, bear, member of the cat family other than the domesticated cat, or opossum.
Nor shall a person keep, or permit to be kept on his premises any cow, hog, sheep, goat, chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, or fowl, other than the caged domesticated kind, or the progeny thereof, within the Town of North Brentwood.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article, or any lawful order issued by the police in pursuance thereof, or committing any of the acts declared to be unlawful by this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $100, or may be confined to the county jail for a period not to exceed 30 days.