[Adopted 9-13-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-01]
The title of this article is "the Town of Brooklyn Animal Ordinance." The purpose of this article is for the Town of Brooklyn to regulate the keeping of animals in the Town of Brooklyn.
The Town Board of the Town of Brooklyn has the specific authority under Wisconsin Statutes and the general authority under its village powers to adopt this article.
This article, adopted by a majority of the Town Board on a roll-call vote with a quorum present and voting, and proper notice having been given, provides for the regulation of the keeping of animals in the Town.
A. 
No person shall bring into, keep, maintain, offer for sale or barter, or release to the wild, nor shall any person permit such activities to occur on premises owned, controlled, rented or maintained by that person, unless the property is zoned A-1, A-2 or R4, the following:
(1) 
Any fowl, chicken, turkeys, ducks, geese, cows, cattle, horses, sheep, swine, goats, potbellied pigs, or any other domesticated livestock;
(2) 
Wild animals, including but not limited to any live monkey or other non-human primate, raccoon, skunk, ferret, prairie dog, fox, wolf, panther, lynx, opossum or any other warm-blooded animal which can normally be found in the wild state. For purposes of this article, wolf-dog hybrids are considered wild animals;
(3) 
Any poisonous or venomous, biting or injecting species of reptiles, amphibians, arachnids or insects, including bees;
(4) 
Snakes not indigenous to Wisconsin or any snake exceeding three feet in length.
B. 
This article shall not be construed to apply to animal shelters, zoological parks, circuses or like entertainment organizations or to an educational or medical institution.
Any person, partnership, corporation or other legal entity that fails to comply with the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, pay a forfeiture of not less than $30 nor more than $300, plus the applicable surcharges, assessments and costs for each violation. Each day a violation exists or continues constitutes a separate offense under this article. In addition, the Town Board may seek injunctive relief from a court of record to enjoin further violations.
If any provision of this article or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this article that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this article are severable.