It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or harbor within
the corporate limits of the city any warm-blooded carnivorous animal
or a species such as, but not limited to, ape, baboon, bear, or lion
which ordinarily live in a state of nature without the aid or care
of humans, or to keep or harbor any cold-blooded carnivorous animal
of a species such as, but not limited to, rattlesnake, constricting
snakes, alligator, or crocodile, which ordinarily live in a state
of nature without the aid or care of humans.
It shall be unlawful for any person on public or private property
to attract or feed any wild animal or bird considered to be a predatory
species to include, but not limited to, raccoons, opossums, skunks,
coyotes, fox, hawks, and owls which ordinarily live in a state of
nature without the aid or care of humans.
Nothing in this provision shall prevent the keeping of fish,
spiders, insects, frogs, toads, lizards, snakes of a non-poisonous
species, turtles, or non-constricting snakes, subject, however, to
all other applicable provisions of the city Code.
(Ordinance 1754 adopted 2/11/2008)
