No person shall permit, allow or cause any cattle, horses, mules,
donkeys, ponies, swine, pigs, goats, chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks
or other fowl to run at large or to be driven over any public street,
alley or lane in this City.
No
person shall breed, raise, harbor, keep or maintain any bees, cattle,
horses, mules, donkeys, ponies, swine, pigs, goats, chicken, turkeys,
geese, ducks or any other animals, fowl or reptiles within the City
except customary household pets unless otherwise specifically permitted
in this Code.
"Customary
household pets" are hereby defined to mean any animals, birds, reptiles
or fish customarily kept in the home or place of residence which are
not vicious, dangerous or otherwise obnoxious, objectionable or offensive.
Customary household pets shall not include alligators, arachnids,
bears, boa constrictors, undomesticated or vicious animals of the
cat and dog family, coyotes, crocodiles, falcons, foxes, hawks, opossums,
pythons, raccoons, wolves, reptiles in excess of 12 inches in length,
snakes in excess of 12 inches in length, or any animal, bird or reptile
of a species dangerous to human beings or savage in nature living
ordinarily at large and not customarily made tame or gentle by long-continued
association with man, without regard to whether a specific animal
or reptile is considered a pet or domesticated by its keeper or possessor.