§ 6-34. Prohibited animals.

(a)

Unlawful to harbor prohibited animal. It shall be unlawful to harbor any prohibited animal within the city limits of the city.

(b)

Affirmative defenses to this section are that:

(1)

The owner or harborer of the prohibited animal has a current city permit to harbor the prohibited animal;

(2)

The owner or harborer is a governmental entity that notified the animal services manager before bringing the prohibited animals to the city of the number and type of prohibited animals, and the location where the animals shall be harbored;

(3)

The owner or harborer of the prohibited animal or animals is a licensed veterinarian and who harbors the animals upon premises zoned and used for veterinarian offices and/or animal treatment facilities for the purpose of providing veterinarian's services to them;

(4)

The owner or harborer of the prohibited animal or animals is a circus or wild animal show which remains within the city no longer than ten (10) consecutive days; and that before bringing the prohibited animals into the city, notified the animal services manager in writing of the number and type of prohibited animals, presenting health certificates for each animal, and providing the location where the animals shall be harbored, and allowing the animal services manager or his designee unlimited access for determination that sufficient shelter, food, and water is being provided for every animal.

(5)

The owner or harborer of the prohibited animal or animals keeps them at a commercial film or television studio where commercial film and/or television production facilities are located who notified the animal services manager prior to bringing the prohibited animals to the city, of the number and type of prohibited animals, and the location where they will be harbored, and the length of time they will be kept there;

(6)

The owner or harborer of the prohibited animal or animals is a medical or research facility or zoological park; or

(7)

The animal is a psittacine bird, canary, finch, cockatiel, small monkey, hamster, ferret, guinea pig, gerbil, rabbit, fish, or small, non-venomous reptile which is less than six (6) feet long.

(Ord. No. 8597, § 1, 1-26-06; Ord. No. 8934, § 2, 4-4-08)