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18.50.090 Prohibited animals designated.

    No person shall keep, maintain, cause or otherwise permit to be kept or maintained, any of the following on any property or premises within the city:

    A.  Oxen or swine;

    B.   Dangerous or poisonous reptiles, except in scientific biological laboratories or educational institutions;

    C.   Lions, tigers, elephants; all species of monkeys, apes, chimpanzees; or similar such animals which shall be considered wild and/or dangerous by their nature or ancestry;

    D.  Bees. No person shall keep or maintain, or allow to be kept or maintained, upon premises owned or controlled by him, her or it, in the city, a hive of bees. This provision shall not apply to the keeping of bees within an educational institution for study or observation, or within a physician’s office or laboratory for medical research, treatment or other scientific purposes, provided they are not permitted to fly at large; or

    E.   Any other animals, poultry or fowl not specifically provided for in this chapter. (Ord. 765 § 48, 1989; prior code § 9213.02(A))