Sec. 6.3(AA) Keeping of exotic animals.
Sec. 20.1(AK) Keeping of exotic animals.
Sec. 20.4(AK) Keeping of exotic animals
Exotic
animals are defined as animals which are not normally considered to be
household pets or farm animals, but which are potentially dangerous. Exotic animals include, but are not limited
to, non-human primates; venomous cold blooded reptiles and other cold blooded
animals that, if in contact with humans are capable of inflicting fatal injury
to the average human; all poisonous animals; constrictor snakes three feet in
length or more; cats (wild family including but not limited to bobcat, cheetah,
cougar, jaguar, leopard, lion, lynx, mountain lion, panther, puma, tiger);
non-domesticated carnivores including hybrid crosses of non-domesticated
carnivores (example bears and wolves); crocodiles and alligators; piranha fish;
chondrichthyes ( example sharks); struthie
(example ostriches); poisonous spiders, venomous or poisonous insects;
proboscides (elephants); periasodactyla (generally nonruminant ungulate mammals with odd number toes (example
rhinoceros); and artiodactyla (example camel).
Exceptions
to this ordinance shall be as follows: accredited zoological parks and
aquariums, wildlife sanctuaries, nature preserves, circuses, any animal
recognized by the Right to Farm Act as a farm animal (in which case the use
shall be subject to applicable requirements of the zoning district where the
use is located), and bona fide scientific, medical or educations research
facilities.
The
keeping of exotic animals, including possessing, breeding, buying, selling,
exchanging, is prohibited in all zoning districts except with special land use
approval in the (AG) Agriculture and (RR) Rural Residential districts when
conformance with the following standards is demonstrated.
(1)
The minimum lot
area shall be five acres.
(2)
Noise and odors
shall be contained so as to not adversely affect the use of adjoining
properties and the surrounding neighborhoods.
(3)
Demonstration
shall be provided that the animals would be sheltered, fed and sufficiently
restrained from leaving the premises.
(4)
Four such animals
are permitted for the first five acres of land and one additional animal is
permitted for each acre in access of the first five acres.
(5)
Outdoor exercise
or grazing areas shall be located no closer than one hundred fifty (150) feet
from the front lot line and one hundred (100) feet from any other lot line.
(6)
Any building
housing such animals or any area used as an outdoor exercise or grazing area
shall be a minimum of five hundred (500) feet from any residential building
which is not located on the same property.
(7)
No storage of
manure or odor or dust producing materials or use shall be permitted within one
hundred (100) feet of any adjoining lot line.
(8)
The keeping of
such animals shall not generate traffic in greater volumes than what would be
expected in a residential neighborhood.
(9)
If the keeping of
such animals includes any other use, such additional use shall meet the
requirements of the zoning district in which it is located.