§ 4-5. Certain animals prohibited.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or have in his possession or under his control in the city:

(1)

All poisonous reptiles, including rear-fang snakes and pit vipers.

(2)

Apes, chimpanzees, gibbons, gorillas, orangutans and siamanges.

(3)

Baboons.

(4)

Bears.

(5)

Bison.

(6)

Cheetahs.

(7)

Crocodilians.

(8)

Constrictor snakes six (6) feet in length or more.

(9)

Coyotes.

(10)

Deer, including all members of the deer family, such as white tail deer, elk, antelope and moose.

(11)

Elephants.

(12)

Game cocks and other fighting birds.

(13)

Hippopotami.

(14)

Hyenas.

(15)

Jaguars.

(16)

Leopards.

(17)

Lions.

(18)

Lynxes.

(19)

Old world monkeys.

(20)

Ostriches.

(21)

Piranha fish.

(22)

Pumas, also known as cougars, mountain lions and panthers.

(23)

Rhinoceroses.

(24)

Sharks.

(25)

Snow leopards.

(26)

Tigers.

(27)

Wolves.

(b)

Subsection (a) does not apply to zoological gardens and circuses if:

(1)

Their location conforms with the provisions of the zoning ordinances of the city.

(2)

All animals and animal quarters are kept in a clean and sanitary condition and so maintained as to eliminate objectionable odors.

(3)

Animals are maintained in quarters so constructed as to prevent their escape.

(4)

No person lives or resides within two hundred (200) feet of the waters in which the animals are kept.

(Code 1978, 235.110; Ord. No. 6142, § 7(1), 9-13-88)

State law reference

Registration of dangerous wild animals, RSMo 578.023.