ORD1001animals
AMENDED
COMMON COUNCIL - CITY OF MUSKEGO
ORDINANCE #1001
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 13, SECTION 13.03,
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
OF THE CITY OF MUSKEGO
Wild Animals Prohibited
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MUSKEGO, WAUKESHA COUNTY,
WISCONSIN, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Chapter 13, Section 13.03, of the Municipal Code of the City of
Muskego is hereby renumbered 13.04.
SECTION 2: Chapter 13, Section 13.03, of the Municipal Code of the City of Muskego, is
hereby re-created to read as follows:
13.03 Wild Animals; Prohibition on Keeping
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain, or have in his possession or under his
control within the City any poisonous reptile or any other dangerous or carnivorous wild
animal or reptile, any vicious or dangerous domesticated animal or any other animal or
reptile of wild, vicious or dangerous propensities specifically:
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain, or have in his possession or
under his control within the City any of the following animals:
1. All poisonous animals and reptiles including rear-fang snakes
2. Apes: Chimpanzees (Pan); gibbons (Hylobates); gorillas (Gorilla); orangutans
(Pongo); ans siamangs (Symphalangus)
3. Baboons (Papoi, Mandrillus)
4. Bears (Ursidae)
5. Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)
6. Crocodilians (Crocodilia) thirty (30) inches in length or more
7. Constrictor Snakes, six (6) feet in length or more
8. Coyotes (Canis latrans)
9. Elephants (Elephas and Loxodonta)
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10. Game cocks and other fighting birds
11. Hippopotami (Hippopotamidea)
12. Hyenas (Hyaenidae)
13. Jaguars (Panthera onca)
14. Leopards (Panthera pardus)
15. Lions (Panthera leo)
16. Lynxes (Lynx)
17. Monkeys, old world (Cercopithecidae)
18. Pumas (Felis concolor); also known as cougars, mountain lions and panthers
19. Ocelots (Felis pardalis)
20. Rhinoceroses (Rhinocero tidae)
21. Snow leopards (Panthera uncia)
22. Tigers (Panthera tigris)
23. Wolves - red wolf (Canis Lupus), gray timber (Canis Nigar), or hybrid dog part
wolf
24. Poisonous insects
(2) PET SHOPS. The provisions of Section (1) above shall not apply to licensed pet shops,
zoological gardens, circuses, professional animal acts and wild life exhibits if:
(a) Their location conforms to the provisions of the zoning ordinance of the City.
(b) All animals and animal quarters are kept in a clean and sanitary condition and so
maintained as to eliminate objectionable odors.
(c) Animals are maintained in quarters so constructed as to prevent their escape.
(d) No person lives within one hundred (100) feet of the quarters in which the animals are
kept.
(3) EXCEPTIONS. “Wild Animal” does not include captive-bred species of caged birds,
rodents, turtles, fish, and non-poisonous, non-constricting snakes.
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SECTION 3: The several sections of this Ordinance are declared to be severable. If any section
or portion thereof shall be declared by a decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, such decision shall apply only to the specific section or
portion thereof directly specified in the decision, and not affect the validity of all other provisions,
sections, or portion thereof of the Ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect. Any
other Ordinance whose terms are in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby
repealed as to those terms that conflict.
SECTION 4: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
publication.
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PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 26 DAY OF OCTOBER , 1999.
CITY OF MUSKEGO
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DAVID L. DE ANGELIS, Mayor
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ATTEST: First Reading: October 12, 1999.
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_________________________ Published this 4 day of
Clerk-Treasurer November, 1999.