HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 1048ORDINANCE NO. 1048
ADDING SECTION 6.16.015 TO THE LAUREL MUNICIPAL CODE,
TO PROHIBIT THE KEEPING OF WILD/EXOTIC ANIMALS IN THE
CITY LIMITS.
IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Laurel, Montana, that Section 6.16.015 is hereby added to the
Laurel Municipal Code, to read as follows:
Section 6.16.015. Keeping of Wild/Exotic Animals.
A. For the purposes of this seciton, a "wild/exotic animal"
is defined as any live monkey (nonhuman primate), racoon, skunk,
fox, poisonous snake, leopard, panther, tiger, lion, lynx, wolf or
wolf hybrid, or any mammal indigenous to the State of Montana
taken from the wild state.
B. No person shall keep or permit to be kept on his or her
premises any wild/exotic or vicious animal for display or for
exhibition purposes, whether gratuitously or for a fee. This
section shall not be construed to apply to zoological parks or
their programs, performing animal exhibits, or circuses.
C. No person shall keep or permit to be kept any wild/exotic
animal as a pet.
D. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable in
accordance with the penalties set forth in Laurel Municipal Code
Section 1.36.010.
This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after
final passage by the City Council and approval by the Mayor.
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Introduced and passed on first reading at a regular meeting
of the City Council on September 1, 1992, by Alderman Kellogg.
PASSED and ADOPTED by the Laurel City Council on second
reading this 15th day of September , 1992, upon motion of
Alderman Kell0qg
APPROVED by the Mayor this 16th day of September , 1992.
CITY OF LAUREL
Charles G. R6dg~s, Mayor
D6nald L. Hackmann, City Clerk
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