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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 1401 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER FIVE, "ANIMALS AND FOWL, II OF THE <br />CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, BY ADDING THERETO <br />ARTICLE VI, "WILD ANIMALS;" PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING <br />THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MIS- <br />DEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT MORE <br />THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00); FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE <br />OPEN MEETINGS LAW; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING <br />AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />tit <br /> <br />Section 1. Chapter Five, "Animals and Fowl," of the Code <br /> <br />of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, is hereby amended by <br /> <br />adding thereto new Article VI, Wild Animals, to read as follows, <br /> <br />to-wit: <br /> <br />ARTICLE VI <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Sec. 6-1. Wild Animals; caging, prohibition <br />against running at large. <br /> <br />(a) Wild animal as used in this section <br />shall mean and includes any wild mammal, <br />amphibian, reptile, or fowl which is not <br />naturally tame or gentle but is of a wild <br />nature or other characteristics would con- <br />stitute a danger to human life or property <br />if it is not kept or maintained in a safe <br />manner or in secure quarters. Such animals <br />shall include, but not be limited to lions, <br />tigers, leopards, panthers, bears, wolves, <br />alligators, crocodiles, apes, foxes, <br />elephants, rhinoceroses and all forms of <br />poisonous reptiles and other like animals. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />(b) It shall be unlawful for anyone to <br />keep or harbor any wild animal within the <br />city limits unless the same is kept in a <br />cage in a safe manner and in secure quarters <br />or cage sufficient to contain such animal <br />at all times. No such animal shall be <br />housed within one hundred feet (1001) of <br />any property line. <br /> <br />(c) It shall be unlawful for anyone who <br />owns, raises or keeps any wild animal to <br />allow the same to be at large outside of its <br />secure quarters or cage. In the event such <br />animal is discovered outside of the secure <br />quarters or cage, it shall be presumed that <br />the person who owns, raises or keeps the <br />same, wilfully allowed it to roam at large <br />outside the secure quarters or cage. <br />