Contra Costa County |
Ordinance Code |
Title 4. HEALTH AND SAFETY |
Division 416. ANIMALS |
Chapter 416-2. DEFINITIONS |
§ 416-2.016. Wild or exotic animal.
"Wild animal" or "exotic animal" means any of the following:
(1)
Any animal described in California Fish and Game Code Sections 2116 and 2118;
(2)
Any animal described in any addition to Fish and Game Code Section 2118 by regulation of the Fish and Game Commission as provided in Section 2118(j);
(3)
Class Aves: (birds)
(a)
Order Falconiformes (including, but not limited to, hawks, eagles, and vultures),
(b)
Subdivision Ratitae (including but not limited to, ostriches, rheas, cassowaries, and emus);
(4)
Class Reptilia: (snakes, lizards, turtles, alligators)
(a)
Order Ophidia (including, but not limited to; racers, boas, water snakes, and pythons) over six feet long,
(b)
Order Loricata (including, but not limited to, alligators, caymans, and crocodiles) over twelve inches long;
(5)
Any class, order, family, genera, or species of wild animals which may be designated by the animal services director as a menace to public peace, health or safety, or to native wildlife or agricultural interests, by written designation filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors;
(6)
Any nondomestic species when kept, maintained or harbored in such numbers or in such a manner as to create or constitute a nuisance or, in any event, a likelihood of danger to such animals, other animals, the environment or the persons or property of human beings;
(7)
Any species of animal which is venomous to human beings, whether by bite, sting, touch or otherwise, except honey-producing bees.
(Ord. 80-97 § 2).