23-16 Amend Sec. 505.18 to permit hen-keeping

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F. Any other logically relevant information (5) An application for exemption under this subsection (d) shall be denied unless the Director of Public Safety determines that, in view of all the relevant criteria and any restrictions which he may provide, reasonably appropriate measures commensurate with the degree of risk associated with the animals involved have been or will be taken to assure at least a minimum acceptable level of protection fi-om danger to the health and safety of the general public, persons residing or passing near the appli- cant's premises, and the applicant. (6) An exemption granted pursuant to this subsection (d) may be with- drawn by action of the Director of Public Safety in the event that the Director of Public Safety determines that there has been a change in the conditions or assumptions sunder which it was originally granted or in the event that the applicant fails to comply with restrictions originally placed on the exemption. (7) The Director of Public Safety shall notify Council at least 30 days prior to any exemption taking effect. (e) No exemption granted pursuant to any paragraph of this section shall be construed, nor is it intended by the City as a guaranty or warranty of any kind, whether express or implied to any person, including without limitation the general public, persons residing or passing near the applicant's premis- es, or the applicant, either in general or individually, as to the danger, or lack thereof, or degree of risk to health or safety of any animal, specifically or generally, or any premises where any animal is maintained or kept pursu- ant to such exemption. (f) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. A separate offense shall be as deemed committed for each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. be and hereby is repealed, and new Section 505.18, Certain Animals Prohibited, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, is hereby established to read as follows: 505.18 CERTAIN ANIMALS PROHIBITED. (a) No person shall knowingly keep, maintain or have in his possession or un- der his control within the City any dangerous or carnivorous wild animal or reptile, any vicious domesticated animal, or any other animal or reptile, with vicious or dangerous propensities, except to the extent that an exemp- tion may be applicable pursuant to subsections (c), (d) or (e) hereof. (b) For the purposes of this section, there shall be an irrebuttable presumption, that, when kept or maintained within the City, the animals listed below are considered dangerous animals to which the prohibition of subsection (a) hereof, in the absence of an exemption pursuant to subsections (c), (d) or (e) hereof, applies: (1) All crotalid, elapid and venomous colubroid snakes; (2) Apes; Chimpanzees (Pan); gibbons (hytobates); gorillas (Gorilla); orangutans (Pongo); and siamangs (Symphalangus);