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9. Nucleus Colony. A small quantity of bees with a queen housed in a smaller than usual
<br />hive box, primarily used to produce new queens or workers for the purpose of starting a
<br />new colony or adding to an existing colony.
<br />10. Undeveloped Property. A lot or parcel of land upon which no structure or improvements
<br />exist.
<br />11. Swarm. A group of bees, usually calm, with a queen that have left a hive to find a new
<br />home.
<br />Commercial Stable. Any confinement or structure designed to contain and house more than three
<br />(3) horses or two (2) agricultural animals as described in Section 3 of this Ordinance which is
<br />owned by a person, group of persons, corporation or other legal entity who own and/or harbor said
<br />animals in the City of Gem Lake for other than personal use. This type of stable relates to a land
<br />use matter covered by the Zoning or Land Use Ordinance. It is defined and may only be operated
<br />within the Special or Interim Use regulations of the Zoning or Land Use Ordinance of the City of
<br />Gem Lake.
<br />4. Exotic or Wild Animal. Any mammal, amphibian, reptile or bird which is of a species not usually
<br />domesticated or of a species which, due to size, wild nature or other characteristics, is dangerous
<br />to humans or would ordinarily be confined in a zoo or found in the wild. The term includes
<br />animals and birds, the keeping of which is licensed by the State or Federal Government, such as
<br />wolves, bears, large cats, raptors, game birds and waterfowl. The term also includes the following
<br />by way of example but not of limitation:
<br />1. Any large cat of the family Felidae, such as lions, tigers, jaguars, cougars, leopards,
<br />bobcats, lynxes and ocelots or any cross -breed thereof, except commonly accepted
<br />domesticated house cats.
<br />2. Any member of the family Canidae such as wolves, coyotes, foxes, dingoes, and
<br />jackals, except domesticated dogs.
<br />3. Any crossbreed between wild or wild and domestic animals such as crossbreeds
<br />between dogs and coyotes, dogs or wolves, house cats and bobcats, etc.
<br />4. Any snake that is a member of the pit viper or bloedae family, including but not limited
<br />to, copperheads, water moccasins, rattlesnakes, fer-de-lances, bushmasters, asps,
<br />cobras, mambas, kraits, coral snakes, sea snakes, South American anacondas, Asian
<br />reticulated pythons, boa constrictors, tree boas and sand boas.
<br />5. Any other snake or reptile which by its size, vicious nature or other characteristic is
<br />dangerous to human beings.
<br />6. Any skunk, raccoon, badger, weasel, wild ferret, mink, badger, woodchuck, or fox and
<br />the like whether captured in the wild, domestically raised, de -scented or not de -scented,
<br />vaccinated against rabies or not vaccinated against rabies.
<br />7. Any bear or deer, elk, antelope, caribou, bison, buffalo, water buffalo, wild horse, wild
<br />boar and the like.
<br />8. Any member of the monkey family including but not limited to any ape, gorilla,
<br />monkey, orangutan, lemur, baboon and the like.
<br />9. Any raptors including any eagle, falcon, hawk, owl and the like.
<br />10. Any migratory waterfowl or game bird including any duck, goose, pheasant, partridge,
<br />grouse, wild turkey and the like.
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