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Ordinance No. 142 Agricultural and Wild Animals Page 2 of 8
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<br />vii. Honey bee. All life stages and castes of the common domestic honey bee,
<br />apis mellifera species.
<br />viii. Lot. A contiguous parcel of land under common ownership.
<br />ix. Nucleus Colony. A small quantity of bees with a queen housed in a smaller
<br />than usual hive box, primarily used to produce new queens or workers for the
<br />purpose of starting a new colony or adding to an existing colony.
<br />i.x. Undeveloped Property. A lot or parcel of land upon which no structure or
<br />improvements exist.
<br />xi. Swarm. A group of bees, usually calm, with a queen that have left a hive to
<br />find a new home.
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<br />2.3. Commercial Stable. Any confinement or structure designed to contain and house more
<br />than three (3) horses or two (2) agricultural animals as described in Section 3 of this
<br />Ordinance which is owned by a person, group of persons, corporation or other legal entity
<br />who own and/or harbor said animals in the City of Gem Lake for other than personal use.
<br />This type of stable relates to a land use matter covered by the Zoning or Land Use
<br />Ordinance. It is defined and may only be operated within the Special or Interim Use
<br />regulations of the Zoning or Land Use Ordinance of the City of Gem Lake.
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<br />3.4. Exotic or Wild Animal. Any mammal, amphibian, reptile or bird which is of a species
<br />not usually domesticated or of a species which, due to size, wild nature or other
<br />characteristics, is dangerous to humans or would ordinarily be confined in a zoo or found
<br />in the wild. The term includes animals and birds, the keeping of which is licensed by the
<br />State or Federal Government, such as wolves, bears, large cats, raptors, game birds and
<br />waterfowl. The term also includes the following by way of example but not of limitation:
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<br />i. Any large cat of the family Felidae, such as lions, tigers, jaguars, cougars,
<br />leopards, bobcats, lynxes and ocelots or any cross-breed thereof, except
<br />commonly accepted domesticated house cats.
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<br />ii. Any member of the family Canidae such as wolves, coyotes, foxes, dingoes,
<br />and jackals, except domesticated dogs.
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<br />iii. Any crossbreed between wild or wild and domestic animals such as
<br />crossbreeds between dogs and coyotes, dogs or wolves, house cats and bobcats,
<br />etc.
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<br />iv. Any snake that is a member of the pit viper or bloedae family, including but
<br />not limited to, copperheads, water moccasins, rattlesnakes, fer-de-lances,
<br />bushmasters, asps, cobras, mambas, kraits, coral snakes, sea snakes, South
<br />American anacondas, Asian reticulated pythons, boa constrictors, tree boas and
<br />sand boas.
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<br />vi.v. Any other snake or reptile which by its size, vicious nature or other
<br />characteristic is dangerous to human beings.
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<br />vii.vi. Any skunk, raccoon, badger, weasel, wild ferret, mink, badger, woodchuck, or
<br />fox and the like whether captured in the wild, domestically raised, de-scented
<br />or not de-scented, vaccinated against rabies or not vaccinated against rabies.
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