Dangerous Animal – Any nonhuman animal that is of a wild or predatory nature, and constitutes an unreasonable danger to human life or property. A Dangerous Animal includes, but is not limited to, snakes of the family Pythonidae or Boinae, unless incapable of growing to eight feet or more in length; any alligator, crocodile or caiman; and any poisonous or venomous reptile.

Exotic Animal – Lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, ocelot, or any other cat not indigenous to Oregon, except the species Felis Catus (domestic cat); any monkey, ape, gorilla or other nonhuman primate, any wolf or other canine not indigenous to Oregon, except the species Canis Familiaris (domestic dog); or any bear, except the species Ursus Americanus (black bear).

Keep – To have physical custody or otherwise to exercise dominion and control over an object.

Physically Impaired Person – A person who is permanently physically impaired, whose physical impairment limits one or more of daily life activities, and who has a record of impairment and is regarded by health care practitioners as having such an impairment requiring the use of an assistance animal, including but not limited to blindness, deafness, and complete or partial paralysis.

Wild Animal – Antelope, bighorn sheep, black bear, cougar, deer, elk, moose, mountain goat, silver gray squirrel, beaver, bobcat, fisher, marten, mink, muskrat, otter, raccoon, fox, skunk, civet, bat or coyote. [BC 5.05.037, added by Ordinance No. 3675, 6/12/89; amended by Ordinances No. 3872, 11/1/93, Ordinance No. 4229, 10/21/02]