Exotic Animals, 2
Be it enacted by the Quorum Court of Faulkner County, State of Arkansas. An Ordinance to be entitled: An Ordinance to amend and supplement Faulkner County Ordinance 99-12 (July 21, 1999).
Section 1: Subsection A. of Section 3 of Ordinance 99-12 is hereby amended as follows:
“A. Non-human primates weighing less than twenty-five (25) pounds may be possessed, maintained or confined within Faulkner County, provided the owner or custodian thereof fully complies with the terms and conditions of Section 4 hereof except the insurance requirements set forth in Subsection D of Section 4”
Section 2: Section 3 of Ordinance 99-12 is hereby further amended by adding a new subsection C as follows:
“C. The Faulkner County Sheriff’s Department is hereby authorized to grant waiver from the prohibition stated in section 2 hereof to an owner of an animal defined in Section 1 hereof as either innately wild, non-domestic animal or a non-human primate weighing more than twenty-five (25) pounds whenever the Faulkner County Sheriff’s Department, in its discretion, determines that the possession, maintenance or confinement of the innately wild, non-domestic animal or non-human primate weighing more than twenty-five (25) pounds does no pose a serious and immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of the residents of Faulkner County. If the Faulkner County Sheriff’s Department grants such a waiver, the owner of the innately wild, non-domestic or non-human primate weighing more than twenty-five (25) pounds is subject to, and must comply with the requirements and conditions set forth in Section 4 hereof.”
Section 3: SEVERABILITY:
A determination that any provision of this Ordinance is void or invalid shall not render the remaining provisions of this Ordinance void or invalid, but said remaining provision(s) shall remain in full force and effect.