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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1183 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 5-7 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Section 5-7 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 5-7. Wild Animals; prohibited in city; exceptions. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain, or cause to be kept or maintained, within the city any wild animal, except that the following wild animals may be kept or maintained: canaries, parakeets, chinchillas, chipmunks, cockateels, finches, gopher snakes, guina pigs, hamsters, king snakes, marmoset monkeys, parrots, and like birds, squirrel monkeys, turtles, tropical fish (except caribee), white mice, and white rats. Said excepted animals are found not to be present threats to human life or health. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the keeping or maintaining of the following wild animals within the city: (1) Wild animals in zoos or museums. Any wild animals which are kept confined in zoos, museums, or any other place where they are kept as live specimens for the public to view. (2) Wild animals in circuses, carnivals, exhibits or shows. Any wild animals which are kept confined and placed on exhibit in a circus, carnival, or any other type of exhibit or show. (3) Wild animals in bona fide, licensed veterinary hospitals for treatment. SECTION~2: The Clerk of the Council shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and cause the same to be pub- lished in some daily newspaper printed and published in the City of Santa Ana. SECTION 3: This Ordinance shall take effect thirty days from and after the date of its adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the August , 1973. the City of 20 day of ATTEST: CLERK OF THE coUNCIL