Wild or Exotic Animal Prohibition Bylaw Number 3838, 2009 — full text

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WHEREAS: - A. Section 8(3)(k) of the Community Charter, S.B.C. 2003, c. 26, as amended (the "Charter") allows a council to regulate, prohibit and impose requirements in relation to animals; 2. Sections 9(1)(c) and 9(3)(c) of the Charter requires ministerial approval prior to a Council adopting a bylaw in relation to wildlife; - C. Council for the City deems it appropriate to prohibit the sale, display and keeping of certain wild or exotic animals; and - D. The Minister of Environment has approved this bylaw; NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Coquitlam, in open meeting lawfully assembled, ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: ## 1. Name of Bylaw zhis Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the Wild or Exotic Animal Prohibition Bylaw No. 3838, ## 2. Repeal of Existing Bylaws Bylaw No. 2994, 1996 is hereby repealed in its entirety. ## 3. Exotic Animals Defined For the purposes of this Bylaw "wild or exotic animals" shall be defined as those animals listed in Schedule "A" to this Bylaw. ## 4. Prohibited Animals Except as provided in sections 5 and 6 of this Bylaw, no person shall sell, keep, exhibit or display any wild or exotic animal. ## 5. Existing Exotic and Wild Animals A person who, on the date of the adoption of this Bylaw was keeping any wild or exotic animal other than an animal whose ownership in captivity violates existing Provincial or Federal statutes may continue to keep that animal under the following conditions until the animal has died or otherwise been disposed of: ## BYLAW NO. 3838, 2009 A Bylaw to Prohibit Certain Wild or Exotic Animals in the City of Coquitlam - (a) the wild or exotic animal is kept secure at the owner's premises except for visits to a veterinarian's office; - (b) the wild or exotic animal is not used in a show, circus, for entertainment purposes or for educational purposes, except as provided in section 6 of this Bylaw; - (c) the wild or exotic animal is not permitted to reproduce; - (d) the owner registers the wild or exotic animal with the City no later than September 30, 2009, by filing with the City a completed registration form in the form attached to this Bylaw as Schedule "B"; - (e) the owner retains and produces when requested by a City employee, a copy of the Cityapproved registration form in relation to the wild or exotic animal provided that the prohibitions in section 4 besides "keeping" continue to apply. ## 6. Exemptions - 6.1 This Bylaw does not apply to the premises of a City facility used for keeping impounded animals. - 6.2 The prohibition against keeping wild or exotic animals in section 4 of this Bylaw does not applyto: - (a) any premises occupied for use by the R.C.M.P.; - (b) the premises of a veterinarian if the veterinarian is providing temporary care for an wild or exotic animal; - (c) the premises of the B.C.S.P.C.A.; - a school, as defined in the School Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 412, an incorporated institution of learning that is regularly giving children instruction accepted as equivalent to that given in a public school, a university so designated under the University Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 468, or a college or institution so designated under the College and Institution Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 52, where the wild or exotic animal is kept for educational purposes; - (e) a recognized animal rescue group which rescues wild or exotic animals; provided that: - (i) except for visits to a veterinarian's office, the wild or exotic animal is kept secure at the owner's premises, or in the case of a rescue group, at premises used by the rescue group for this purpose; ## 7. Offence Any person who contravenes any provision of this Bylaw commits an offence punishable upon summary conviction and is liable to a fine not exceeding $10,000.00. ## 8. Severability If any section, subsection, clause or phrase of this Bylaw is, for any reason, held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, it will be deemed to be severed and the remainder of the Bylaw will remain valid and enforceable in accordance with its terms. RECEIVED APPROVAL of the Minister of Environment the 16*h day of August, 2007. READ A FIRST TIME this 20* day of July, 2009. READ A SECOND TIME this 20** day of July, 2009. READ A THIRD TIME this 20* day of July, 2009. GIVEN FOURTH AND FINAL READING and the Seal of the Corporation affixed this 21' day of September, 2009.   (ii) purposes; the wild or exotic animal is not used in a show, circus or for entertainment - (illi) the wild or exotic animal is not permitted to reproduce; - (iv) all prohibitions contained in section 4 except "keeping" continue to apply. Head Sent MAYOR fafelt CLERK ## SCHEDULE "A" The following list of animals constitutes "wild or exotic animals" for the purposes of the Bylaw to which this Schedule is attached. The list includes all such animals whether bred in the wild or in captivity and also includes all their hybrids with domestic species. The words in parentheses are intended to act as examples only and are not to be construed as being an exhaustive list or to otherwise limit the generality of each group of animals: 1. Non-human primates (such as gorillas and monkeys). 2. Felids, except domesticated cats. 3. Canis, except dogs (as defined in the Bylaw). 4. Ursids (bears). 5. Elephants. 6. Pinnipedia (such as seals and walruses). 7. Crocodilians (such as alligators and crocodiles). 8. Marsupials (such as kangaroos and opossums). 10. Ungulates, except domestic horses, mules, asses, goats, sheep, pigs and cattle. 9. Snakes (except non-venomous snakes native to British Columbia) and venomous reptiles. 11. Hyenas. 12. Mustelines (such as skunks, weasels, otters and badgers). 13. Procyonids (such as raccoons and coatis). 14. Edentates (such as anteaters, sloth and armadillos) 15. Viverrines (such as mongooses, civets and genets).  ## SCHEDULE "B" ## Coquitlam City of Coquitlam Registration of Wild or Exotic Animal Bylaw & Animal Services Department 500 Mariner Way Coquitlam, BC V3K 3B7 Phone: 604.927.7387 Fax: 604.927.7388 Today's Date: Name: Address: Phone No.: \_ ## Animal Information Animal Name Date of Acquisition Place of Acquisition Age of Animal at Acquisition Animal Life Expectancy ype of Anima Genus & Species Sex : circle one Colour(s) and/or Patterns Tattoo or Micro-chip (if applicable) Postal Code: Alternate phone No.: Male Female ## City of Coquitlam Registration of Wild or Exotic Animal ## Insert Photo of Animal * This registration form must be completed and submitted to the address indicated above. 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