[Adopted 11-12-1952 by Ord. No. 523; amended 7-23-1979 by Ord. No.
1216; 12-12-1988 by Ord. No. 1491; 12-8-1997 by Ord. No. 1622 (Ch. 2, Part 5, of the 1997 Code of Ordinances)]
No person, firm or corporation shall bring into the City of
Warren any live poisonous snake or snakes without having secured a
permit therefor from the Manager who shall have the authority, at
his discretion, to issue such permit when he shall have reason to
believe that the snake or snakes will be adequately confined and guarded.
Such permits shall be issued free of charge.
Any snake or snakes brought into or kept in the City in violation
of this article are hereby declared to be a public nuisance, abatable
as such, by destruction or otherwise, at the option of the Manager.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which violates any provision
of this article shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine
of not more than $600 plus costs and, in default of payment of fine
and costs, to imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
