(A) It is unlawful for any person to keep, maintain, possess, or harbor at his or her dwelling within the residential and urbanized areas of the city more than a total of four animals over the age of six months. This subsection (A) shall not include fish or birds.

(B) It is unlawful for any person to keep, maintain, possess, or harbor any livestock or fowl such as, but not limited to, horses, mules, donkeys, burros, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, chickens, geese, ducks, or turkeys within the residential and urbanized areas of the city; provided, however, that this section shall be coordinated with the city zoning ordinance, wherein certain animals and numbers thereof may be permitted within certain zoning districts.

(C) It is unlawful for any person to own, keep, maintain, possess, harbor, sell, or in any manner deal or traffic within the city in any living exotic, wild, dangerous, or unusual animals, whether domesticated or tamed, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following: Africanized Apis mellifera; bats of any species; bears of any species; felines, other than ordinary domesticated house cats; gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, baboons, or any other infra-human primate; any member of the Mustelidae family, except ferrets, including but not limited to fishers, martens, minks, otters, porcupines, raccoons, skunks, weasels, and wolverines; poisonous reptiles; wolves, foxes, coyotes, or other species of canines other than dogs; any animal or bird which has received state or federal government designation as an endangered species; or any other terrestrial predator or other animal determined to be a public nuisance pursuant to the provisions, procedures, and means of abatement therefor established by the ordinances of this city.

(D) For purposes of this section, any hybrid or breed mix between wild animals and domestic animals shall be considered a wild animal, and as such is prohibited. Alleged domestication of any wild animal shall not affect its status.

(E) This section shall not apply to any zoo, circus, or rodeo licensed by the City of Broomfield. (Ord. 233 Art. VII §4, 1975; Ord. 993 §8, 1993; Ord. 1010 §1, 1993; Ord. 1289 §1, 1997)

If any horse, cow or other large animal should escape its normal confines, the humane officer shall inspect the fencing of the enclosure from which the animal has escaped and, if in his or her judgment the fencing is not adequate to hold the animal within the enclosure, the humane officer shall serve upon the property owner or upon the person currently in possession of such property a written order requiring repair or construction of such fencing so as to make the fencing adequate to contain the animal and requiring that the repair or construction shall be completed within fifteen days from the date of issuance of the order. It is unlawful for any person to maintain a fence or corral that is inadequate to contain the animal which it was intended to contain. (Ord. 233 Art. VII §5, 1975)

It is unlawful for the owner, possessor, or rider of any horse to permit the same to go upon another person's private residential property unless authorized to do so, or to proceed off the improved portions of public streets or off the designated horse trails of the city. (Ord. 233 Art. VII §6, 1975)

It is unlawful for any person to picket or tether any animal in or upon the streets or other public places of the city, or upon the private property of other persons, in such a manner as to damage any property. (Ord. 233 Art. VII §7, 1975)

(A) It is unlawful to keep bees in any zone of the city, except agricultural zones, as a trade, profession, occupation, enterprise, operation, vocation, avocation, hobby, or activity.

(B) For purposes of this section, bees means and includes any hymenopterous insects of the family Apidae, and the common hive or honey bee Apis mellifera.

(C) For purposes of this section, agricultural zone means any property in the city zoned as an A-1 district or zoned as a PUD district with no approved site development plan. (Ord. 993 §9, 1993; Ord. 1010 §2, 1993)