Brooklyn Park, MN Animal Ordinances: Exotic Pets (2026)

City Code Sec. " The list is illustrative, not exhaustive, so any wild species or wild crossbreed meeting the threat-or-rabies test falls under the ban even if not named. The same section caps ordinary pet-keeping: subsection (A) bars more than three animals over six months old per household except in a commercial kennel, as defined at Sec. 01, and subsection (B) separately declares chickens and other domestic fowl a nuisance. Subsection (E) folds in every animal already prohibited by Chapter 92, the city's general animal-control chapter, so the exotic-animal ban works alongside that chapter's licensing and dangerous-dog provisions rather than replacing them.

Because Sec. 04 is written as a nuisance declaration rather than a straight prohibition, the city's enforcement path runs through the same Chapter 94 abatement machinery as garbage and dumping violations: the Health Authority can order an owner to remove the animal, and noncompliance exposes the owner to city-initiated removal and cost assessment in addition to criminal penalties.