Yorba Linda adopts the Orange County ordinance, which bars keeping wild, exotic, dangerous, or non-domestic animals without a license. California law separately bans ferrets and many wild species statewide, so most exotics may not be kept as pets.
YLMC Chapter 6.04 adopts Orange County's Codified Ordinances Title 4. Under OCCO 4-1-94, keeping any wild, exotic, dangerous, or non-domestic animal is prohibited unless specifically licensed. This layers on California's statewide restricted-species scheme: California Code of Regulations Title 14, Section 671, and Fish and Game Code 2118 make it unlawful to possess many wild and exotic animals (large cats, primates, most venomous reptiles, alligators, and others) without a Department of Fish and Wildlife permit rarely issued to private owners. Ferrets are illegal statewide in California. Ordinary domestic pets, common caged birds, aquarium fish, and rabbits are unaffected. Permitted large animals such as horses and livestock are handled under the zoning Animal Regulations (Chapter 18.20), not this prohibition.
Keeping a prohibited wild or exotic animal is enforced by Orange County Animal Care and, for restricted species, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Animals may be seized and the keeper cited; state violations can be charged as misdemeanors.
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