Fayette Animals: Keeping Prohibited ordinance (§ 205.160)
Chapter 205: Animals and Fowl · Article II. Domestic Animals
In short: Keeping wild or exotic warm-blooded meat-eating animals such as primates, raccoons, skunks, foxes and wild cats is banned, as is any animal with a poisonous bite.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
A. It shall be unlawful to keep, harbor, own or in any way possess within the corporate limits of the City of Fayette, Missouri:
1. Any warm-blooded, carnivorous or omnivorous, wild or exotic animal (including, but not limited to, non-human primates, raccoons, skunks, foxes and wild and exotic cats; but excluding fowl, ferrets and small rodents or varieties used for laboratory purposes).
2. Any animal having poisonous bites.
3. Violations And Penalties. Any person violating or permitting the violation of any provision of this Section, upon conviction, shall be subject to the general penalty as set forth in Section 205.300 of this Chapter.
Official source: City of Fayette official Code of Ordinances (online), § 205.160
Last checked October 30, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.