ok here is the law as it stands right now

KEEPING OR EXHIBITION OF ANIMALS

SECTION 1.00 KEEPING OR EXHIBITION OF ANIMALS

1.01 NO PERSON SHALL KEEP WITHIN THE CITY OF WORCESTER FOR ANY PURPOSE WHATSOEVER, ANY LIVESTOCK. PIGEON, REPTILE, WILD ANIMAL, BEES OR ARACHNID WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING A PERMIT TO DO SO FROM THE COMMISSIONIONER OF PUBLIC HEALTH

1.10 APPLICATION OF “PERMIT TO KEEP ANIMALS” MAY BE DENIED, OR A “PERMIT TO KEEP ANIMALS” ISSUED UNDER THESE REGULATIONS MAY BE REVOKED IF THE KEEPING OF SUCH ANIMAL OR THE MANNER IN WHICH IT IS KEPT IS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF LOCAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL ORDINANCE, REGULATION, STATUTE OR LAW