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(A) No person shall keep any animal in the city or permit the animal to be kept on the premises owned, occupied, or controlled by him or her, except under the conditions prescribed by this chapter.
(B) The following are permitted within the city: all animals normally identified as pets.
(Ord. passed 8-11-2014) Penalty, see § 93.99
(A) No person shall keep a dog or cat within the city when the animal has shown an unprovoked tendency to attack, bite, scratch, claw, or otherwise injure or attempt to injure any person.
(B) In addition to the penalties set forth in § 10.99, the owner, caretaker, or person in possession of a vicious dog or cat shall either destroy the animal or remove it permanently to a location outside the city.
(Ord. 183, passed 7-12-1994; Ord. passed 8-11-2014) Penalty, see § 93.99
No horse, pony, mule, donkey, cattle, swine, sheep, or goat shall be kept in the city, except within the agricultural zone.
(Ord. passed 8-11-2014) Penalty, see § 93.99
Upon written advice that a dog found in the city is infected with rabies or hydrophobia and that the safety and general welfare of the public is at risk, the Manager may order, by proclamation, that all dogs be muzzled when off the premises of the owner, and that all un-muzzled dogs found off the premises of the owner be immediately impounded. Forty-eight hours after the proclamation has been published, either by posting or printing in the official newspaper, the City Administrator may further order that all un-muzzled dogs found off the premises of the owner shall be impounded and destroyed, except that an officer may immediately destroy such an unmuzzled dog if it cannot be impounded with reasonable effort. Any dog impounded during the first 48 hours after the publishing of any such proclamation, if claimed within ten days and if not infected with hydrophobia or rabies, shall be returned to its owner after payment of all fees described in § 93.38, but after said ten days, such dog may be destroyed.
(Ord. passed 8-11-2014)
No person shall permit any animal of which he or she is the owner, caretaker, or custodian to be at large within the city. Any such animal is deemed to be at large when it is off the premises owned or rented by the owner or the owner’s agent and not under the owner’s individual restraint.
(Ord. passed 8-11-2014) Penalty, see § 93.99
(A) Manner of keeping.
(1) No person shall keep any animal in the city in an unsanitary place or condition or in a manner resulting in objectionable odors or in such a way as to constitute a nuisance or disturbance by reason of barking, howling, fighting, or other noise or in such a way as to permit the animal to annoy, injure, or endanger any person or property. A violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor.
(2) No owner shall fail to provide any animal with sufficient good food and water, proper shelter and protection from the weather, veterinary care when needed to prevent suffering, and humane care and treatment. A person in charge or control of any dog which is kept outdoors or in a unhealed enclosure shall provide the dog with shelter and bedding as prescribed in M.S. § 343.40.
(B) Care of premises. No person shall permit feces, urine, or food scraps to remain in an area for a period that is longer than reasonable and consistent with health and sanitation and the prevention of odors. Manure shall be removed with sufficient frequency to avoid nuisance from odors or from the breeding of flies, at least once per month from November 1 to April 1 of each year and once every week at other times. Unless used for fertilizer, manure shall be removed by hauling beyond the city limits. If used for fertilizer, manure shall be spread upon the ground evenly and turned under at once or as soon as the frost leaves the ground.
(C) Maltreatment. No person shall beat, treat cruelly, torment, or otherwise abuse any animal, or cause or permit any animal fights. No owner of an animal shall abandon such animal.
(Ord. passed 8-11-2014) Penalty, see § 92.99
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