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. STATE OF MINNESOTA . COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITY OF ARDEN HILLS Ordinance No An ordinance amending Chapter 5 of the City of Arden Hills Municipal Code Relating to Animals and Pets. The Council of the City of Arden Hills does ordain as follows: Chapter 5 of the City Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows. ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL SECTImT S 1. QUARANTINE OF DITING ANniALC. Whenm.."cr any d09..L,. .Qg.t. or aniffi<ll haD bitten <lny perDon, the mmer or cuatodian of ouch dog. cat or animal h~ving been 00 notified by the police deportment Ghall iffiffiediately cauoe the dog. cot or animal to bc quarantined <It the city pound for ~ period of ten (10) dayo after Guch peraon ROO been bitten by o<lid dog. C<lt or animal. During the quarantine period, o<lid'dpg. ca.t, or animal ohall be kept under oboervotion to determine ita condition, and if it io found to 13e oick or dioeased the poundkeeper ahall iffiffiediately report in lJiriting to the poli.~c , department the condition of the dog. cat or animal. During €ne ,$-::--, quarantine period, the dog. cat or aniift'al sRoll Bet be removed f:l'om - -- the deoign<ltcd quar<lntine facility eJccept by opecial ~:ritten permit - . - from the Hinneoot<l Liveotock Cal'litary Board and thc- police department. The Q1:.;ner of oaid dog. cat or animal ohall be reoponoible for the coot of ouch quarantine. {Ord. No. 198, 13, (; :2 '7 77) SECTION 5 -1. OUARANTINE OF ANIMAL WHICH HAS BITTEN A PERSON; DESTRUCTION OF RABID ANIMALS. ~ AnY dog or other animal that has bitten a oerson and caused an abrasion or ouncture of the skin shall ~ immediately be quarantined for a minimum of ten (10) days. Such an animal shall be confined at a veterinary hosoital or at the owner's home in such a manner that it does not esca~e or come in contact with other oeoole or animals. When the doq or animal is quarantined as stated above. it shall be at the owner's expense. A quarantine reoort must be comoleted by the local animal control agency. Stray animals that have bitten a oerson shall be quarantined throuqh the local animal control agency. Doqs that are involved in two (:2 ) or more bi tes are sub;ect to Section: 5-37. Q.....l No law enforcement officer or other person shall kill. or cause to be killed., any animal ,suspected of beinq rabid. except after the animal has been olaced in quarantine and the diaqnosis of rabies made. .