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. MINNESOTA COUNCIL OF DOG CLUBS .MODEL CITY DOG ORDINANCE GUIDLIHES I. DEFINITIONS A. OWNER: Any person, firm or corporation owning, harboring or keeping a dog. B. DOG: Any animal wholly or in part of the species Canis familiaris. C. AT LARGE: A dog is at large when it is off the property of it's owner and not under immediate control of an authorized, competent person. D. NUISANCE: Any animal which 1) is repeatedly at large; 2) attacks other animals; 3) damages property other than its owner's; 4) repeatedly defecates on property other than its owner's; 5) without provocation frequently and habitually howls. yelps, or barks for an uninterrupted period of 15 minutes. E. RESTRAINT: A dog is under restraint within the meaning of this ordinance if it is controlled by a leash or by a competent person and is immediately obedient to that person's command or is within a vehicle being driven or parked on the streets or on the property of its owner. F. RECREATIONAL/HOBBY KENNEL: The term recreational hobby kennel means . a place where more than three dogs over 4 months of age are kept on premises which is zoned for residential purposes, and where the keeping, breeding and selling of such dogs is incidental to the occupancy of the premises for residential purposes, and is not the primary source of income. G. COMMERCIAL KENNEL: Any person, firm, partnership corporation or association that keeps animals for direct or indirect sale to the public, who in the ordinary course of business engages in the sale of more than 30 dogs per year. H. ANIMAL POUND/SHELTER: A non-profit facility operated for the purpose of maintaining impounded stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwanted dogs, cats, and other animals. I. ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER: Any person employed or contracted by a municipality or other government agency, for the purpose of aiding in the enforce- ment of this ordinance or any other law or ordinance relating to the licensing, welfare, and control of dogs. .