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STATE OF MINNESOTA requested by a iicensed educaTional or scienTific in-
COUNTY OF RAMSEY stitution under Section 35.77 of Minnesota Statutes, ihen .
CITY OF ARDEN HILLS iT shall be given to such institution and shall not be sold.
ORDINANCE N0.19B (9) Disposition of l9nredeemed Dogs. All dogs im-
AN ORDINANCE REGULATIlJG THE OWNERSFIIP, pounded under ihis Section and which have noT been
KEEPING AND CONTROL OF DOGS; REQUIRING redeemed or purchased as authorized hereby may be
THE LICENSING THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR TFIE disposed of in a humane manner by the poundkeeper or
IMPOUNDMENT, REDEMPTION, RELEASE AND any police officer.
DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN DOGS; ESTABLISHING Section 10. Interference With Officers.
A CITY POUND; PROHIBITING CERTAIN It shall be unlawful for any unanihorized person To
NUISANCE ACTIVITIES OF DOGS; ESTABLISHING breakopenthepoundortoatTempttodoso,orTOtakeor
A OUARANTINE PROCEDURE; REQUIRING Ietoutanydogsiherefrom,orTOtakeoraTtemptTOtake
- RABIES VACCINATION; PROVIDING FOR THE from any officer any dog taken by him in compliance
LICENSING OF KENNELS; REPEALING OR- with ihis Ordinaneeor in any manner to interfere wiTh
DINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; AMEN- or hinder sE.?c-i r=¢`icer in the discharge of his duties
DING ORDINANCE 164; AND PROVIDING under this GrUirsance. PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLAYION THEREOF. Seciion 11. Diseased or Vicious Dogs.
The City Council of Arden Hills ordains: No person shali keep or sufifer to be kepP on premises
Section 1. Definitions. occupied by him, or permit or suffer To run at large any
(a) Dog. "Dog" shall mean any species of the Canis diseased doy or any dog of a ierocious or vicious
genus of animals. character, habiT or disoosition,
(b) Kennel. "Kennel" shall mean any establishment SecTion 12. Howling and Barking.
where dogs are kept for the purpose of breeding, sale, or It shal I be uniawiul fnr any person To own, keep, have
sporfing purposes. Any person owning, harboring or in his possession. or harbor any dog which, by frequent
~ keeping for pleasure or profit Three (3) or more dogs and habitual how!ing, yelping, barking or otherwise
older Than six (6) months shall be deemed an operator of shali cause seriou5 annayance or disTurbance To persons
a dog kennel. or to the neighborhood, provided that the provisions of
(c) Owner. "Owner" shall mean any person, firm, or fhis Secfion shall not epply ta duly auThorized hospitals
corporaTion owning, harboring or keeping a dog. or cl;nics conducted for thie treatment of small animals.
Section 2. Transition; Two Year License Required; No person shall be convicted under the provisions of This
Fee. SecTion excepT upor. evidence of iwo (2) or more adult
Every owner of a dog more Than six (6) monThs of age, persons, each of a different household, and no warrant
which is unregistered and unlicensed as of the effective shall be issued except after five (5) days' written notice
daTe of ihis Ordinance, shall make applicaTion for the has been mailed or delivered to the occupant of the
regisTration and licensing of such dog in the office of the premises where such dog is kepT or harbored, advising
Clerk-AdminisTrator of the City. Upon payment of a ihat a compiaint lias been made abouf the dog and
regisTration fee in the sum of $5.00, such owner shall calling aTTertion to the provisions of this Section and
receive a metal Tag license for such dog which shall provided complaint has not been withdrawn by eiTher
have an expiration daTe of December 31, 1977. party.
Effective January 1, 1978, every owner of a dog more Section 13. Biting; Quarantine.
Than six (6) monThs of age shall cause such dog To be Whenever any dog or animal has bitten any person,
registered, numbered, described and licensed ihrough the owner or custodian of such dag or animal having
the office of the Clerk-Adminisirator of the City. Such been so noTified bv the ?olice Depariment shall im-
registraTion, numbering and licensing shall be for iwo mediafely cause *he doq or animal To be quarantined at
years for such dog while owned or kept by the same the City Pound tor a period oi iPn (10) days after such
person while living at the same address. The fee for person has been bitteg bysaiddogoranimal.Duringihe
such registration, numbering, description and licensing quaraniine period, said dog or animal shall be kept
shall be Ten Dollars (510.00). The license shall be a under observaTEon #o determine its condition and if it is
metal tag issued by the Clerk-Administrator. Duplicate found to be sick or diseased, the poundkeeper shall
licenses for IosT license tags or the changed address of immediately report in writing To the Police Department
the owner shall be issuetl upon applicaTion To the Clerk- the condition of the dog or animal. During the
Administrator for a fee of Two Dollars (82.00). quarantine perioo, the dog or animal shall not be
SecTion 3. Dog Collars; Tags Affixed. removedfromtheciesignatedquaranTinefacilityexcept -
Every owner of a dog of more six (6) months of age by special written oermit from the MinnesoTa Livestock
shall at all times place and keep around the neck of such Sanitary Board and the Police Deparfinent. The owner
dog a collar, upon which shall be securely affixed the of said dog or animal shall be responsibie for the cost of
metal tag license provitled for in the previous Section such quarantine.
hereof and a rabies vaccination tag is5ued wifhin the Section 14. Rab6es Vaccina4ion.
last iwo (2) years. Before any license shall be issued for any dog, the
Section 4. Counterfeit Tags. applicanT for such ii;.:ense shall furnish a cerTificate
No person shal I make, sel I or purchase any false or from a I icensed xsvferinarian that such dog has received
counterfeit license tag or place or permit to be placed a rabies vaccinadion. wi?hin one (1) year.
any such false or counterfeit tag on any dog owned or Section 15. h4azxling Proclamsiion.
kepT by him. Whenever the Wrevulence of rabies renders such
Section 5. Transferability of Tags. acTion necessary, to pratec4 the public health and
No owner of any dog shall transfer its license tag or safeTy, the Mayor shall issue a proclamaTion ordering
placeor permit to be placed such tag upon any other dag every person owning or keeping a dog to confine it
than the one for which such tag was originally issued. securely on his neemises unless it is muzzied so that it
Section 6. Recortls. cannoT bite. No p~rson shal; v!ofaTe such proclamation,
The City shall mainTain in books provided for such and any unrnuzz!ed doy :°unninq aP large during the time .
purpose a record of all licenses and tags issued, withthe fixed in the preriama4ion .hall be killed by the police
name and residence of the person(s) To whom the same without notice to the owner.
was issued, and the number designa7ed upon the metal Section 16. Kennels.
license tag. (a) Permit Required. I1 shall be unlawful for any
Section 7. Runnireg et C.arge; Cantrol. persan to opera?e a dng Kgnnel in the CiTy of Arden Hills
No owner or keeper of any dpg, whether licensed or without first having ob7ained a kennel permit. The
unlicensed, shall permit such dog to run aT large. Any holder of a!cennei permii Shall not be required To
dog shall be deemed to be running at large unless such register each individiial dog kept in said kennet.
dog is accompanied in close proximity by iTs owner and (b) Duration; Non-7ransferability. Kennel permits
under such eifeetive direction, suparvision, and conTrol shall be for a period of one (7) calendar year or for the
of iTS owner as To be in fact resireined py such owner at portion of the calendar y~asr (oflowing the date of the
all times; providetl however, thaT during all times That application, and shali be non-iransferable.
any dog remains on his owner's premises the dog shall (c) Application; Fee. An application for operating a
be deemed To be wiTh the effective direcTion, supervision kennel, Togeiher with the fee required by This Or-
and conTrol of said owner. The fact That a tlog is running dinance, shall be submitted to the Clerk~Adm inisTrator.
at large wifhir, ithe meaning of ihis Section shall be The annual fee shall be Thir4y-five Dollars ($35.00) for
prima facie proof of a vipla4ion hereof, and shall subjecT the calendar year. One-fourih (',ath) of the fee may be
the owner or keeper of such dog to the penalTy provided deducted for each quarter o1 the calendar year com-
in Section 18. pleted before the date of the application.
SecTinn 8. Clean-up. (d) STandards for Issuance. No kennel permit shail be
The owner of any doy shal I have'he responsibility for issued unless aT the time application is rnade The owners
cleaning up any feces of the animai, wherever tlropped ot property adjoini.ng the applicanYs property shall
thereby, and shall dispose of suth feces in a sanitary have consented in writing to such use, nar shal I a kennel
manner. permiT be issued until aftar the premises whereon the
Section 9. Citations; Impoundment. kennel is To be located have been inspe:ted by the City
(a) AuThorizetl. Any dog fiound in violation of the Healih Otficer and approved as suiFable for such pur-
provisions of this Ordinance may be seized and im- poses. In no event shalf a kennel permiT be issued unle5s
. pounded by any police officer or any dog conirol agent the property whereon the kennel is to be located is
of the City; provided, however, ihat if the owner of such properly zoned iherefor in accordance with the City
animal is known or can be ascerTained from available Zoning Ordinance.
information, it shall be r2Turned ip iTS owner and a (e) Cleanliness; Revocation. Any person operating a
ciTaTion for such violation shall be issued Po the owner or dog kennel shall keep such kennel at al I times in a clean
~ keeper of such animal, and sanitary condition antl shall not permit the same to
(b) Pound. Impountlment may be in such animal become a nuisance by reasons of uncleanliness or noise,
shelfer, within or without the City, as the Council has and his failure To do so shall be cause for revocation of
from time to time designated by resolut;on as the ciTy his permit. The CiTy HealTh Officer may revoke a kennel
pound. permiT at any time for violaTion of ihis SecTion but shall
(c) Naticeto Owner. 7heovvner of any dog impounded firsT give the permitTee ten (10) days' wriTTen notice of
under the provisions of this Section, if his identiTy and such revocaTion.
location can be obtained by reaspsiable means, shall be Section 17. Repea7 of Conflicting Ordinances;
notified wiThin twenty-faur (24) hours thaT his dog has Amendment of Ortlinance No. 164. Ordinance Nos. 11,
been impounded. 17, 67, and 183 and al-I aTher Ordinances in conflict
(d) Redemption by Owner; Irvrpaundment Fee. Any herewith are hereby repealed. Ordinance No. 164 is
dog impounded pursuant to the provisions of this Sectian hereby amended by deleTing iherefrom Subsection 6 of
may be redeemed frorn the pound by the owner ihereof Section 1 thereof and renumbering in sequential order
within five (5) days after such impoundment upon the remaining SubsecTions 7 through 12 as Subsection 6
payment to the Clerk-Adminisirator of such im- ihrough 11 of said Section 1.
- poundment fee as has been from time to time Section 78. Violation; Pertalties.
esTablished by the City Council by ResoluTion plus the Violations of this Ordinance shall be a misdemeanor
license fee required pursuanT to Seciion 2 hereof in the and upon conviction ihereof shall be punishable by a
event the dog is not licensed. fineof noT to exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or
(e) Release. Upon the pre5entaTion of proof of a valid imprisonmenT for a period noT to exceed ninety (90)
license for such dog antl payment pf the fees provided in days, or both. The minimum fine for the first offense of
the previous subsecTion hereof, the poundkeeper shall a dog shall be Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00). The
release the dog To its owner. The poundkeeper shall minimum fine for any subsequent offense by the same
furiher take such steps as are necessary to cause the dog shall be Flfty Dollars ($50.00).
owner of the dog To be Charged with any violation of This SecTion 19. Effective Date,
Ordinance which gave rise to the impoundment of the This Ordinance shall be in force and effect from and
dog. after the da'Teof. its passage and publication.
(f) RedempTion by Person Other Than Owner. If the Passed by the Council This 27th day of June, 1977.
owner of any dog impounded under this Section Shall fail Henry J. Crepeau, Jr.
to redeem such dog within five (5) days after its im. Mayor
poundment, not including Sunday or holidays, any other AtTest:
person may, upon complying with the provisions of ihis Charlotte McNiesh SecTion, redeem such tlog from the pound and be the Clerk-AdminisTrator , .
lawful owner of such dog Thereafter. If the dog has been (Bulletin: July 7, 1977.)
STATE OF MINNESOTA requesTed by a licensed educational or scienTific in-
COUNTY OF RAMSEY stitution under Section 35.71 of Minnesota StatuTes, ihen CITY OF ARDEN HILLS iTShall be given to such ir.stiTUTion and shall not be sold.
ORDINANCE NO. 198 (g) Disposition of Unredeemed Dogs. All dogs im-
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE OWNERSHIP, pounded under this SecTion and which have not been _
KEEPING AND CONTROL OF DOGS; REQUIRING redeemed or purchased as authorized hereby may be
THE LICENSING THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE disposed of in a humane manner by the poundkeeper or
IMPOUNDMENT, REDEMPTION, RELEASE AND any police officer.
DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN DOGS; ESTABLISHING Sectian 10. Interference With Officers.
A CITY POUND; PROHIBITING CERTAIN IT shall be unlawfu! for any unanihorized person to
NUISANCE ACTIVITIESOF DOGS; ESTABLISHING breakopenihepoundorfoatTempttodoso,orTotakeor
A OUARANTINE PROCEDURE; REpUIRING Ietoutanydogstherefrom,orToTakeoraTtempttotake
RABIES VACCINATION; PROVIDING FOR TME from any oSficer any dog taken by him in compliance .
LICENSING OF KENNELS; REPEALING OR- with This Ordinarzeeor in any manner to inTerfere wi}h
DINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; AMEN- or hinder siath, cfficcr in the discharge of his duties
DING ORDINANCE 164; AND PROVIDING under fhis Groirance. PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. Section 71. Diseased or Vicicus Dogs.
The CiTy Council of Arden Hills ordains: No person shall keep or suffer to be kept on premises
Section 1. Definitions. occupied by him, or oermit or suffer To run at large any
(a) Dog. "Dog" shall mean any species of the Canis diseased dog ar any dog of a ferocious or vicious
genus of animals. characYer, habit crr disposition.
(b) Kennel. "Kennel" shall mean any establishment Section 12. tiowling and Barking.
where dogs are kept for the purposeof breeding, sale, or I1 shali be uniawful for any person to own, keep, have
sporting purposes. Any person owning, harboring or in his possession, or harbor any do9 which, by frequenT
keeping for pleasure or profit Three (3) or more dogs and habitual howling, yelping, barking or otherwise
~ older ihan six (6) monThs shal I be deemed an operator of shall cause serious annoyance or disturbance to persons
a dog kennel. or to the neighborhood, provided That the provisions of
(c) Owner. "Owner" shall mean any person, firm, or this Section shall noT apply to duly authorized hospiTals
corporaTion owning, harboring or keeping a dog. or clinics conducted for The treatment of small animals.
Section 2. Transition; Two Year License Required; No person shall be convicted under The provisions of ihis
Fee. SecTion except upon evidence of Two (2) or more adulT
Every owner of a dog more than six (6) monThs of age, persons, each of a different household, and no warrant
which is unregistered and unlicensed as of the effecfive shall be issued except after five (5) tlays' wriTten notice
date of this Ordinance, shall make applicaTion for the has been maifed or delivered To the occupanT of the
regisTration and licensing of such dog in the office of the premises where such dog is kept or harbared, advising
Clerk-Administrator of the CiTy. Upon payment of a that a compiaint has been made about the dog and
regisTration fee in the sum of $5.00, such owner shall calling attention to the provisions of this Section and
receive a metal Tag license for such dog which shall provided complainT has no4 been wiThdrawn by eiTher
have an expiration date of December 31, 1977. parTy.
Effective January 1, 1978, every owner of a dog more Section 13. SiTing; Ouerantine.
Than six (6) months of age shall cause such dog fo be Whenever any dog or animal has bitten any person,
registered, numbered, described and licensed ihrough the owner or custndian of such dog or animal having
the office of the Clerk-AdminisTraTOr of the City. Such been so notified dy the Police DeparTmenT shall im-
regisiration, numbering and licensing shall be for Two mediaTely cause the dog or animal to be quaranTined at
years for such dog while owned or kept by the same the City Pound for a periad o4 ten (10) days after such
person while living at the same address. The fee for person has been biiten by said dog or animal. During the
such regisiraTion, numbering, descripTion and licensing quaranTine pariod, said dog or animal shall be kepT
shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). The license shall be a under observation to d=termine its condiTion and if it is
metal tag issued by the Clerk-AdminisTrator. DuplicaTe found to be sick or diseased, the poundkeeper shall
licenses for lost license tags or the changed address of immedia?ely report in wriTing to the Police DeparimenT
the owner shall be issued upon application to the Clerk- the condition ot the dog or animal. During the
Administrator for a fee of Two Dollars (52.00), quaranline period, the dog or animal shall not be
Section 3. Dog Collars; Tags Affixed. removed from the designated quarantine facility except
Every owner of a dog of more six (6) monihs of age by speciai writTen permit from the Minnesota Livestock
shall at all times place and keep around the neck of such Sani}ary Board and the Police Department. The owner
dog a collar, upon which shall be securely affixed the of said dog or animai shall be responsible for the cosT of
meTal Tag license provided for in the previous SecTion such quarantine,
hereof and a rabies vaccination tag issued wiThin the Section 74. Ra6izs Vaecination.
IasT two (2) years. Before any license shall be issued for any dog, the
Section 4. tounterfeit Tags. applicant for sueh license shall furnish a cerTificate
No person shall make, sell or purchase any false or from a I icensed veterinarian ihat such dog has received
counterfeit license Tag or place or permit to be plaCed a rabies vaccinatiori wiThin one (1) year.
any such false or counterfeit tag on any dog owned or SecTion 15. Muxzling Proclamation.
kepT by him. Whenever the prevelence of rabies renders such
Section 5. TransferabiliTy of Tags. action necessary, to protecfthe public health and
No owner of any dog shall transfer iTs license tag or safety, the Mayor shall issue a proclamation ordering
placeor permit to be plated such tag upon any other tlag every person owning or keeping a dog to confine it
than the one tor which such Pag was originally issued. securely on his premises unless it is muzzled so that it
Section 6. Records. cannot bite. Nci person shall violate such proclamaTion,
The City shall mainTain in books provided for such andanyunmvzxled;iagrunningatlargeduringThetime
purposearecordofall licensesar,dTags issued,withihe fixed in the prcGamaTion shall be killed by Yhe police
name and residence of the person(s) to whom the same without noTice in the owner.
was issued, and the number designaSed upon the metal SecTion 16. lCennels.
license tag. (a) PermiY Reqrired, Ii shall be unlawful for any
Sec4ion 7. Running et Large; Control. person to operate a dog kenncl in the City of Arden Hills
No owner or keeper of any dog, wheTher licensed or without first having obt3ined a kennel permii. The
unlicensed, shall permit such dog to run at large. Any holder of a kennei permit shall not be required to
dog shall be deemed to be running aT large unless such register each inaividual dog kept in said kennei.
dog is accompanied in close proximity by iTs owner and (b) Durafion; Non-7rans9erability. Kennel permiTs
under such effective direction, supervision, and control shal l be for a peziod nf ane (l ) calendar year or for the
of its owner as To be in fact resirained by such owner aT porTion ot the calendar yaar following the daTe of the
all times; provided however, That tluring all Times that applicaTion, entl shali be non-Transferable.
any dog remains on his owner's premises the dog shall (c) Applica4ion; Fee. An application for operaTing a
bedeemedtobewithTheeffectivedirection,supervision kennel, together wifh ttie fee required by ihis Or-
and conirol of said owner. The fact that a dog is running dinance, shall he submitted to the Clerk-Adminisirator.
at large wiThin the meaning of This SecTion shall be The annual fee shall be Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00) for
prima facie proof of a violation hereof, and shall subjecT the calendar year. One-fourih (1:4th) of the fee may be
the owner or keeper of such dog to the penaiYy provided deducted for each quarter of the calendar year com-
in Section 18. pleted before the date of the application.
Section B. Clean-up. (d) Standards for Issuance. No kennel permiT shall be
The owner of any dog shall have the responsibility for issued unless at the time appl ication is made The owners
cleaning up any feces of the animal, wherever dropped of properTy adioining the applicanYs property shall
Thereby, and shall dispose of such feees in a sanitary have consenTed in writing To such use, nor shall a kennel
manner. permit be issued unTil afYer the premises whereon the
SecTion 9. Citations; Impoundment. kennel is to be located have been inspected by the City
(a) Authorized. Any dog found in violation of the Healih Officer antl approved as suitable for such pur.
provisions of This Ordinance may be seized and im- poses. In no evenT shall a kennel permit be issued unless
. pounded by any police offiter or any dog control agent the properTy whereon the kennel is to be IocaTetl is
of theCity; provided, however, ihat if theownerof such properly zoned therefor in accortlance with the City
animal is known or can be ascerTained from available Zoning Ordinance.
information, iT shall be returned to its owner and a (e) Cleanliness; Revocation. Any person operating a
ciTation for such violaTion shal I beissued To the owner or dog kennel shal I keep such kennel at al I Tirnes in a clean
keeper of such animal. and saniTary condiTicn and shall noT permit the same to
(b) Pound. Impoundment may be in such animal become a nuisance by reasons of uncleanliness or noise,
shelter, within or without the City, as the Council has and his failure To do so shall be cause for revocation of
~ from time To Time designated by resoli.ition as the city his permit. The CiTy Health Officer may revoke a kennel
pound. permii at any time for violation of This Section but shall
(c) NoticeTO Owner. Theowner of any dog impounded first give the permittee Ten (10) days' written notice of
under the provisions of ihis SecTion, tf his idenliTy and such revocation.
location can be obtained by reasonable means, shall be Section 17. Repeat of Conflicting Ordinances;
notified within iwenTy-four (24) hours That his dog has Amendment of Ordinance No. 164. Ordinance Nos. 11,
been impounded. 17, 67, and 183 and all other Ordinances in conflicT
(d) Redemption by Owner; Impoundment Fee. Any herewiTh are hereby repealed. Ordinance Na. 164 is
dog impounded pursuant to the provisionsof this Section hereby amended by deletiny therefrom Subsection 6 of
may be redeemed from the pound by the owner thereof Section 7 thereof and renumbering in sequertiial order
within five (5) days after sucts impoundment upon the remaining SubsecTions 7 through 12 as Subsection 6
paymenT to the Clerk-AdminisTraTOr of such im. Through 11 of saitl Section 1.
- poundment fee as has been from Time to time Section 18. Violation; Penal}ies.
established by the City Council by Resolution plus the Violations of This Ordinance shall be a misdemeanor
license fee required pursuanT to Section 2 hereof in the and upon convicTion thereof shall be punishable by a
event the dog is not licensed. fineof not To exceed Three Hundretl Dollars ($300.00) or
(e) Release. Upon the presentation of proof of a valid imprisonment for a period not to exceed ninety (90)
license for such dog and paymenT of ihe fees provided in days, or both. The minimum fine for the first offense of
the previous subsecTion hereof, the poundkeeper shall a dog shall be Twenly-Five Dollars (825.00). The
release the dog To its owner. The poundkeeper shall minimum fine for any subsequent offense by the same
furiher take such steps as are necessary to cause the dog shall be Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
owner of the tlog to be charged with any violation of ihis Sectian 19. Effective Date.
Ordinance which gave rise to the impoundment of the This Ordinance shall be in force and effecT from and
dog. after the dafe of iTs passage and publication.
(t) Redemption by Person Other Than Owner. If the Passed by the Council This 27th day of June, 1977.
owner of any dog impounded under this SecTion shal I fail Henry J. Crepeau, Jr.
To redeem such dog wiThin five (5) days afTer its im- - - Mayor
poundment, noT including Sunday or holidays, any oTher Attesf: .
person may, upon complying with the provisions of This Charlotte McNiesh SecTion, redeem such dog from the pound and be the Clerk-AdministraTor lawful owner of such dog thereafter. If the dog has been (Bulletin: July 7, 1977.)