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DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT I /28/2011 CITY OF CENTERVILLE A?�iOKA COUNTY, MINNESOTA ORDINANCE # SECOND SERIES AI�' ORDINAI�'CE AMENDI?�'G CITY CODE , CHAPTER 90, SECTIONS 90.01 and 90.05 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTERVILLE ORDAINS: Section L City Code Chapter 90, Section 90.01 is hereby amended by substituting the following definitions for definitions with the same name: (2) No�ldomestic. NONDOMESTIC ANIMALS shall mean those animals coinmonly considered to be naturally wild and not naturally trained or domesticated, or which are commonly considered to be inherently dangerous to the health, safety and welfare of people. Animals normally kept outside of the home for the purpose of food or pleasure, namely wild dogs, wild cats, cattle, sheep, horses, goats, birds such as fowl, falcons and similar animals, are included in addition to those defined: (3) Farm. FARM ANIMALS shall mean those animals commonly �� associated with a farm or performing work in an agricultural setting. Unless otherwise defined, these animals shall include members of the equine family ' (horses and mules), bovine family (cows and bulls), sheep, poultry (chickens �� and turkeys), fowl (ducks and geese), swine (including Vietnamese pot-bellied �� pigs), goats, honey bees and other animals associated with a farm, ranch or stable. Section 2. City Code Chapter 90, Section 90.05, is hereby amended to read as follows: Farm animals shall only be kept in an agricultural district of the city or on a residential lot of at least ten acres in size, provided that no animal shelter shall � be within 3UU feet of an adjoining piece of property. Except that honey bees may be kept in other residential areas subject the following conditions: 1) Lot size shall be a minimum of one-half acre, 2) No more than two bee colonies shall be allowed, 3) Hives shall be setback from property lines a minimum of 25 feet, 4) Permission must be obtained from owners of all property abutting the proposed site, 5) A permit shall be obtained from the city, and 6) Applicant must document at least 16 hours of training in beekeeping. An exception shall also be made to this section for those animals brought into the city as part of education, an operating zoo, veterinarian clinic, scientific research laboratory or a licensed sho�� or exhibition.