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city of Centerville Ord #24 Effective: 10/27/99 (6) An animal control officer and/or police officer may enter upon the private property of another for the purpose of removing such quarantined animal to an animal shelter when it has been detennined that such quarantined Animal bas not been T11llintained by the owner in a manner consistent with the provisions of this Section. 24. 04 Non-Domestic Animals. It shall be illegal for any person to own, possess, harbor, or offer for sale, any non-domestic Animal within the City limits. An exception shall be made to this prohibition for animAl~ specifically trained for and actually providing assistance to the physically challenged and for those animal~ brought into the City for educational purposes, as part of an operating zoo, veterinarian clinic, scientific research laboratory, or a licensed show or exhibition. 24.05 Farm Animals. Farm animal~ shall only be kept in an agricultural district of the City, or on a residential lot of at least ten (10) acres in size provided that no animal shelter shall be within three hundred (300) teet of an adjoining piece of property. An exception shall be made to this Subsection for those animAl~ brought into the City as part of education, an operating zoo, veterinarian clinic, scientific research laboratory, or a licensed show or exhibition. 24.06 Impounding. Subd. 1 Runuing at Large. Any animal rllnnillg at large is hereby declared a public nuisance. Any police officer may impound any animal found unlicensed or any animal found rllnning at large and shall give notice of the impounding to the owner of such "";T11llI, ifknown. Snbd. 2 Reclaiming. All animals conveyed to the pound shall be kept, withhumane treatment and sufficient food and water for their comfort, at least five regular business days to a maximumofseven days, unless reclaimed sooner by its owner or keeper as provided by this Ordinance. If the animal is a dangerous animal as defined under' 24.01, Subd. 5, it may be impounded for a period of time including the time required to complete an appeal process. The owner of an aniT11ll1 is required to pay the entire costs of confinement of any animal Immediately on confinement of any ani~I. reasonable effort shall be made by the impo1Jtlllillg official to n.otilY the owner of the animal, of the aniT11ll11' confinement, and procedures to be followed for reclamation of such animal Any animalmay be redeemed from the pound by the owner upon performance of the following: of a release fee and rece' t of a release permit from the _ 'and (2) Payment ofmaintenance costs, as provided by the pound, per day or any part of day while animal is in said pound; and Page 7 of 16