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INFORMATION SERVICES Classification 1 30 81
<br /> league of Minnesota Cities ��
<br /> 183 University Avenue East Date 1 /
<br /> St. Paul, MN 55101 -2526
<br /> Subject
<br /> Municipality P I Oc VJ (�'Y1
<br /> r prior to the first day el June match year. SECTION 14. Dogs w rc cannot be im-
<br /> Published June 28 & July 5,1991. , A license must be obtained within 30 days pounded. If an animal is rabid, or other-
<br /> - Ordinance No. 070991 -201 ` for any dog brought into and kept in:the wise diseased, vicious, or dangerous, and
<br /> AN ORDINANCE REPEALING OR- ; sty• - '�" ' -- cannot be impounded after a reasonable
<br /> • A DINANCES NO. 107, 139 AND 159 AND I SECTION 6. Dogs at requiring licbnsing. effort or without serious risk to the im-
<br /> ,: PROVIDING FOR LICENSING, No license shall be required of dogs less pounder or others, such animal may be
<br /> than six months of age. - - . - `: , immediately killed.
<br /> -REGULATION. CONFINEMENT, ^ AND SECTION 7. Tag and collar• All dogs ahhall • SECTION 15. Disposition of impounded
<br /> DISPOSITION OF DOGS ' be harnessed or collared. The clerk sh dogs. If a dog has been taken up and im-
<br /> The city Council of Floodwood does or- upon issuance of a license rovide the a
<br /> p p pounded and has not been reclaimed
<br /> dein: plicant with a metallic tag which shall be within the time provided herein, or if the
<br /> SECTION I. Definitions. As used in this , numbered, and which shall be securely owner cannot be located, then after seven
<br /> part, the terms shall mean the following: fastened to the animal's collar or harness days, without notice to others, it will be
<br /> a. Owner. Any person, group of persons �_ at all times. - - -.....- ..;; ' : disposed of.
<br /> or legal entity owning, keeping or liar- SECTION 8. Restraint of dogs: 'No'dog SECTION 16. Appointment of officers. The
<br /> boring a dog or dogs. shall be permitted to be at large in the city. City Council may, from time to time, ap-
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<br /> be sny arrborer who has harborer of ofan shall B ' All dogs shall be under restraint.at al/ point such persons as may be necessary to
<br /> times. - . . %4 5-%i .. assist the police officers of the cif
<br /> or permits a dog to be kept or to stay on or i - . W Yin the
<br /> about the harborer's premises. "SECTION 9. Confinement - :11 ' certain enforcement of this ordinance. Such per-
<br /> c. At large. A dog shall be termed at a animals. The owner or harborer shall con - son shall have police powers insofar as it is
<br /> t large when it is not under restraint, as r fine within a building or secure enclosure necessary to enforce this ordinance, in-
<br /> herein any fierce, dangerous, or vicious dog and eluding the power to issue citations, and no
<br /> defined • d. Restraint. A dog is under restraint if it ` fine permit such and n until it .1 sac/Peon-
<br /> securely shall interfere with, hinder o/
<br /> .is controlled by a leash not exceeding eight tent molest /
<br /> feet in length; or if it is under the voice or muzzled and in control of a competent Pe Per' rrtem in me exercise of such
<br /> Powers.
<br /> signal command of a competent person, SECTION t0. Animals creatiag nuisance 1 SECTION 17. Rabies shots
<br /> providing that the dog will immediately prohibited. No person shall keep or harbor penalties for violation, It shall be unlawful
<br /> res pond to and obey the voice or signal keep
<br /> commands of such person; or if it is within . an animal which barks or howls, or other- for a person to own, possess or harbor a
<br /> the boundaries of the owner's or liar- wise constitutes a nuisance. e
<br /> -. dog within the city if the dog has not had
<br /> SECTION 11. Impounding animals. The vaccination for rabies within the time
<br /> borer's premises• police, or any other duly appointed rson, required under standard veterinary
<br /> e. Police. The police officers of the city,
<br /> may take and impound any dog Pe rY prac•
<br /> .or any person, firm, or agency hired or Y Pound an d which is tires.
<br /> engaged by the city to assist the police in , not being kept, confined or restrained in a SECTION 18. Muzzleing proclamation.
<br /> performance of their duties. manner consistent - with the requirements Whenever the prevalence of rabies ren-
<br /> - the e n shall ad this regulation. police or son ders such action necessary to protect the
<br /> SECTION 2. Licensing. No person t - -may enter upon private premises where it public health and safer the
<br /> own, keep or harbor a dog unless such dog i , appears that there is reasonable cause to issue a proclamation safety shall
<br /> is licensed as provided herein. believe that an animal is not being kept, B '� Pt. son owning or keeping a dog to muzzle l i t
<br /> - SECTION 3. License Application. Written
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<br /> . conf inedorrestrainedas herein required. securely so that it cannot bite. No person
<br /> application shall be made at the office of SECTION 12. Notice to owner. Im- shall violate such roclamation and any
<br /> Jhe clerk. The application shall state the • mediately upon the impounding of a dog unmuzz n
<br /> led dog unrestrained during the
<br /> 1/ ( .wearing a current license tag, the police time 'fixed in the proclamation shall be
<br /> 3 O $ I , make every reasonable effort W ! subject to impoundment, and the owner of
<br /> . � notify the owner or harborer of such.im- such dog shall be subject to .penalty
<br /> potmdment, and of the conditions whereby hereinafter provided.
<br /> name and address of the owner of the dog, . the owner or harborer may regain custody SECTION 19. Dogs in teat. Any female dog
<br /> the name, breed, age, sat. and color of the of the dog. Verbal notice shall be im- in heat shall be kept confined indoors, or
<br /> • dog, and be accompanied by a certificate mediately confirmed in writing by the impounded for the duration of her season
<br /> of vaccination from a qualified source car- ` pollee (Oestrus cycle) in a commercial dog ken -
<br /> tifying that the dog has been vaccinated f SECTION 13. Reclaiming impounded nel, the cost of which shall be borne.by the
<br /> again rabies, or has received a booster n� d dog. owner.
<br /> shot tt theretore,.within the 24 -month Pe r iod ' e unP hereunder ma SECTIO 20. B iting dogs to be aa
<br /> ,4eclaimed by the the o owner or harborer of
<br /> .immediately preceeding the application. same within seven da s after recei bob tined. e own err any dog has f s n uc a per-
<br /> per
<br /> SECTION 4. License fee. The annual liven- ) notice of such im Y �B son, the owner or custodian of such dog,
<br /> se fee shall be 85.00 for each dog. The Saturdays, Sundays and le so and lea l hol hol idai s, having been so notified, either orally or in
<br /> license fee shall be paid at the time of gaidays, I writing, shall immediately 'quarantine
<br /> application. making the a All licenses
<br /> upon payment o 325 to the clerk .Od together wi of an th t he act the actual ual said dog at the owner's home or other
<br /> PP censes ding ng fee of 625 t
<br /> currently active within the city limits shall costs incurred for boarding. If the dog suitable place of confinement, as directed
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<br /> reclaimed has no license, and a e tae responsible officer of the city for a
<br /> expire May 31, 1992. There shall be no
<br /> being I • period of 14 days after the occurrence.
<br /> l ` license is required, a license shall be During the quarantine period, the dog
<br /> SECTION S. Term of license. All dog liven- issued, and the fee for same id to .I
<br /> issued for one yea eg' ng prior 1 shall be securely ce
<br /> nes shall be fined in a building or
<br /> Year b lend the release from impoundment. The im- - -
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<br /> with the first day of June of each year. Ap- • pounded dog shall not be released from
<br /> lineation for license maY be made 39 days impoundment until the impoundment fee
<br /> and boarding costs have been paid.
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