Ordinance No. 142 Agricultural & Wild Animals

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City of Gem Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota Agricultural and Wild Animals Ordinance No. 142 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING ORDINANCE NO. 69, REGULATING THE KEEPING OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS WITHIN THE CITY OF GEM LAKE The City Council of the City of Gem Lake hereby ordains the Ordinance No. 69 shall be repealed and replaced with the following: Section 1. Purpose and Intent. The purpose and intent of this Ordinance is to protect and promote the health, safety and general welfare of the people of Gem Lake and adjacent communities as well as the health and general welfare of all animals owned, possessed or harbored within the City. This Ordinance regulates the number and type of agricultural and wild animals, which may be kept, and the manner in which they shall be kept. Section 2. Interpretation, Construction, Scope and Definition. 1. Interpretation. In the interpretation and application of this Ordinance, its provisions shall be held to be minimum requirements and shall not be construed so as to fully effect its purpose and shall not be deemed a limitation or repeal of any other power established by law or Ordinance except as specifically provided herein. In the event that conflicting requirements are imposed by this Ordinance or by other Ordinances of the City of Gem Lake, the more restrictive provisions shall apply. 2. Construction. Words used in the present tense include the past and future tense; the singular includes the plural; and the plural includes the singular. The word "shall" is mandatory and the word "may" is permissive. The masculine gender includes the feminine. 3. Scope. This Ordinance shall govern and apply to all animals owned, kept, or found within the City of Gem Lake. 4. Definitions. 1. Agricultural Animal. Any common farm animal including but not limited to any horse, mule, donkey, cow, goat, sheep, pig, emu, llama, or any other animal typically confined on a farm and the like, except for domestic fowl. 2. Beekeeping. The maintenance and breeding of honey bee colonies; also referred to as apiculture. 1. Apiary. The assembly of one or more colonies of bees at a single location. 2. Apiary Products. Any bees, honey, beeswax, or bee comb product on -site. 3. Beekeeper. A person who owns or has charge of one or more colonies of honey bees. 4. Beekeeping Equipment. Anything used in the operation of an apiary, such as hive bodies, supers, frames, top and bottom board, and extractors. 5. Colony. An aggregate of honey bees consisting principally of workers, but having, when perfect, one queen and at times drones, brood, comb, and honey. 6. Hive. The receptacle inhabited by a colony that is manufactured for that purpose. 7. Honey bee. All life stages and castes of the common domestic honey bee; apis mellifera species. 8. Lot. A contiguous parcel of land under common ownership. Ordinance No. 142 Agricultural and Wild Animals Pagel of S