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The City Council of the City of Gem Lake hereby ordains the Ordinance No. 69 shall be repealed and 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