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Department Approval <br />� <br />g�� <br />� <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: Nbs d i 3: - 31 Z 1 <br />Item No.: �4/ b <br />City Manager Approval <br />Item Description: ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE FIVE, SECTION 501.16 OF THE <br />ROSEVILLE CITY CODE RELATING TO VICIOUS ANIMALS <br />BACKGROUND <br />To better protect the community from potentially vicious or dangerous animals, and to bring the ordinance into <br />compliance with new state law, proposed are revisions and amendments to City Code Title Five, Section 501.16 <br />as reflected in the Attachment to this RCA. <br />In 2008, the MN Legislature made changes to the current statutes regarding dangerous dogs. These changes <br />came into effect on August ls`, 2008. The new law toughened the requirements for the keeping of dangerous <br />dogs and required an Impartial Hearing Officer to be hired by the City in the event an owner appeals a dangerous <br />dog declaration made by the Chief of Police. <br />The proposed revisions bring Ordinance 501.16 into agreement with the revised MN § 47.52. The proposed <br />revisions have been reviewed and approved by the City Attorney. <br />The proposed revisions and amendments broaden the definition and scope of what the City considers a dangerous <br />animal and the owner's responsibility in regulating the animal through proper adherence and regulation to City <br />code. The following amendments have been made: Notice of Dangerous Animal Determination and Appeal of <br />Dangerous Animal Determination. <br />POLICY �BJECTIVE <br />Approve the revisions and amendments to Title Five, Section 501.16 of the Roseville City Code as stated in the <br />attachment. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACTS <br />No cost to the City; however, a hearing on the appeal of a dangerous animal determination before a <br />hearing officer designated by the Animal Human Society Director of Human Investigations could cost the <br />owner of the dangerous animal a ma�mum of $1,000 based on the determination of the investigation. <br />STAFF RECOMMENDATION <br />Adopt an Ordinance amending Section 501.16 A, B, and D and adding 501.16 F and G relating to Dangerous <br />Dogs per revised MN § 47.52. <br />And <br />Approve an Ordinance Summary amending Section 501.16 A, B, and D and adding 501.16 F and G relating to <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />