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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNo 368 Amending Chapter 1101 of the Maplewood Municipal City Code Pertaining to DogsORDINANCE NO. 368 ORDINAME MIENDING CHAPTER 1101 OF THE MAPLEWOOD IrMMICIPAL CITY OWE PERTAINING TO DOGS Section 1. Section 1101.010 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1101.010. ANIMAL: Any living dog; ANIMAL SHELTER: any premises designated by the City ndrinistrative authority for the purposes of impounding and caring for animals held under authority of this ordinance; CLERK: Maplewood City Clerk; OFFICER: any person designated by the City Council as a law enforcement officer; OWNER.: any person, partnership or corporation owning, keeping or harboring animals; PERSON: any individual, partnership, company or corporation; PET SHOP: Any person, partnership or corporation engaged in the business of feeding, buying, selling or boarding animals of any species; RESTRAINT: An animal shall be deemed to be under restraint if, when on the premises of the owner, it is kept in an enclosure or on a chain or leash so as to be unable to leave the owner's premises or if, when off the owner's premises, when such dog is on a leash and is kept under the control of the accompanying persons; VETERINARY HOSPITAL: Any establishment maintained and operated by licenses veterinarian for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries of animals. Section 2. Section 1101.080 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1101.080. RESTRAINT: Subd. 1. All dogs shall be kept under restraint at all times. Subd. 2. It shall be the obligation and responsibility of the owner or custodian of any do; in the City, whether permanently or temporarily therein, to prevent any such do^, from committin^ any act which constitutes a nuisance as defined herein. it shall be considered a nuisance for any dog to bark at night, to frequent school grounds or public beaches, to chase vehicles, to molest or annoy any person, if such person is not on the property of the owner or custodian of such dog, or to molest, defile or destroy any property, public or private. failure on the part of the owner or custodian to prevent a dog from committing a nuisance shall be subject to the penal- ty hereinafter provided. Section 3. Section 1101.090 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1101.090. IMPOUNDED DOGS. Unrestrainea dogs may be taken by police, the City do. warden or the Humane Society and impounded in an animal shelter, and there con- fined in a humane manner. Impounded dogs shall be kept for not less than five days unless reclaimed by their owners. If by a permit tag or by other means the owner can be identified, the Clerk shall immediately upon impoundment notify the owner by tel- ephone or mail of the impoundment of the animal. Dogs not claimed by their owners within five days shall be humanely disposed of by an agency delegated by the Council to exercise that authority. Section 4. Section 1101.050 is hereby amended to provide as follows: 1101.050. PERMIT YEAR. Subd. 1. The permit year shall commence on March 1 of each year and terminate on the last day of February o£ the following year. A new permit shall be obtained each year by every owner and a new fee paid. A permit, if not revoked, shall be valid until the end of the permit year. Sebd. 2, No permit shall be granted for a don which has not been vaccinated against rabies as provided in this section on said date, but not more than two years will have elapsed from the date of such vaccination to the time of the expiration of the license to be issued. Vaccination shall Ise performed only by a doctor qualified to practise veterinarian medicine in the state in which the dog is vaccinated and the applicant shall present a certificate from a qualified veterinarian showing that the doh to be licensed has been given a vaccination against rabies and the date on whits said vaccination was administered. Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force upon passage and publication. Passed by the City Council of the City of Maplewood, Minnesota, this 13th day of July, 1974. Attest: City Clerk Mayor City of Maplewood Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 ORDINANCE NO. 368 ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1101 OF THE MAPLEWOOD MUNICIPAL CITY CODE PERTAINING TO DOGS Seci..on 1, Section 1101.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:. 1101.010. ' ANIMAL: Any living dog; ANIMAL SHELTER: any premises designated by the City ad ministrative authority for the purposes of impounding and caring for animals held under authority of this ordinance: CLERK: Maplewood City Clerk; OF- FICER: any person designated by the City Council as a law enforcement officer; OWNER. any person, part- nership or corporation owning, keeping or harboring animals; PERSON: any individual, partnership, company or corporation; PET SHOP: Any person, partnership or corporation engaged in the business of feeding, buying, selling or boarding animals of any species; RESTRAINT An animal shall be deemed to be under restraint if, when on the premises of the owner, it is kept in at,, enclosure or on a chain or leash so as to be unable to leave the owner's premises or if, when off the owner's premises, when such dog is on a leash and is kept under the control of the accompanying persons; VETERINARY HOSPITAL. Any establishment maintained and operated by licenses veterinarian for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries of animals. Section 2. Section 1101.080 is hereby amended to read as follows. 1101.080. RESTRAINT. Subic . ) All dogs shall be kept under restraint at all times Subd. 2 it shall be the obligation and responsibility of the owner or custodian of any dog in the City, whether permanently or temporarily therein, to prevent any such dog from committing any act which constitutes a nuisance as defined herein. It shall be considered a nuisance for any dog to bark at night, to frequent school grounds or public beaches, to chase vehicles, to molest or annoy any person, if such person is not on the property of the owner or custodian of such dog, or to molest, defile or destroy any property, public or private. Failure on the part of the owner or custodian to prevent a dog from committing a nuisance shall be subject to the penalty hereinafter provided. Section 3. Section 1101.090 is hereby amended to read as toltows! 1101.090. IMPOUNDED DOGS. Unrestrained dogs may be taken by police, the City dog warden or the Humane Society and impounded in an animal shelter, and Mere confined in a humane manner. Impounded dogs shall be kept for not less than five days unless reclaimed by their owners. It by a permit tag or by other means the owner can be identified, the C!erk shall immediately upon impoundment notify the owner by telephone or mail of the impoundment of the anima'. Dogs rot claimed by their owners within five days Snail be humanely disposed of by an agency delegated by the Ouncil t0 exercise that authority. Section 4. Section 1101.050 is hereby amended to provide as follows: 1101.050. PERMIT YEAR. Subd. 1. The permit year shall commence on March 1 of each year and terminate on the last day of February of the following year A new permit shall be obtained each year by every owner and a new fee paid. A. permit, if not revoked, shall be valid until the end of the permit year. Subd. 2. No permit shall be granted for a dog which has not been vaccinated against rabies as provided in this section on said date, but not more than two years will have elapsed from the date of such vacci^ation to the time of the expiration of the license to be ssued. Vaccination shall be performed only by a doctor qualified to practice veterinarian medicine in the state in which the dog is vaccinated and the applicant shall present a certificate from a qualified veterinarian showing that the dog to be licensed has been given a vaccination against rabies and the date on which said vaccination was administered. Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force upon passage and publication. Passed by the City Council of the City of Maplewood, Minnesota, this 18th day of July, 1974. s Robert T. Bruton Mayor City of Maplewood Attest: s- Mrs. Lucille E. Aurelius City Clerk Ayes 5 Nays 0 (Review: July 24, 1974) AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION J tafC of fflimusaw County of Ramsey I No Theo. Lillie ........ ......................... ..........................A........................L.,...... being duly sworn, on oath says ss he is and during all the times herein stated has been the ....afwst...�.bliSuer ............................... ........................ I .......................... publisher and printer of the newspaper known as Maplewood Review, and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows: (1) Said newspaper is printed in tha English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches. (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once each week. (3) Said newspaper has 50 percent of its news columns devoted to news of local interest to the com- munity which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisements. (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports to serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75 percent of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second-class matter in its local post -office. (5) Said newspaper purports to Serve the Village of Maplewood in the County of Ramsey and it has - its known office of issue in the Village of North St. Paul in said county, established and open during its regular business hours for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and main- tained by the publisher of said newspaper or persons in his employ and subject to his direction and control during all such regular business hours at which said newspaper is printed. (6) Said news- paper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said newspaper has complied with all the foregoing conditions for at least two years preceding the day or dates of publi- cation mentioned below. (8) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1966, and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the publisher and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper. 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