HomeMy WebLinkAboutNo 468 Regulating Cats in the City of MaplewoodORDIkWICE NO. 460
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING CATS
IN t THE CITY OF MAPLEWOOD
THE COUNCIL OF TU CITY OF MAPLEWOOD TOES UREBY ORDAIii AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Maplewood Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding thereto Sec—
tion 1105 entitled "Cats" and shall read as follows:
1105.010. TERMS. As used in this ordinance the following terns mean:
OWNER: Any person, partnership or corporation keeping or harboring a cat or cats;
CAT: Any animal that is a member of the feline species;
ANIMAL S11ELTER: Any premises designated by the City Manager for the purpose of
impounding and caring for animals held under authority of this ordinance;
OFFICER: Any person designated by the City to enforce the provisions of this
ordinance;
PLRSO,N: An individual, partnership, company or corporation.
CLERK: Haplewood City Clerk.
1105.020. PERMIT FENS. Eio person shall, without first obtaining a permit therefor
in writing from the Clerk, own, keep, harbor, or have custody of any cat over turee
months of age. No more than two (2) cats over three (3) months of age shall be housed
or be kept on any one residential site in any area of the City zoned residential R-1
or R-2. No more than one cat of any age shall be kept in a dwelling unit in any area
of the City zoned R-3.
1105.030. PERMIT FEES. A permit shall be issued for each cat owned, kept or main—
tained by any person upon payment of the fee as follows:
(a) For each cat, 41.50;
(b) No fee or permit shall be required of any humane society or veterinary iwspital.
11U5.U40. PLRHIT YEAR. 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. Renewal permits roust be obtained prior to
March lst and there shall be a late penalty charge of 41,00 on all renewal permits
issued after April 1st of each year. do permit shall be issued unless there is a
certificate of vaccination for rabies not more than one year prior to the expiration
of the license.
1105.050. REVOCATIOti. The Council may revoke any permit if the person holding
the permit refuses or fails to comply with this ordinance, the regulations promulgated
by the Council, or any state of local law governing cruelty to animals or the keeping
of animals. Any person whose permit is revoked shall, within ten days thereafter,
humanely dispose of all cats being owned, kept, or harbored by such person and no part
of the permit fee shall be refunded.
llU5.U60. TAGS. Upon issuing a permit to keep any cat, the Clerk shall issue
to the owner a metallic or durable plastic tad, stamped with an identifying number
and with the year of issuance and so designed that it may be conveniently fastened
to a collar or harness. Such tag shall be fastened to the cat's collar or harness by
the owner and shall be worn at all times. The Clerk shall maintain a record of the
identifying numbers and shall make this record available to the public.
1105.070. Rk'STRAM OF PREMISES.
(1) All cats shall be kept under restraint at any time such cat is off of the
owner's premises.
(2) It shall be the obligation and responsibility of the owner or custodian
of any cat in the city, whether permanently or temporarily therein, to prevent such
cat from committing any act which constitutes a nuisance as defined herein.
1105.030. NUISANCL. For the purpose of this section, a cat shall be deemed
to constitute a nuisance when:
(1) The cat is not confined to the owner's or custodian's property by adequate
fencing or leasing, or if the cat is off the premises of the owner or custodian and is
not under control of tate owner or custodian by a leash not exceeding 8 feet in length,
when not confined in a motor vehicle or cage.
(2) The cat commits damage to the person or property of anyone other than the
owner or creates a nuisance on the property of one other than the owner such as
4amaging property, plantings, or structures, or which deposits fecal material on
property other titan that of the owner, or which scratches or bites a person, or which
cries, howls or loudly news at night to disturb people other titan the owner.
(3) Failure on the part of the owner or custodian to prevent itis cat from committ-
ing an act of nuisance shall be a petit misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty
provided for such offense.
1105.090. I14'OUADEL CATS. Unrestrained cats may be taken by police, the city animal
control officer, or the humane Society and impounded in an animal shelter, and there con-
fined in a humane manner. Impounded cats shall be kept for not less titan five days
unless reclaimed by their owners. If by a permit, tag or by other means the owner can
be identified, the animal control officer shall immediately upon impoundment notify
the owner by telephone or hail of the impoundment of the cat. Cats not claimers by
their owners within five days shall be humanely disposed of by an agency designated
by the Council.
1105.140. IMPOUNDING FEE. Any owner reclaiming an animal shall pay a fee of $2.00,
plus $2.00 for each day that the animal has been impounded. The owner may also be
proceeded against for violation of this ordinance and his permit may be revoked.
1105.110. F1.PMLL CATS ii'i hEAT. Every female cat in heat shall be confined in a
building or secure enclosure, in such manner that such female cat cannot corse into
contact with another cat except for planned breeding.
1105.120. NON-RESIDENTS. The provisions herein requiring a permit shall not apply
to non-residents of the City who keep the cat under restraint and are not kept within
the City for more than 30 days.
1105.130. VIOLATION A►ill Pl�iALTY. Any person violating any of tiae provisions of
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a petit misdemeanor and shall be punished
by a fine of not more than $100.OU. If any violation be continuing, each day's violat-
ion shall be deemed a separate violation. If any person be found guilty by a court of
violation of this ordinance, his permit to own, keep, ?iarbor or have custody of a cat
or cats shall be deemed automatically revoked and no new permit may be issued for a
period of one year thereafter.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon passage and publication.
Passed by the Council of the City of
Maplewood, Minnesota this 17th day
of May, 1979.
Attests
Clerk
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ORDINANCE NO. 468
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING CATS
IN THE CITY OFMAPLEWOOD AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MAPLEWOOD
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Maplewood Municipa! Code is hereby
amended by adding thereto Section 1105 entitled "Cats"
and shall read as follows:
1105.010, TERMS. AS used in this ordinance the 'Rate of fflinm$vla
following terms mean.
OWNER: Any person, partnership or corporation
keeping or harboring a cat or cats; County Of Ra=ey
CAT: Any animal that is a member of the feline
species;
ANIMAL SHELTER: Any premises designated by the N. Theodore Lillie•., being duly sworn, on oath says
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City Manager for the purpose of impounding and caring Assistant Fubl.isher
for animals held under authority t this ordinance; he is and during all the times herein stated has been the
OFFICER: Any person designated by the City to """"""""""""""""""""""""""""
enforce the provisions of this ordinance;
PERSON: An individual, partnership, company or ... . . . . . . . .� k n � � � e d � � . . . . . . . . . . a . . . .. . . .. . . . . Publisher and printer of the newspaper known as Maplewood Review,
corporation. and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows: (1) Said newspaper is printed in the
CLERK: Maplewood City Clerk. English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at
110ERK PERMIT FEES. le person shall, without least 900 square inches. (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once each week.
first 5.020, in a permit therefor in writing from the (3) Said newspaper has 50 percent of its news columns devoted to news of local interest to the com-
9 munity which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made
Clerk, own, keep, harbor, or have custody of any cat up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisements. (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near
over three months of age. No more than two (2) cats the municipality which it purports to serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying
over three (3) months of age shall be housed or be kept subscribers, has an average of at least 75 percent of its total circulation currently paid or no more than
on any one residential site in any area of the City zoned three months in arrears and has entry as second-class matter in its local cost office. (5) Said newspaper
residential R 1 or R-2. No more than one cat of any age purports to serve the Village of Maplewood in the County of Ramsey and it has its known office
shall be kept in a dwelling unit in any area of the City of issue in the Village of North St. Paul in said county, established and open during its regular
zoned R-3. business hours for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and main -
1105.030. PERMIT FEES. A permit shall be issued for tained by the publisher of said newspaper or persons in his employ and subject to his direction and
each cat owned. kept or maintained by any person upon 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
payment of the fee acomplied with all the foregoing conditions for at least two years preceding the day or dates of publi-
(a) For each
No fee cc h cat, s fol permit shall be required of any humane 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
society or veterirary hospital. of State and signed by the publisher and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is
1105.040 PERhl1T YEAR. The permit year shall a legal newspaper.
commence on March 1 of each year and terminate on O. i4.6.8 the last day of February of the following year. A new He further states on oath that the printed ............rdi.....nance .........iVO...........................................
permit shall be obtained each year by every owner and
a new fee paid. A permit, if not revoked, shall be valid . .. . .. . . . ...... . . . . . . .. ... . . . . hereto attached as a pari hereof was cut from the columns
until the end cf the permit year. Renewal permits must of said newspaper, and was printed and published therein in the English language, once each week, for
be obtained prior to March ist and there shall be a late
s. I
penalty charge of $1.00 on all renewal permits issued One successive weeks; that it was first so published on Wednesday the
after April 1st of each year. No permit shall be issued May 119
unless there is a certificate of vaccination for rabies not day of ........................................................... !......... of 19...and was thereafter printed and pub -
more than one Year prior to the expiration of the l icense.
1105.050. REVOCATION. The Council may revoke any lished on every Wednesday toand including Wednesday the .................. day of """"""'"
permit if try! person holding the permit refuses or fails
to comply with this ordinance, the regulations
promulgated by the Council, or any state of Incas law . . . . . . . 19.... and that the following is a printed copy of the lowercase alphabet
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governing cruelty to animals or the keeping of animals. from A Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being he size and kind of type used in
Any person whose permit is revoked shall, within ten the composition and publication of said notice, to wit:
days thereafter, humanely dispose of all cats being abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz
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1105.060. TAGS. Upon issuing a permit to keep any
cat, the Clark shall issue to the owner a metallic or ...................................................... ............................
durahle plastic tag, stamped with an identifying ,�,.,i1 1�ut,^,�� �7e
number and with the year of issuance and so designed Subscribed and sworn to before me this.. .rd.. dayof May ......... .......................... 1917
that it may be conveniently fastened to a collar or
harness. Such tag shall be fastened to the cat's collar or /i,• •(• 4�e?..
harness by the owner and Sh�tl,re worn at al l times. The • • • • • �.. ..... ...........
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Clerk shall maintain a recotr of. the identifying num-
bers and shall make this record available to the public. Notary public . .................................................. County, Minnesota
1105.070. RESTRAINT OF PREMISES. ■..1",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,A,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
(1) All cats shall be kept under restraint at any Circe My Commission Expires ......;.. ... tceTRIa& RHRIGHT • •>• • • •. • • •.... • 19.
such cat is Off of tart ownifr's premises. ` Notary
(2) I1 shall be ih ion end responsibility of the ` 4`�si- Remiry ccunry, Mina
owner or custodian°C+jt. (n the City, whether ' e_ My cem�;"l`" e.a'rn
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permanently or tempdraIII therein, to prevent such cat rrry rrv.rrvvvyvvv YV.+rrrrr
from committing any act which constitutes a nuisance
as defined herein.
1105.080. NUISANCE. For the purpose of this section,
a cat shall be deemed to constitute a nuisance when:
(1) The cat is not confined to the owner's or
custodian's property by adequate fencing or leasing, or
if the cat is off the premises of the owner or custodian
and is not under control of the owner or custodian by a
leash not exceeding C feet in length, when not confined in
a motor vehicle or cage.
(2) The cat commits damage to the person or property
of anyone other than the owner or creates a nuisance on
the property of one other than the owner such as
damaging property, plantings, or structures, or which
deposits fecal material on property other than that of
the owner, or which scratches or bites a person, or
which cries, howls or loudly mews at night to disturb
people other than the owner.
(3) Failure on the part of the owner or custodian to
prevent his cat from committing an act of nuisance
shall be a petit misdemeanor and shall be sublect to the
penalty provided for such offense.
1105.090. IMPOUNDED CATS. Unrestrained cats may
be taken by police, the city animal control officer, or the
Humane Society and impounded in an animal shelter,
and there confined in a humane manner. Impounded
cats shall be kepi 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 animal
control officer shall immediately upon impoundment
notify the owner by telephone or mail of the im
poundment of the cat. Cats not claimed by their owners
within five days shall be humanely disposed of by an
agency designated by the Council.
1105.100. IMPOUNDING FEE. Any owner reclaiming
an animal shall pay a fee of 52.00, plus $2.00 for each day
that the animal has been impounded. The owner may
also be proceeded against for violation of this ordinance
and his permit may be revoked.
1105.110. FFMALE CATS IN HEAT. Every female cat
in heat sl-:::' be confined in a building or secure en-
closure, ire such manner that such female cat cannot
come into contact with another cat except for planned
breeding.
1105.120. NONRESIDENTS. The provisions herein
requiring a permit shal I not apply to nonnresidents of the
Qty who keep the cat under restraint and are not kept
within the City for more than 30 days.
1105.130. VIOLATION AND PENALTY. Any person
violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a petit misdemeanor and shall be
punished by a fine of not more than $100,00. If any
violation be continuing, each day's violation shall be
deemed a separate violation. If any person be found
guilty by a court of violation of this ordinance, his
permit to own, keep, harbor or have custody of a cat or
cats shall be deemed automatically revoked and no new
permit may be issued for a period of one year
thereafter.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon
passage and publication.
Passed by the Council of the City of
Maplewood, Minnesota this 17th day
of May, 1979.
-s- John Greavu
Mayor
Attest:
-s- Lucille E. Aurelius
Clerk
Ayes — S
Nays — 0
(Review: May 23, 1979)