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-238- Subd. 18. Stopping an Attack. If any Police Officer or Animal Control Officer is witness to an attack by a dog upon a person or another animal, the Officer may take whatever means they deem appropriate to bring the attack to an end and prevent further injury to the victim. Subd. 19. Dogs Disturbing the Peace. It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep, have in possession, or harbor any dog which howls, yelps, or barks to the reasonable annoyance of another person or persons. Any person violating this section, who upon first requested by a Police officer or Animal Control Officer to stop or prevent the annoyance, and refuses to comply with the request will be issued a citation or arrested in accordance with Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, and, if the Officer deems it necessary to stop the annoyance, may have the dog taken to the City animal pound. Any dog placed in the pound may be reclaimed by the owner upon payment of the fee prescribed in Subd. 9, and if not reclaimed may be disposed of in the manner provided in Subd. 11. Subd. 20. Removal of Excrement. It is unlawful for any person who owns or has custody of a dog to cause or permit such animal to defecate on any private property without the consent of the property owner or on any public property unless such person immediately removes the excrement and places it in a proper receptacle. The provisions of this section sh.all, not apply to seeing-eye dogs under the control of a blind person or dogs while being used in City Police activity. 5.09.04 Barns and Stables Subdivision 1. No stable or barn in which horses, sheep, cows, goats or other animals are kept may be located within 50 feet of a place of human habitation. Such stables and barns, where lawful, shall be kept clean. Manure shall be removed with sufficient frequency to avoid nuisance from odors or fi'om the breeding of flies at least once every two weeks. Subd. 2. Manure shall be removed by hauling beyond the City limits unless used for fertilizer, in which case it shall be spread upon the ground evenly and turned under at once or as soon as the frost leaves the ground. 5.09.05 Horses Subdivision 1. Purpose. The purpose of this Section is: To prohibit the maintaining of horses on lots or parcels of record less than 1.5 acres in size; To require a Conditional Use Permit prior to maintaining a horse on a lot of' record 1,5 acres in size and less than tl~ee (3) acres in size; To require the filing with the City. of a sketch drawing prior to maintaining a horse on a lot or parcel of recorded three (3) acres and larger in size; and 5-38 I I I I