Agenda - Planning Commission - 11/08/1999

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ORDINANCE #99-XX CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 5 OF THE CITY CODE WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS CHAPTER. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 5.09.03 OF CHAPTER 5 OF THE CITY CODE REGULATING DOGS. The City of Ramsey Ordains: SECTION 1. AUTHORITY This ordinance .is adopted pursuant to and under the authority of the Charter of the City of Ramsey. SECTION 2. AMENDMENT Section 5.09.03, entitled "Dog RegulationsY' shall be amended as follows: Subd. 1. Definitions Add: "Boarding" shall mean providing for the care, shelter, or feeding of dog(s), not owned by the owner or occupant of the premises where said dog(s) are kept, for any period exceeding 6 contiguous hours. Amend "Dog" to read as follows: "Dog" shall mean any male or female of the canine species. Amend "Owner" to read as follows: "Dog Owner" shall mean the license holder or any other person or persons, firm, association, or corporation owning, keeping or harboring a dog. Any person keeping or harboring a dog for five consecutive days shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed an owner. Add: "Kennel, Commercial" is a place where boarding and/or training is offered to any number of dogs not owned by the owner or occupant of the premises. Such boarding and /or training may also include but is not limited to related uses such as selling, breeding, showing, treating or grooming. Pet shops and veterinary clinics shall not be defined as commercial kennels. A conditional use permit is required in any district where commercial dog kennels are not specifically identified as a permitted use. Add: "Kennel, Private" is a place where a dog owner keeps three (3) or more dogs over six (6) months of age on property occupied by the dog owner for residential purposes and where the keeping of such dogs is incidental to the occupancy of the premises, and may include breeding and selling of dogs as a hobby. An Administrative Kennel License is required for three (3) dogs and a Conditional Use Permit is required for four (4) or more dogs. Insert the following and renumber all subsequent subdivisions accordingly: "Subd. 2. Number of Dogs Permitted. On a parcel or series of contiguous parcels under the same ownership or occupancy as the dog owner, no more than two (2) dogs are permitted.