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ORDINANCE #12- CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 10 WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE ANIMAL REGULATIONS CHAPTER OF THE CITY CODE OF RAMSEY, MINNESOTA. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10 BY AMENDING CHAPTER 10, ARTICLE I, ENTITLED IN GENERAL. The City of Ramsey ordains: SECTION 1. AMENDMENT City Code Chapter 10, Article I is amended as follows (insertions indicated as underline, deletions indicated as strikethrough) : Sec. 10-1. - Keeping of certain animals, livestock and poultry. (a) Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Pony means a horse that does not exceed 54 inches or 13.2 hands in height. (b) Prohibited animals. None of the following animals shall be maintained on any parcel of land in the city that is not at least 3.0 acres (130,680 square feet) in size: horses, llamas, cows, mules, donkeys, burros, ponies, gem, pigs (exception: pot-bellied pigs), sheep; and lambs,,—_t, geese, chicken©, and ducks. (c) Animal unit. Animal unit is defined as a measure used to compare differences in production of animal wastes. The following chart establishes the number of animal units assigned to certain livestock and poultry: Animal Number of Units Cow 1.5 Horse, mule, llama, alpaca 1.0 Donkey, burro, pony, goat, pig, sheep, lamb 0.5 Turkey, goose 0.1 Chicken, duck 0.04 (d) Permitted animals. (1) The following chart prescribes the number of animal units that can be maintained on lots of record to which the animal owner has fee title and desires to maintain a mix of livestock, equines, poultry, or fowl (refer to section 10-24 for regulations for maintaining horses or equines exclusively): Number of Animal Units Allowed 3 acres (130,680 square feet) Parcel Size 2