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PART II - CODE OF ORDINANCES Chapter 10 - ANIMALS ARTICLE III. - DOGS DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY (Code 1978, § 5.09.03, subd. 13; Ord. No. 88-02) Sec. 10-62. - Destroying a dog. It shall be unlawful for any person other than the animal control officer or a police officer to kill or destroy any dog or animal of the dog kind running at large in the city or that has been known to bite a person within 4-4 ten (10) days. (Code 1978, § 5.09.03, subd. 14; Ord. No. 88-02) Sec. 10-63. - Abandonment. No person shall abandon or release any dog, cat, or other animal with the boundaries of the city. (Code 1978, § 5.09.03, subd. 15; Ord. No. 88-02) Sec. 10-64. — Potentially dangerous dogs. (a) The animal control officer will provide the owner of a dog that has been deemed potentially dangerous, per Section 10-52, with a Potentially Dangerous Dog Incident Report. (b) If the dog has inflicted bites on a human or domestic animal on public or private property, a Quarantine Notice will also be provided to the owner advising of a ten (10) day quarantine period. (c) If a proper enclosure cannot be provided for the dog, the animal control officer can seize the dog for the quarantine period. All costs of the care, keeping, and disposition of the dog are the responsibility of the person claiming an interest in the dog. (d) Any person knowing of a human being bitten by a dog shall immediately notify the animal control officer or the police department and said dog shall then be confined and kept under observation for a period of 4-4 ten (10) days before being removed from owner's property or disposed of. necessary. Sec. 10-6465. - Dangerous dogs. (a) No person owning or harboring or having the care or custody of a dangerous dog shall suffer or permit c ich dog to go unconfined on the premises of such person. A dangerous dog is "unconfinoo" c the- crm is ►1C9. in thic coction if ouch dog is not cccurcly confined indoors or confinoC in c securely enclosed' and locked pen ^r a do run crow upon the prcmiscs of said person. Such pen or dog run arcs must t o ha ^either �ide� six feet hitch or cone re top If +he pen or structurc he no bottom secured to the sides, the side must bo imbcddcd into the ground than one foot. (b) No person owning or harboring, or having the care of a dangerous dog chcll coffer or permit cos# dog to go beyond the premises of such person unlesc such dog is securely m i lod and restrained with a chcin hcvifig c minimum tonsils ctrcngth of 300 pounds and not cxcccding thrco feet in length. Ramsey, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances Page 5 of 11