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ORDINANCE #15-12 <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10 (ANIMALS) AND CHAPTER 117 (ZONING AND <br />SUBDIVISIONS) OF THE RAMSEY CITY CODE AMENDING THE PROCEDURE FOR <br />APPROVAL FOR CERTAIN ANIMALS AND NUMBER OF ANIMALS. <br />The City of Ramsey Ordains: <br />SECTION 1 AUTHORITY <br />This ordinance is adopted pursuant to and under the authority of the City Charter of the City of Ramsey. <br />SECTION 2 AMENDMENTS <br />Chapter 10 is amended to revise the following language (added language underlined, deleted language <br />strike through): <br />Chapter 10 - ANIMALS (with redlined/tracked changes plus commentary) <br />FOOTNOTE(S): <br />--- (1) --- <br />State Law reference— General authority relative to animals, Minn. Stats. §§ 410.33, 412.221, subd. 21; <br />animal health, Minn. Stats. ch. 35; dogs and cats, Minn. Stats. ch. 347; cruelty to animals, Minn. Stats. § <br />343.20 et seq.; stray animals and companion animals, Minn. Stats. ch. 346. (Back) <br />ARTICLE I. - IN GENERAL <br />Sec. 10-1. - Keeping of certain animals, livestock and poultry. <br />(a) Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the <br />meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different <br />meaning: <br />Pony means a horse that does not exceed 5/1 inches or 13.2 hands in height. <br />(ab) Animals on less than three acres. None of the following animals shall be maintained on any parcel of <br />land in the city that is not at least 3.0 acres (130,680 square feet) in size: horses, llamas, cows, mules, <br />donkeys, burros, ponies, goats, pigs, sheep, lambs, turkey, geese and ducks. EXCEPTION: Chickens <br />(hens only, no roosters or crowing hens) may be maintained on parcels less than three acres. The <br />following chart prescribes the number of chickens that can be maintained on lots of record to which <br />the animal owner has fee title and desires to maintain chickens: <br />Lot Size <br />Number of Chickens Permitted <br />(no roosters or crowing hens) <br />0.00 to 0.24 Acres <br />6 <br />Page 1 <br />