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Subd. 18. Stopping an Attack. If any Police Officer or. Animal Control <br />Officer is witness to an attack by a dog upon a person or another animal, the Officer may take <br />whatever means they deem appropriate to bring the attack to an end and prevent further injury to <br />the victim. <br /> <br /> Subd. 19. Dogs Disturbing the Peace. It shall be unlawful for any person to <br />own, keep, have in possession, or harbor any dog which howls, yelps, or barks to the reasonable <br />annoyance of another person or persons. Any person violating this section, who upon first <br />requested by a Police officer or Animal Control Officer to stop or prevent the annoyance, and <br />refuses to comply with the request will be issued a citation or arrested in accordance with <br />Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, and, if the Officer deems it necessary to stop the <br />annoyance, may have the dog taken to the City animal.pound. Any dog placed in the pound may <br />be reclaimed by the owner upon payment of the fee prescribed in Subd. 9, and if not reclaimed <br />may be disposed of in the manner provided in Subd. 11. <br /> <br /> Subd. 20. Removal of Excrement. It is unlawful for any person who owns <br />or has custody of a dog to cause or permit such animal to defecate on any private property <br />without the consent of the property owner or on any public property unless such person <br />immediately removes the excrement and places it in a proper receptacle. The provisions of this <br />section shall not apply to seeing-eye dogs under the control of a blind person or dogs while being <br />used in City Police activity. <br /> <br />5.09.04 <br /> <br />Barns and Stables <br /> <br /> Subdivision 1. No stable or barn in which horses, sheep, cows, goats or other <br />animals are kept may be located within 50 feet of a place of human habitation and 75 feet of <br />neighboring property lines. Such stables and barns, where lawful, shall be kept clean. Manure <br />shall be removed with sufficient frequency to avoid nuisance from odors or from the breeding of <br />flies at least once every two weeks. <br /> <br /> Subd. 2. Manure shall be removed by hauling beyond the City limits unless used <br />for fertilizer, in which case it shall be spread upon the ground evenly and turned under at once or <br />as soon as the frost leaves the ground. <br /> <br />5.09.05 Horses <br /> <br /> Subdivision 1. Intent and Purpose. The intent of this Section is to <br />establish regulations for maintaining horses (as defined in Subd. 2) exclusively on property. <br />Refer to Section 5.09.01 (Keeping of Certain Animals, Livestock and Poultry) for regulations for <br />maintaining a mix of horses and farm animals on property. The purpose of this Section is: <br /> <br />To prohibit the maintaining of horses on lots or parcels of record less than <br />1.5 acres in size; <br /> <br />5-40 <br /> <br /> <br />