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PART II - CODE OF ORDINANCES
<br />Chapter 10 - ANIMALS
<br />ARTICLE II. DOGS
<br />ARTICLE H. DOGS2
<br />DIVISION 1. GENERALLY
<br />Sec. 10-52. Definitions.
<br />The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them
<br />in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
<br />Animal control authority means an agency of the state, county, municipality, or other governmental
<br />subdivision of the state which is responsible for animal control operations in its jurisdiction.
<br />Boarding means providing for the care, shelter, or feeding of dogs, not owned by the owner or occupant of
<br />the premises where said dogs are kept, for any period.
<br />Dangerous dog means any dog that has:
<br />(1) Without provocation, inflicts substantial bodily harm on a human being on public or private property.
<br />(2) Has killed a domestic animal without provocation while off the owner's property.
<br />(3) Has been found to be potentially dangerous, and, after the owner has notice that the dog is potentially
<br />dangerous, the dog aggressively bites, attacks, or endangers the safety of humans or domestic animals.
<br />Dog means any male or female of the canine species.
<br />Dog owner means the license holder or any other person, firm, association, or corporation owning, keeping
<br />or harboring a dog. Any person keeping or harboring a dog for five consecutive days shall, for the purposes of this
<br />definition, be deemed an owner.
<br />Great bodily harm means bodily injury which creates a high probability of death, or which causes serious
<br />permanent disfigurement, or which causes a permanent or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any
<br />bodily member or organ or other serious bodily harm
<br />Kennel, commercial, means a place where boarding and/or training is offered to any number of dogs not
<br />owned by the owner or occupant of the premises. Such boarding and/or training may also include but is not
<br />limited to related uses such as selling, breeding, showing, treating or grooming. Pet shops, veterinary clinics, and
<br />pet grooming facilities are considered commercial uses but shall not be defined as commercial kennels.
<br />Kennel, private, means a place where a dog owner keeps four or more dogs over six months of age on
<br />property occupied by the dog owner for residential purposes and where the keeping of such dogs is incidental to
<br />the occupancy of the premises, and may include breeding and selling of dogs as a hobby. A conditional use permit
<br />is required for four or more dogs.
<br />2Ord. No. 22-03 , § 2, adopted February 8, 2022, repealed the former article II, § 10-24, and renumbered articles III
<br />and IV as articles II and III. The former article II pertained to horses and derived from Ord. No. 15-12, adopted
<br />July 14, 2015.
<br />State law reference(s)—Dogs and cats, Minn. Stats. ch. 347.
<br />Ramsey, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances
<br />(Supp. No. 12, Update 2)
<br />Created: 2023-07-25 12:16:40 [EST]
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