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<br />A dog or other animal displaying symptoms of being rabid may be seized at any place or time and shall be confined in the city impounding facility at the
<br />expense of the owner until found to be free from rabies.
<br />If a dog or other animal appears to be diseased, vicious, dangerous, rabid, or has been exposed to rabies, and the dog or other animal cannot be impounded
<br />without serious risk of personal injury, the dog or other animal may be destroyed, if reasonably necessary for the safety of any person or persons.
<br />Rabies in city, proclamation.
<br />The city adopts Minn. Stats. §§ 35.68 and 35.69, and any revisions thereof, regarding rabies proclamations.
<br />(Ord. No. 503, § 1, 10-21-2013)
<br />Sec. 6-15. - Abuse/neglect of animals.
<br />Improper care.
<br />Food. Animals must be provided with food of sufficient quantity and quality to allow for normal growth and maintenance of body weight.
<br />Water. Animals must be provided with clean, fresh water in sufficient quantity to satisfy the animal's needs or supplied by free choice. Snow or ice is not an
<br />adequate water supply.
<br />Shelter. Animals must be provided with proper shelter and protection from the weather. A person in charge or control of any animal which is kept outdoors or
<br />in an unheated enclosure shall provide the animal with shelter and bedding as prescribed in this section as a minimum. The shelter shall include a moisture
<br />proof and wind proof structure of suitable size to accommodate the animal and allow retention of body heat. It shall be made of durable material with a solid,
<br />moisture-proof floor or a floor raised at least two inches from the ground. Between November 1 and March 31, the structure must have a windbreak at the
<br />entrance. The structure shall be provided with a sufficient quantity of suitable bedding material consisting of hay, straw, cedar shavings, blankets, or the
<br />equivalent, to provide insulation and protection against cold and dampness and promote retention of body heat. Shade from the direct rays of the sun, during
<br />the months of May to October shall be provided.
<br />Sanitation. It shall be unlawful for any person to allow food and water receptacles, kennels, yards, or the premises where the animal is kept to be or to remain
<br />in an unhealthy, unsanitary, or obnoxious condition, or to permit the premises to be in such condition that obnoxious odors can be plainly detected on
<br />adjacent public or private property.
<br />Veterinary care. The owner or custodian of a domesticated animal shall provide adequate health care, including parasite and pest control, and care needed to
<br />prevent suffering.
<br />Cruelty to animals. It shall be unlawful for any owner to beat, cruelly ill-treat, torment or otherwise abuse or neglect any animal. A person may not inflict
<br />cruelty on a pet or companion animal by the use of a cruel training or handling device or method.
<br />Interpretation of terms. A dispute as to the meaning of abuse, cruelty, neglect or adequate healthcare shall be resolved by an expert opinion.
<br />Animals in motor vehicles. A person may not leave an animal unattended in a standing or parked motor vehicle in a manner that endangers the animal's
<br />health or safety. Animals carried in open vehicles, including trucks, boats, motorcycles, dirt bikes, trailers, etc., must be restrained in a crate or carrier or
<br />restrained by a chain or cable to prevent the animal from leaving the vehicle or being tossed out.
<br />Removal of animals. A peace officer, animal enforcement officer, or a volunteer or professional member of a fire or rescue department of a political subdivision
<br />may use reasonable force to enter a motor vehicle and remove an animal which has been left in the vehicle in violation of this section. A person removing an
<br />animal under this subdivision shall use reasonable means to contact the owner of the animal to arrange for its return home. If the person is unable to contact the
<br />owner, the person may take the animal to an animal shelter.
<br />(Ord. No. 503, § 1, 10-21-2013)
<br />Sec. 6-16. - Dangerous animals and potentially dangerous animals.
<br />The city is authorized pursuant to Minn. Stats. § 347.53 to regulate potentially dangerous and dangerous dogs or other animals.
<br />Potentially dangerous animals; declaration.
<br />The animal control authority shall make such declaration upon a finding that the animal in question:
<br />When unprovoked, inflicts bites on a human or domestic animal on public or private property; or
<br />When unprovoked, chases or approaches a person, including a person on a bicycle, upon the streets, sidewalks, or any public or private property,
<br />other than the animal owner's property, in an apparent attitude of attack; or
<br />Has a known propensity, tendency, or disposition to attack unprovoked, causing injury or otherwise threatening the safety of humans or domestic
<br />animals; or
<br />Has been declared a potentially dangerous animal by any lawful authority of this or any other state or subdivision thereof.
<br />In making such a determination, the animal enforcement officer may rely upon any or all of the following:
<br />Citizen complaint from an identified member of the public;
<br />Police or citizen reports of running at large or other public nuisance;
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