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v A s � ORDINANCE NO. 187 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 63, SECTIOr7S 63. 010, 63.020, 63.030 and 63.150 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF ORONO REQUIRING LICENSES FOR DOGS, ESTABLISHING LICENSE FEES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR TH� ISSUANCE OF � DOG LICENSES AND ESTABLISHING FEES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REDEMPTION OF DOGS. THE CITY OF ORONO ORDAINS: Section 1. Chapter 63 of the Municipal Code of the City of Orono is amended by amending Sections 63.010, 63. 020, 63.030 and 63.150 as follows: Section 63.010. Lot. Any lot for which a deed or registered land survey has been recorded in the office of the Registrar of Deeds or the Registrar of Titles for Hennepin Caunty, Minnesota or comf�ination of lots necessary to meet the minimum lot area for the Zoning Code for that use district. Section 63.020. License Required. No person shall own, harbor or keep a dog over the age of six months unless a current I.icense for such dog has been obtained as herein provided; except also that any dog kept for, or by, a blind person and recognized as a guide or seeing-eye dog shall be exempt from this provision. The owner of any dog brought into the City of Orono shall immediately procure a license for such animal. Dog licenses shall be valid for the whole or unexpired portion of the two-year period ending in - January Z of the next odd numbered year following the first effective date of the license. Section 63.030. License Fees and Requirements. Dog licenses shall be issued by the City Clerk upon presentation of a current, valid rabies vaccination certificate and upon payment of a license fee of $8.00 if issued in an odd numbered year and $4.00 if issued in an even numbered year. Dogs confaned t� � kennel need' not be licensed, provided that such kennel is licensed as provided by Section 63.180. Section 63.110. Public Nuisance. The keeping of more than two dogs over the age of six months on any one lot oz combination of lots necessary to meet the minimum requirement of the Zoning Code for that use district, except by special permission of the City Council, shall be deemed a public nuisance and unlawful. The keeping of a dog or dogs that annoy other persons by barking, howling or baying between the hours of 10 : 00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. shall be deemed a public nuisance and unlawful; and upon the written complaint of two or more neighbors sha11 be abated upon order of the City Council within 48 hours.