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ORDINANCE NO. ___, THIRD SERIES CITY OF ORONO HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ORDINANCES PERTAINING TO DOGS IN AN OFF LEASH PARK THE CITY COUNCIL OF ORONO ORDAINS: SECTION 1. Section 22-95 (1) Animal regulations is hereby amended to read as follows: No person shall: (1) Except as provided in Minn. Stat. § 256C.02, bring or keep an animal owned or under his control into or upon a park. This subsection does not prohibit dogs or cats that are on leashes or dogs in an area designated as an off leash area provided that the person having custody of the animal: is present with the animal; has a current off leash permit; and is acting in compliance with the rules and regulations of the off leash areas SECTION 2. Chapter 22 Parks and Recreation is amended by adding the following: Sec. 22.102 - Off leash dog areas; permits and regulations. (a) Dogs may be unrestrained by chain or leash in areas designated for off leash activities by the City. No person shall use a designated off leash area without first having obtained a permit for each dog using such an area from the City of Orono. A dog deemed a dangerous animal under Code 62-102, or as a dangerous or potentially dangerous dog as defined under Minnesota Statute 347.50, is not permitted to use off leash areas. (b) The annual fee for an off leash area permit shall be set City Council and published in the Annual Fee Schedule. A permit may only be issued upon verification of rabies vaccination. Permits shall be valid from the time they are issued until December thirty-first after the date of issuance. (c) Upon application for a permit, the applicant shall be provided with the rules for use of off leash areas. As a condition for the issuance of a permit, the applicant shall sign and agree to abide by these rules. (d) Feces clean up. Any person having the custody or control of any dog or domestic animal shall have the responsibility for cleaning up any feces of the animal and disposing of such feces in a sanitary manner. It shall furthermore be the duty of any person having custody or control of any dog or domestic animal on or about any public place to have in such person's possession suitable equipment for picking up, removal and sanitary disposal of animal feces. Violations of this provision may result in an administrative fine. (e) The person responsible for a dog must have the dog restrained when entering and leaving an off leash area. If so directed by a law enforcement officer, animal care and control officer, or animal warden, persons using an off leash area must immediately restrain their dogs and remove them from the off leash area. (f) Enforcement. Exhibit E. Ordinances