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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. 459 - Amendment Title5CITY OF ANDOVER COUNTY OF ANOKA STATE OF MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 459 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE CARE OF ANIMALS. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANDOVER DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: CITY CODE TITLE 5: POLICE REGULATIONS CHAPTER 1: ANIMAL CONTROL ARTICLE E. CARE OF ANIMALS SECTION 5 -1 E -1: General Provisions 5 -1 E -2: Animal Restraint 5 -1 E -3: Nuisances 5 -1 E -4: Violation; Penalty 5 -1 E -1: General Provisions: A. Animals kept within the City shall be properly cared for by a person of sufficient age, knowledge and experience to adequately and safely care for and control the animal(s). B. No owner of any animal shall fail to provide with: 1. Sufficient food, potable water, or proper diet appropriate for its species. 2. Proper shelter and protection from the weather appropriate for its species. 3. Veterinary care when needed to prevent suffering and maintain the normal health of the animal. 4. Humane care and treatment. C. No person shall: 1. Abandon any animal anywhere within the city. 2. Beat, treat cruelly, torment or otherwise abuse any animal. 3. Cause or permit any animal fights. 4. Leave any animal unattended in a standing or parked motor vehicle in a manner that endangers the animal's health or safety. 5 -1 E -2: Animal Restraint: A. No person owning or keeping an animal may permit the animal to run at large or enter upon the premises of another without permission, nor may any such animal be kept raised or permitted to go on any street, park, lake or public pond area without proper restraint. B. Animals which are permitted to roam and /or graze about a property must be contained on the property through a suitable fencing system or other means of ensuring restraint so as to contain the animals from roaming and /or grazing to the property of the person keeping or maintaining the animals. If a fence is used to contain the animals; 1. The fence shall be of sufficient type so as to effectively control the animals therein and to prevent an animal from crossing the boundaries established by the fence. 2. Such a fence shall also be in compliance with all fencing regulations as set forth in City Code Title 12 Chapter 7. 5 -1 E -3: Nuisances: A. No person shall keep or harbor any animal in any unsanitary place or condition, or in a manner that results in noisome odors. B. No person shall own, keep or harbor an animal which unreasonably causes annoyance or disturbance to another person by frequent barking, crying, crowing, howling, fighting or other similar noises. The phrase "unreasonably causes annoyance or disturbance" includes the creation of noise by an animal which can be heard by any person, including a law enforcement officer, from a location outside of the unit, building or premises where the animal is being kept and which the animal noise occurs repeatedly over at least a five - minute period of time with one minute or less lapse of time between each animal noise during the five - minute period. C. No person shall feed animals in a manner that attracts wild animals, causes property damage, allows for excessive amounts of feed to accumulate, or poses a public health threat. Bird feeders are excluded from this provision. D. Property owners are required to clean all feces from their property as often as necessary to prevent contamination to animals or humans and to avoid nuisances from odors and breeding of insects, but in no case less than weekly. 5 -1 E -4: VIOLATION; PENALTY: Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as defined by state law. Adopted by the City Council of the City of Andover on this 19th day of April, 2016. CITY OF ANDOVER��°� ATTEST: J li Trude, Mayor �.''i11ti Ifl o r�1.Yt1� Michelle Hartner, Deputy City Clerk CITY OF ANDOVER COUNTY OF ANOKA STATE OF MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 459 SUMMARY AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ANDOVER CITY CODE, TITLE 5, CHAPTER 1 TO ADD ARTICLE E CARE OF ANIMALS. STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION AND POLICY Statutory Authorization This ordinance amendment is adopted pursuant to the authorization and policies contained in Minnesota Statute 412. Policy The purpose of these regulations is to protect the public health, safety and welfare and to create general provisions of care for animals, ensure animal restraint and to ensure animals do not create nuisances. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS Jurisdiction The provisions of this ordinance shall apply to the City of Andover. Enforcement The City Administrator or his/her designee shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of this ordinance. Interpretation Interpretation of the provisions of this ordinance shall be held to be the minimum requirements and shall be liberally construed in the favor of the governing body. A printed copy of this ordinance is available for inspection by any person during regular hours of the City Clerk. Adopted by the City Council of the City of Andover on this 19'' day of April, 2016. CITY OF ANDOVER ATTEST: Oua Trude, Mayor Mic elle Hartner, Deputy City Clerk