HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. 525 - Amendment Title 5CITY OF ANDOVER
COUNTY OF ANOKA
STATE OF MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO.525 SUMMARY
AN AMENDMENT TO CITY CODE TITLE 5: POLICE REGULATIONS, CHAPTER 1: ANIMAL
CONTROL, 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 the Ordinance is to protect the public health, safety, morals and welfare of residents of the City
of Andover. The Ordinance amends City Code 5-1 E-3 to add language stating the keeping of any animal, bird
or fowl which, by causing frequent or long continued noise, shall disturb the comfort or repose of any person
in the vicinity is prohibited.
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 October 2021.
ATTEST: CITY OF ANDOVER
MicUlle Hartner, City Clerk Sheri Buk)Afl, Mayor
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CITY OF ANDOVER
COUNTY OF ANOKA
STATE OF MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 525
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANDOVER HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
AN AMENDMENT TO CITY CODE TITLE 5: POLICE REGULATIONS, CHAPTER 1: ANIMAL
CONTROL, ARTICLE E: CARE OF ANIMALS.
City Code 5-1E-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.
E. The keeping of any animal, bird or fowl which, by causing frequent or long continued noise, shall
disturb the comfort or repose of any person in the vicinity is prohibited.
All other Titles, Chapters and Sections of the City Code shall remain as written and adopted by the Andover
City Council.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Andover this 19' day of October 2021.
ATTEST: ,
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Mi helle Harmer, City Clerk