Ordinance No. 0979 11-18-1991ORDII� N0. 979
AN ORDIIdANCE REOODIFYING Tf� FRIDLEY CITY CODE� CE�P'i'II2 101,
ENPITI�D '��L CONPRpIl� BY �IELIDING SEGTIONS 101.01.09, 101.04�
� 101.04.05� 101.04.08� 101.11� ADID ADDIIQG NEW SECPION 101.04.13 ATID
�D�IDING Cf�1PPER 205, ENPITLID ��ZONINC�� BY Ab'4ELbID2NG SEGTION
_ 205.03.39
The City Council of the City of Fridley does hereby orrlain as follows:
101.01. DEFIIQITIONS.
9. Kennel.
Any lot or premises on which four (4) or more dogs or cats, or any combination
of four (4) or more dogs or cats, at least six (6} months of age, are kept.
101.09. Arm.rnr, ��,
It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep, or harbor any animal which is
considered a nuisance.
For the puipose of this C:hapter, an animal nuisance shall exist under any of the
follaaing conditions:
5. The animal barks, howls, cries, yelps, or makes any other noise habitually
and/or repetitively that the person who owns, keeps, or harbors the anunal
]maws, or has reasonable grounds to ]mow that it will, or tend to, alarm, anger
or disturb other persons residing in the vicinity thereof.
� 8. Any lot or premises on which four (4) or more dogs or cats, or any
combination of four (4) or more dogs or cats, at least s'vc (6) months of age,
are kept. Additional animals may be kept in non-residential zones that meet the
City's zoning requirements for a kennel license.
13. To allow an animal on the premises of any bathiny beach or the City
Coimnunity Park, whether ridden, lead, carried, or running at lan7e.
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1. No person shall keep or allow to be kept in the City:
A. Any animal of a vicious nature or with a propensity, tendency or
disposition to attack, to cause injury or to otheiwise endanger the safety
of human beings or domestic animals; or
B. Any animal which attacks a hlnnan be�ng or a damestic animal on two or
more occasions without provocation or on a single occasion where
substantial boclily harm on a hwt�n being is inflicted without provocation;
or
C. Any non-clomesticatecl animal not naturally tame or gentle, but is of
wild nature or disposition, including any of the followir�g:
� (a) Any animal or species prohibited by federal or Minnesota Law.
(b) Any non-domesticated animal or species, including, but not
limited, to the following:
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(1) Any s]�mk, whether captured in the wild, domestically
raised, de-scented or not de-scented, vaccinated against
� rabies or not vaccinated against ral�ies.
(2) Any large cat of the family Felidae such as lions,
tigers, jagUars, leopaYds, cougars, and ocelots, except
coimronly accepted domesticated house cats.
(3) Any me.mber of the family Cariidae, such as wolves, foxes,
coyotes, dingoes and jackals, except cormnonly accepted
domesticated dogs.
(4) Any poisonous snake, pit viper or constrictor, such as
a rattle snake, coral snake, water moccasin, cobra, boa
constrictor or python.
(5) Any raccoon.
(6) Any other animal which is not listecl explicitly above,
but which can reasonably be definecl by the terms in section
1D1.11 of this code, including bears and badgers.
Upon conviction for the violation of this Section, the court may in addition to
imposition of sentence, direct the Animal Control Officer to take the animal in
question into custo3y and forthwith dispose of it in a h�ne manner.
205.03 DEFINITIONS.
� 39. Kennel.
Any lot or premises on which four (4) or more dogs or cats, or any comlaination
of four (4) or more dogs or cats, at least six (G) months of age, are kept.
PASSED AND ADOPI'ED BY THE CITY CbUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS 18TH DAY OF
NOVEMBER, 1991.
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SHIRLEY A HAAPALA - ITY CLERK
Public Hearing: October 21, 1991
First Reading: November 4, 1991
Second Readirig: Noveniher 18, 1991
Publish: November 27, 1991
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WILLIAM J.% NEE - MAYOR
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