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CITY OF MEDINA
ORDINANCE NO. 276
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 345.03,
SUBDIVISION 5 REGARDING PUBLIC NUISANCE
The City Council of the City of Medina Ordains as follows:
SECTION I:
The Code of Ordinances of the City of Medina is amended by deleting the
stricken materials and adding the bIghlighted material as follows:
345.01. Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings
ascribed to them by this section:
Subd. 1. Owner means any person, group, firm or corporation owning,
harboring, keeping or having custody of a dog or dogs.
Subd. 2. A dog is at large when it is off the property of its owner and not
under restraint.
Subd. 3. A dog is under restraint if it is controlled by a leash, or at heel
beside a competent person having custody of it and is obedient to that person's
commands; or if it is within a vehicle; or if it is a hunting dog, hound or bird dog
on a trail or hunt with its owners or handlers in the immediate vicinity.
345.03. Harbored Dogs. All dogs harbored, kept or found in the City shall be
subject to the following:
Subd. 1. Identification. All dogs shall wear a collar or harness, to which
shall be affixed an identification tag of metal bearing the name and address of the
owner or the identifying telephone number. A Rabies vaccination tag shall be
affixed to the collar or harness of every dog for which Rabies vaccination is
required.
Subd. 2. Rabies Vaccination Required. Every dog over the age of six months
is hereby required to have a vaccination against Rabies, which vaccination shall be
renewed not less frequently than every two years. All Rabies vaccinations shall be
of the modified live vaccine type.
Subd. 3. Confinement. All female dogs shall be confined indoors when in
season.
Subd. 4. Dogs Prohibited From Running at Large. No owner shall knowingly
or negligently permit a dog to be at large.
Subd. 5. Public Nuisance. No person shall own, keep or harbor any dog
which by loud, frequent or persistent barking, howling or yelping shall duce noicc,
dicturbancc or annoyance to unreasona l ' urb or annoy any person.
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345.05. Dog Pound. The City Council may designate a pound for the confinement
of dogs within or without the City limits, and may designate a poundmaster and
prescribe his duties.
345.07. Impoundment. The police officers of the City, or such persons as may be
designated by the City Council, shall take up and impound any dog found to be in
violation of any provision of chapter 345.
345.09. Notification. The impounding officer shall notify the owner that the dog has
been impounded, provided identification is possible.
345.11. Records. The pound keeper shall keep an accurate account of all dogs
impounded and of all dogs released or disposed of and shall make a monthly
accounting thereof to the City Clerk -Treasurer. The area where dogs are kept shall
be open to public inspection during the pound's regular business hours.
345.13. Redemption. Any dog impounded shall be kept at the pound for at least five
(5) days unless reclaimed sooner by the owner. The owner may reclaim a dog by
paying an impounding fee set by resolution of the City Council plus the actual
amount of daily boarding fees incurred by the City as determined by the City's
contract with the Animal Control Service.
345.15. Disposition of Unclaimed Dogs. Subd. 1. Any dog which is not redeemed
may be sold for an amount not less than the amount provided in Section 345.13 to
anyone desiring to purchase the dog. The money shall be paid to the City Clerk -
Treasurer and placed in the general fund of the City.
Subd. 2. Any dog which is not claimed by the owner, or sold, may be
painlessly killed and may be disposed of in a sanitary manner by the pound master
after the impounding period of five days.
345.17. Summary Disposition of Dogs . Upon a finding by a police officer of probable
cause to believe that a dog has rabies, such dog may be taken up on the premises of
the owner, or elsewhere, and be confined for a period of at least 10 days, at the
expense of the City if the dog does not have Rabies, otherwise at the expense of the
owner. Any dog that has bitten any person may be taken up on the premises of the
owner, or elsewhere, and be confined for a period of at least 10 days at the expense
of the owner; and such dog may be released at the end of the 10 day period if
healthy and free from symptoms of rabies, and by the payment of costs by the
owner. It shall be the responsibility of any person bitten by a dog to report such
incident to the City Police Department.
345.19 Dangerous Dogs. Any dog which is diseased, vicious, dangerous, rabid or
exposed to Rabies, which dog cannot be taken up and impounded without serious
risk to the person or persons attempting to take up the dog, may be killed upon
order of the Chief of Police.
345.21. Interference with Officers. It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized
person to break open the pound, or attempt to do so, or to take or let out any dogs
therefrom, or to take, or attempt to take, from any authorized person any dog taken
up by him in compliance with this ordinance, or in any matter to interfere with or
hinder any such authorized person in the discharge of his duties under this
ordinance.
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345.23. Abandonment of Dogs. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to abandon any dog within the City.
SECTION II:
This ordinance shall become effective upon its adoption and publication.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Medina this 6th day of July
1993.
ATTEST:
Jiff.
Anne E. Theis, Mayor
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arlson, lerk-Treasurer
Published in the Crow River News this l2th day of July
, 1993.
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