HomeMy Public PortalAbout591 Ordinance Amending Section 345.05 of the City Code of Ordinances Regarding DogsCITY OF MEDINA
ORDINANCE NO.591
An Ordinance Amending Section 345.05 of the City Code of Ordinances
Regarding Dogs
The city council of the city of Medina ordains as follows:
SECTION I: Medina city code chapter 345 is amended by adding the double underlined
material and deleting the stamen material as follows:
Section 345.05. Ownership Requirements. 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 Rrabies vaccination tag shall be affixed to the collar or
harness of every dog for which Rrabies vaccination is required.
Subd. 2. Rabies Vaccination Required. Every dog over the age of six months is hereby
required to have a vaccination against Rrabies, which vaccination shall be renewed not
less frequently than every two years. All Rrabies vaccinations shall be of the modified
live vaccine type.
Subd. 3. Confinement. All female dogs shall be confined indoors when in season except
for dogs which have been spayed.
Subd. 4. Dogs Prohibited From Running at Large. No owner shall knowingly or
negligently permit a dog to be at large. No person having the custody or control of any
do . ma permit the do . to be on any street, alley, school . ound, public 'lace or the
pro s ert of another without being under restraint, except in areas officially desi a ated for
off -leash activities Notwithstanding the above, any dog in a City park or in any area of
the Cit served by municipal sanitary sewer and water shall be under restraint by a leash
no longer than six feet.
Subd. 5. Public Nuisance. No person shall own, keep or harbor any dog or dogs which
are deemed to cause a public nuisance as defined in Section 330.
Subd. 6 Waste. Any person having the custody or control of any dog shall have the
responsibility for cleaning up any feces of the animal and disnosin . of such feces in a
sanitary manner It shall furthermore be the duty of any person having custody or control
of an do: 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 This provision shall not apply to a certified guide dog accompanying a blind or
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disabled person or to a dog used in official police activities with the permission of the
Police Department.
SECTION II. The ordinance shall be effective upon its adoption and publication.
Adopted by the city council of the city of Medina this 17th day of November, 2015.
Bob Mitchell., Mayor
ATTEST:
Scott T. 7ohnson.
City Administrator -Clerk
Published in the Crow River News the 26th day of November, 2015.
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