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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
Wayzata -Plymouth
MINNETONKA SUN
747 E. Lake Street Wayzata, Minnesota
State of Minnesota
ss.
County of Hennepin
J. R. RITCHAY, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has
been the vice president and printer of the newspaper known as The Wayzata -Plymouth Sun
and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows: (1) Said newspaper isprinted in
the English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed
space to at least 900 square inches. (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least
once each week. (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its news columns devoted to news of local
interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other
publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisements. (4) Said
newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports to serve, has at least
500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75% of its total
circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second-class
matter in its local post -office. (5) Said newspaper purports to serve the City of Wayzata and
the Village of Plymouth in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of issue in the
City of Wayzata in said county, established and open during its regular business hours for the
gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and maintained by the
managing officer or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and control during all
such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regular business hours to the
business of the newspaper and business related thereto. (6) Said newspaper files a copy of each
issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said newspaper has complied with all
theforegoing conditions for at least two years preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned
below. (8) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1,
1969 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State
and signed by the publisher of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that
the newspaper is a legal newspaper.
He further states on oath that the printed Ordinance No. 141
hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed
and published therein in the English language, once each week, for one successive weeks;
that it was first so published on Thill^S the 22nd day of June , 197
and was thereafter printed and published on every to and including
the day of , 19— and that the following is a printed copy
of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being
the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to -wit:
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd day of
(Notarial Seal)
G. M. Vest, Notary Public, Hennepin County, Minn.
My Commission Expires April 18th, 1979.
J une
1972
Section 600:50. Interference wttk Offi-
cers. It shall be unlawful for any unau-
thorized person to break open the pound
or attempt to do so, or to take or let out
any dogs therefrom, or to take, r al
tempt to take, from any authorize.: per-
son any dog taken up by re him in e'mph-
anwith this ordinance, of in any matter
to interfere with or hinder any such au-
thorized person in the discharge- o: his
duties wider this ordinance.
Section 600:60. Abandonment of Dots,
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation to abandon any dog within
the Village, and any violation of Section
600:60 shall constitute a misdemeanor.
Passed by the Council this 6th day of
June 1972.
Arovedy
WAYNE bNEDDER-
MEYER
Mayor
Attested by
PRISCILLA ARENS
Clerk
(June 22, 1972)—W
(Official Publication)
ORDINANCE NO. 141
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAP-
TER VI OF THE MEDINA VILLAGE
CODE, RELATING TO ANIMALS .
THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE
VILLAGE OF MEDINA DOES ORDAIN:
That Chapter VI of the Medina Village
Code be amended to read as follows:
Section 6M — Dogs
Section 600.00. Definitions. As used
herein, the following terms shall have the
meanings ascribed to them by this
section:
(a) "owner" means any person, group,
firm or corporation owning, harboring,
keeping or having custody of a dog or
dogs.
(b) A dog is "at large" when it is off the
property of its owner and not under re-
straint.
(c) 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 imme-
diate vicinity.
Section 600:05. Identificatlon Required.
Subdivision 1. All dogs harbored or kept
within the Village shall wear a collar or
harness, to which shall be affixed on iden-
tification tag of metal bearing the name
and address of the owner or the identify-
ing telephone number; a Rabies vaccina-
tion tag shall be affixed to the collar or
harness of every dog for which Rabies
vaccination is required.
Subdivision 2. Any dog will be deemed a
stray dog when discovered at large within
the Village without the identification tag
and Rabies tag required in Subdivision 1.
Section 600:10. Rabies Vaccination
Required. Every dog over the age of six
months is hereby required to have a vac-
cination against Rabies, which vaccina-
tion shall be renewed not less frequently
than every two years. All Rabies vaccina-
tions shall be of the modified live vaccine
type. Section 600.15 Confinement of Certain
Dogs.
Subdivision 1. All female dogs shall be
confined indoors when in season.
Section 600:20. Dogs Prohibited from
Running at Large in Platted Areas. No
owner shall permit a dog to be at large
within any platted area within the Vil-
lage.
Section 600:25. Abatement of Public
Nuisance.
Subdivision 1. No person shall own,
keep or harbor within any platted area
any dog which by loud, frequent and per-
sistent barking, howling or yelping shall
cause noise. disturbance or annoyance to
persons residing in the vicinity thereof.
Subdivision 2. Upon the receipt of a
written complaint of such annoyance by
two or more persons residing in the vicin-
ity of such a dog, the Village shall notify
the owner to abate the nuisance within 48
hours. Failure to obey such a notice shall
be a violation of this section. For the pur-
poses of this provision, members of the
same family unit residing in the same
dwelling shall be regarded as one person.
Section 600.30. Damage by Pets. Every
owner shall be responsible for damages
caused by a dog or other pet whether or
not said animal is at large or under re-
straint.
Section 600:35. Impoundment and
Pound Operation.
Subdivision 1. The Village Council may
establish a pound for the confinement of
dogs within or without the Village limits,
and may designate a poundmaster and
prescribe his duties.
Subdivision 2. The police officers of the
Village, or such persons as may be desig-
nated by the Village Council, shall take up
and impound any dog found to be in viola-
tion of any provision of Section 600.
Subdivision 3. The impounding officer
shall notify the owner that the dog has
been impounded, provided identification
is possible.
Subdivision 4. The pound keeper shall
keep an accurate account of all dogs im-
pounded and of all dogs killed, released or
disposed of and shall make a monthly
accounting thereof to the Village Clerk.
The area where dogs are kept shall be
open to public inspection during the
pound's regular business hours.
Section 600:40. Redemption. Any dog
impounded shall be kept at the pound for
at least five days unless reclaimed sooner
by the owner. The owner may reclaim a
dog by paying an impounding fee of 810.00
plus the sum of 12.00 per day for each day
said dog was impounded.
Section 600:45. Disposition of Un-
claimed Dogs.
Subdivision 1. Any dog which is not re-
deemed may be sold for an amount not
less than the amount provided in Section
600:30 to anyone desiring to purchase
the dog. The money shall be paid to the
Village Clerk and placed in the general
fund of the Village.
Subdivision 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.
Section 600:50. Summary Disposition of
Dogs.
Subdivision 1. Any dog suspected of
Rabies may be taken up on the premises
of the owner, or elsewhere, and be con-
fined in a veterinary hospital for a period
of at least 10 days, at the expense of the
Village if the dog does not have Rabies,
otherwise at the expense of the owner;
and any dog that has bitten any person
may be taken up on the premises of the
owner, or elsewhere, and be confined in a
veterinary hospital 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. If the owner of such
a dog applies in writing, he may under
certain circumstances where proper fa-
cilities are available, obtain permission
from the Police Chief to impound such a
dog at home. It shall be the responsibility
of all persons, or any person bitten by a
dog, wherein such bite requires the serv-
ices of a physician, to report such incident
to the Village Police Department.
Subdivision 2. Any dog which is dis-
eased, vicious, dangerous, rabid or ex-
posed to Rabies, and such dog cannot be
taken up and impounded without serious
risk to the person or persons attempting
to take up the dog, such dog may be killed
upon the written permission of two Vil-
lage Officers one of whom shall be a