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S <br /> SECTION 908 - REGULATION OF ANIMALS <br /> 908. 00 - Purpose <br /> It is the intent of this section to establish regulations which <br /> will allow the keeping of animals within the City in a safe, <br /> clean and healthy manner. The City recognizes that certain types <br /> of animals require regulations and standards to assure that the <br /> health, safety, and welfare of the public is protected and to <br /> promote the compatibility of land uses as it relates to the <br /> keeping of animals. <br /> 902 . 02 - Scope <br /> Provisions of this section of the ordinance relate to the <br /> regulation of animals in the context of land use compatibility. <br /> These standards and provisions are not exclusive of other <br /> regulations set forth in the City Code. The provisions of any <br /> other ordinance, statute or rule which impose other or greater <br /> restrictions shall also apply. <br /> 908.04 - Definitions <br /> • 1 . AGRICULTURAL USES: The use of land for growing or producing <br /> field crops, keeping or producing of livestock and livestock <br /> products and poultry. The term shall include incidental retail <br /> selling by the producer of products raised on the premises, <br /> provided that customer parking space is furnished off the public <br /> right-of-way. The term shall not include feedlots . <br /> 2 . ANIMALS: <br /> A. DOMESTIC ANIMALS: For purposes of this Ordinance, <br /> domestic animals shall be defined as traditional house pets <br /> such as dogs, cats and birds which can be contained within a <br /> principal structure, throughout the entire year, provided <br /> that containment can be accomplished without special <br /> modification to the structure requiring a building permit <br /> from the City. Domestic animals also include birds and <br /> rabbits normally sheltered outside the home. <br /> B. AGRICULTURAL ANIMALS: Animals which are used for the <br /> production of food or other products. Agricultural animals <br /> shall include cattle, hogs, bees, sheep, goats, chickens, <br /> turkeys, horses and other animals commonly accepted as farm <br /> animals in the State of Minnesota. <br /> C. DANGEROUS ANIMALS: A mammal, bird or large or <br /> poisonous reptile with a propensity to be dangerous to the <br /> • safety and welfare of any person, property or other <br /> domestic animal. Examples of such dangerous animals <br /> 9229 <br />