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Owner means any person or persons, firm, corporation, organization, department, or association owning, possessing, harboring, keeping, having an interest in , or having care custody or control of a dog. Maintenance Costs means any costs incurred as a result of seizing an animal for impoundment, including, but not limited to, the capturing, impounding, keeping, treating, examining, securing, confining, feeding, destroying, boarding or maintaining seized animals, whether these services are provided by the City or the pound. Potentially Dangerous Dog means a dog that: (1) Has when unprovoked, inflicted a bite on a human or domestic animal on public or private property, (2) Has when unprovoked, chased or approached a person, including a person on a bicycle, upon the streets, sidewalks or any public or private property, other than the owner's property, in an apparent attitude of attack, or (3) Has a known propensity, tendency or disposition to attach unprovoked, causing injury or otherwise threatening the safety of humans or domestic animals. (4) Has previously been declared a Potentially Dangerous Dog pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 347.50 to 347.565 by the animal control authority of another jurisdiction. Proper Enclosure means securely confined indoors or in a securely enclosed and locked pen or structure suitable to prevent the dog from escaping and to provide protection for the dog from the elements. A proper enclosure does not include a porch, patio, or any part of a house, garage, or other structure that would allow the dog to exit of its own volition, or any house or structure in which windows are open or in which door or window screens are the only barriers which prevent the dog from exiting. The enclosure shall not allow the egress of the dog in any manner without human assistance. A pen or kennel shall meet the following minimum specifications: (1) A minimum overall floor size of 32 square feet. (2) Sidewalls shall have a minimum height of five feet and be constructed of 11- gauge or heavier wire. openings in the wire shall not exceed two inches, support post shall be one and one-fourth inch or larger steel pipe buried in the ground 18 inches or more. when a concrete floor is not provided, the sidewalls shall be buried a minimum of 18 inches in the ground. (3) A cover over the entire pen or kennel shall be provided. The cover shall be constructed of the same gauge wire or heavier as the sidewalls and openings in the wire shall not exceed two inches. (4) An entrance /exit gate shall be provided and be constructed of the same material as the sidewalls and openings in the wire shall not exceed two inches. The g ate shall -2-