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<br />An Ordinance Repealing and Replacing Chapter 10, Relating to Animal
<br />Regulations, of the City of Elk River, Minnesota, City Code
<br />The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as follows:
<br />SECTION I.
<br />Chapter 10, Animals is hereby repealed and replaced with the following.
<br />ARTICLE I. - IN GENERAL
<br />10. I. - Purpose
<br />The purpose of this ordinance is to establish regulations for the control of animals to protect the
<br />public health, safety, and welfare, and to allow for uniform enforcement of such regulations.
<br />10.2. - Definitions
<br />For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms and definitions apply:
<br />Animal means any mammal, reptile, amphibian, fish, bird, or other member commonly accepted as
<br />part of the animal kingdom. Animals shall be classified as follows:
<br />Animals, agricultural means animals which are used for the production of food or other
<br />products. Agricultural animals shall include cattle, swine, bees, sheep, goats, chickens,
<br />turkeys, horses, and other animals commonly accepted as farm animals in the state.
<br />Animals, dangemus means a mammal, bird, or large or poisonous reptile with a propensity to
<br />be dangerous to the safety and welfare of any person, property or other domestic animal.
<br />Examples of such dangerous animals include but are not limited to bears, lions, wolves,
<br />coyotes, cougars, tigers, panthers, apes, alligators, crocodiles, large snakes (greater than 6
<br />feet), and poisonous snakes, badgers, and ocelots, excluding dogs, cats, other traditional
<br />house pets and livestock. Dangerous animals shall also include any animal that has attacked
<br />or bitten any person when the attack or bite was unprovoked. Animals which are cross -bred
<br />with dangerous animals shall also be considered dangerous animals.
<br />Animals, domestic means a tame, non-agricultural, animal that is subject to the dominion and
<br />control of an owner and accustomed to living in or near human habitation without requiring
<br />extraordinary restraint or unreasonably disturbing such human habitation. Unless otherwise
<br />defined, such animals shall include dogs, cats, caged birds, gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs,
<br />domesticated rabbits, fish, non-poisonous, non -venomous, and non -constricting reptiles or
<br />amphibians, and other similar animals.
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<br />Last Updated January 2019
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