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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Ordinance 1963-06VILLAGE OF PLYMOUTH ORDNINANCE NO. 63-6 An Ordinance Amending the Pro- visions of Ordinance No. 53.3 Providing for the Licensing and Control of Dogs The Village Council of the Vil- lage of Plymouth Do Hereby Or- dain As Follows: Section 1. Amendment of Ordi- nance. 1.01 Ordinance No. 55-3 of the Village r1 Plymouth, adopted by the Village Council on August 2, 1955 is hereby amended by delet- ing ?ne first and second sentences of Election 3 thereof and substitut- ing the following therefor: "Section 3. Issuance of License. The Village Clerk shall provide and furnish for each licensed dog a metallic tag upon which there shall be stamped or engraved the register number of the dog, the word 'Plymouth,' and the year when licensed. The application for a license shall be accompanied by a fee of $2.00 for each male or spayed female, $5.00 for each oth- er female dog and by a certificate or tag issued by a veterinarian licensed to practice in the State of Minnesota showing that the dog in question has been vaccin- ated against rabies within the past twelve (12) months. 1.02 Ordinance No. 55-3 of the Village of Plymouth is further amended by deleting Sections 5 and 6 thereof and substituting the following therefor; "Section 5. Certain Dogs not Allowed to Run at Large. No person owning, possessing or harboring any dog within the Village, or the parents or guar- dians of any such person under twenty-one (21) years of age, shall allow any female dog in heat, any dog of vicious habits or which is likely to cause injury to any person, and any dog which habitually chases automobiles, or molests pedestrians on any pub- lic street or sidewalk to run at large. Any dog which has at- tacked or bitten any human be- ing or which habitually attacks other dogs, or domestic animals, or which habitually rushes at or growls at any person outside of the owner's premises, is hereby defined to be a dog of vicious habits for the purposes of this Section. No dog prohibited from running at large under this Sec- tion shall be permitted off the premises of its owner unless such dog is accompanied by a person over the age of twelve (12) years and is securely confined and con- trolled by an adequate leash not more than six (6) feet long. "Section 6. Barking Dogs. No person shall own, harbor, keep or have in his possession or on his premises any dog which by loud and frequent barking, howling or yelping shall cause noise, disturbance, or annoyance to persons residing in the vicinity thereof." 1.03 Ordinance No. 55-3 of the Village of Plymouth is further amended by deleting therefrom Section 9 thereof and substituting the following therefor: "Section 9. Enforcement, It shall be the duty of the po- lice officers or the Animal War- den of the Village to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance and to transport or cause to be trans. ported to the Village Pound any or all dogs kept within the Vil- lage contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance." 1.04 Ordinance No. 55 of the Village of Plymouth is hereby further amended by deleting from Section 10 thereof the figures ";5.00" and substituting in lieu thereof the figures ";10.00." 1.05 Ordinance 2:o. 55-3 of the Village of Plymouth is hereby further amended by deleting the provisions of Section 13 thereof and substituting the following therefor: "Section 13. Siting Dogs. Whenever any person owning, possessing or harboring any dog within the corporate limits of the Village of Plymouth shall learn that such dog has bitten any hu- man being, such person shall im- me3iately impound said dog in a place of confinement where it cannot escape or have access to any human being cr other animal and shall also immediately noti- fy the Chief of Police. When- ever the Chief of Police shall learn that any human being has been bitten by any dog within said Village, he shall ascertain the identity of such dog and the person owning, possessing or h;,c- bcring it shall immediately direct such person to forthwith impI rand such dog as herein require.. If in the opin;on of the Chief t,f Po- lice the person owning, p,issess- ing or barboring such a dig can- not or will not so impound it, the Chief may order a -ad direct the Village Animal Warden or any police officer of the Village of Plymouth to transport such dog to the Village Pound. Any dog so impounded shall Le kept continuously so confined for a period of fourteen (14) days from the day the dog bit a human being. Upon learning that a dog has bitten a human being, the Chief of PoliLe shall immediately no- tify the Village Health Officer and inform him of the place where the dog is impounded It shall be the duty of the Village `xealth Officer to inspect acid dog from time to time during its peri- od of fourteen (14) days' confine- ment and determine whether such dog is infected with rabies. For this purpose he shall have access to the premises where such dog is kept at all reasonable hours and may take possession of the dog and confine it in the Vil- lage Pound or other suitable place at the expense of the own- er. The owner or person in pos- session or harboring such dog and who has impounded it on his own premises pursuant to the provi- sions of this Section, shall imme- diately notify the Village Health Officer of any evidence of sick- ness or disease in the dog dur- ing its period of confinement, and shall promptly deliver its carcass to the Village Health Officer in case of its death during said period." Section 2. Effective Date. 2.01 This Ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publi- cation. Adopted by the Village Coun- cii the 20th day of May, 1963. (Sgd) THOMAS J. KEEFE, Mayor ATTEST: H. T. Johnson, Clerk. (Seal) (5-30,'63)