CR 94-185 Ordinance Limiting Number Of Cats
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ORDINANCE LIMITING THE NUMBER OF CATS
Proposed Action
Staff recommends that the Council approve the following motion: Move that the Hopkins City
Council adopt Ordinance 94-744 for first readinQ.
Adoption of this motion will limit the number of cats that a household may have.
Overview
The City received a complaint regarding a resident who is keeping between 15 and 23 cats in their
garage. The City Council instructed staff to prepare an ordinance which would amend the City
Code to limit the number of cats that a household may have. The City has a limit of two dogs per
household.
The problems of sanitation and noise and the potential to be a nuisance increase with the number
of animals that are being kept. While there is no agreed upon maximum number, it is reasonable
e for the City to set such a number. Other cities have various limits on the number of cats or dogs.
Bloomington Maximum of four animals - dogs and/or cats
Brooklyn Center Three cats, two dogs
New Hope Three cats, three dogs
Edina Maximum of three animals - dogs and/or cats
Supportinq Information
. Alternatives
. Ordinance #94-744
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es A. Genellie
ssistant City Manager
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Alternatives
1. Adopt Ordinance #94-744 for first reading establishing a maximum of three animals, dogs
and/or cats. This alternative would increase the allowable number of dogs but would treat
dogs and cats equally.
2. Adopt Ordinance #94-744 for first reading establishing a maximum of four animals of which
only two can be dogs. This alternative would keep the current limit of two dogs per
household. It would allow household to have up to four cats but would limit the total
number of cats and dogs to four.
3. Adopt Ordinance #94-744 for first reading and set a different limit on the number of cats
and/or dogs.
4. Do not adopt Ordinance #94-744 for first reading. This would result in no limit on the
number of cats that a household could have.
Staff Recommends Alternative #1.
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e CITY OF HOPKINS COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
ORDINANCE NO. 94-744
M'l ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE MAXIMUM
NUMBER OF CATS AND I:X)GS IN A HOUSEHOID
The City Council of the City of Hopkins does hereby ordain:
SECTION 1. That Section 925.34 be amended to read as follows:
925.24. Maximum Number of Dogs and Cats. No person shall keep,
harbor or maintain more than ~ three dogs or three cats in the
aggregate which are ~over the age of six months within or upon
the property of any individual dwelling unit within the City of
Hopkins.
SECTION 2. The effective date of this ordinance shall be twenty
days after publication.
First Reading: October 4, 1994
. Second Reading: October 18, 1994
Date of Publication: October 26, 1994
Effective Date of Ordinance: November 16, 1994
Charles D. Redepenning, Mayor
ATTEST:
James A. Genellie, City Clerk
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