2002-880
CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
ORDINANCE 2002-880
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 925.25 OF THE HOPKINS CITY CODE
The City Council of the City of Hopkins does hereby ordain:
Section 1. The Hopkins City Code, Section 925.25 is hereby amended to read
as follows:
925.25.
Duties and responsibilities of owner. A,dog owner must:
a) procure a dog license for each dog in the owner's possession or
keeping;
b) fasten or attach the proper current dog license to the dog's collar or
harness which shall be worn at all times by the dog;
c) keep owner's dogs under restraint at all times;
d) at all times exercise proper care and control of the owner's dogs to
prevent them from becoming a public nuisance;
) provide the dogs with sufficient good and wholesome food and water,
proper shel~er and protection from the weather, veterinary care when needed
to prevent suffering, and with humane care and treatment;
f) confine a female dog in heat to the owner's property or any veterinary
hospital/clinic, in such a manner that such female dog cannot come into
contact with other dogs, except for intentional breeding purposes; ana
g) maintain an animal and the area where it is kept so that no odor that
offends the senses of a reasonable person is detected, for more than one
day, off the property where the animal is kept;
h) clean up the feces and other bodily wastes from the animal in a timely
and sanitary manner that prevents health risks and prevents odors that are
prohibited under paragraph (g) above; and
i) when on public property or the private property of another, oh~ll bc
rcoponoiblc for clc~ning clean up any feces of the dog and dispose of such
feces in a sanitary manner. The owner of a dog shall not permit such dog to
be on public property or the private property of another without having in
the owner's immediate possession, a device for the removal of feces.
Section 2. The effective date of this ordinance shall be the date of
publication.
First Reading: August 7, 2002
Second Reading: August 20, 2002
Date of Publication: August 28, 2002
Date Ordinance Takes Effect: August 28, 2002
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Gene Maxwell, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney Signature
Date