HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-02 CCOCITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
ORDINANCE NO. 2023-05
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 1 AND 4 OF THE CITY CODE OF
ORDINANCES REGARDING ANIMAL WASTE AND STORAGE OF DEICING
MATERIALS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1-101. DEFINITIONS. The following terms, when used in this Section, have the
meanings ascribed to them:
12. Code Enforcement Officer. Code Enforcement Officer means those employees, if
designated by the City Manager, under the direct supervision of the police
department, who are authorized to issue citations for violations of this Chapter.
15. Compliance Official. Compliance Official means the City Manager and the City
Manager's designated agents authorized to administer and enforce this Chapter.
21. Immediately. Immediately means at once, without delay.
28. Soil or defile. Soil or defile means to make unclean from excrement.
33. Waste. Waste means solid matter expelled from the bowels of the pet, or excrement.
Section 1-120. ANIMAL WASTE.
No owner or custodian of any animal shall cause or allow such animal to soil, defile
or defecate on any public property or upon any street, sidewalk, public way, play area
or common grounds owned jointly by the members of a homeowners' or
condominium association, or upon private property other than that of the owner,
unless such owner immediately removes and disposes of all feces deposited by such
animal in a sanitary manner.
2. It is unlawful for any person owning, keeping or harboring an animal to cause or
permit said animal to be on any public property, without having in their immediate
possession, a device for the removal of feces and depository for the transmission of
excrement to a proper receptacle located on the property owned or possessed by such
person.
It is unlawful for any person in control of, causing or permitting any animal to be on
any public property, to fail to remove feces left by such animal and dispose of it
properly.
4. Proper disposal of animal waste shall be limited to burial where lawfully permitted,
flushing in the toilet, bagging for disposal in the owner or keeper's waste receptacle,
and bagging for disposal in a waste receptacle in a public park or park area.
Disposal of animal waste in storm drains is prohibited.
6. Disposal of animal waste in public compost is prohibited.
7. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the ownership or use of any properly
identified service animals, animals when used for police activities, or tracking
animals when used by or with the permission of the appropriate authorities.
Any Compliance Official, Code Enforcement Officer, Animal Control Officer or an
agent designated by the City Manager should be responsible for issuing the citations.
Section 4-404, Subdivision 6 is amended by adding the following double -underlined language:
Storage of Deicing Materials at Commercial, Institutional, and Non-NPDES Permitted
Industrial Facilities.
Proper salt storage practices are required at commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities
in accordance with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's General Permit to Discharge
Stormwater Associated with Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems No.
MNR040000. The following requirements apply to all designated salt storage areas at
commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities:
a. Salt storage areas must be fully covered or indoors.
b. Salt storage area must be located on an impervious surface.
C. Practices such as sweeping, diversions, and/or containment must be
implemented to reduce exposure when transferring material in designated salt
storage areas.
Adopted this 26th day of June, 2023.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Date of Publication: July 6, 2023
Effective Date: August 5, 2023