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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1943-02 09-11 CCO r b 57 1 ORDINANCE No 29 . t AN ORTIVINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE No. 29 WHICH IS ORDINANCE RELATING TO DOGc'., REsTRAINT OF DOGS, PROVIDING A TAX THEREON AND PPEsCRIBING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF." The Village Council of T'rooklyr Center do ordain as follows: Section 1. Ordinance Amended. The ordinance No. 29 of the Village of prooklyn Center, entitled "An Ordinance Relating to Dogs, Restraint of Dogs, Providing a Tax Thereon and Prescrib- ing a penalty for violation thereof," passed and adopted on the 10th. day of April, 1943, is hereby amended. with respect to sec..! tion 1 and 2 only so said sections may read as follows: "ection la Dog Tax. An annual tax of two Dollars (82.00) for each dog, male or female, irrespective of age, is hereby levied upon all persons, firms, or corporations owning, keeping or 'harboring a dog within the limits of this village except owners or keepers of dog kennels and as provided below. The above tax shall not he imposed. on the owner of any dog, except the owner or keeper of a dog kennel, with respect to any dog which is restrained by its owner upon said owner's premises by keeping said dog within an enclosure upon the owner's prem. iaes or b' keeping said dog so tied end chained upon the owner's premises that said dog cannot run at large from its owner's premises. ”,7.eotion lb. Dog Kennels. It shall be unlawful for any person, any firm, corporation, or other legal entity to own or operate any kennel unless a license is secured therefor and an annual license tax is hereby levied in the amount of fifteen dollars (15.00) for each kennel, plus two dollars (82.00) for each dog kept or confined therein in excess of fifteen. All dogs of whatever age shall be included in such count. III Kennel, as used in this ordinance, shall mean any contiguous place where any person shall keep four or more dogs for a longer period than twenty-four hours, except as a longer time is here- inafter provided. Fvery kennel shall be enclosed or fenced in such manner as to prevent the running at large or escape of dogs confined therein. Every kennel shall be operated in a clean, healthful, sani. tary, safe condition and in a humane manner, and so as not to create a public nuisance, and failure to do so shall_ constitute grounds for a revocation of the license of such. kennel, The decision of the Village Council as to the manner of operation of any kennel in relation to any of said matters shall be pre. . sumptive proof thereof. , Any person holding a license to operate a kennel may keep any dog, for the purpose of training, breeding, treating, or boarding, for a period of not to exceed seven days without being subject to the penalty of this ordinance; provided, how- ever, that the total number of dogs kept at any one time shall not exceed bY five the number upon which the license tax paid was computed, included those so kept temporarily. "Section 2. Payment of Tax. It shall be the duty of each owner, keeper or harborer of dogs or dog to pay the tax imposed in Sections la and lb hereof to the Village Recorder for the general revenue fund of the Village on or before the first day of January in each and every year thereafter, or upon acquiring ownership or possession of any dog or upon establishing residence in the village. The recorder shall cause a notice of the neces- sity of paying such tax to be printed in an official newspaper once within thirty (30) days after passage of this ordinance. "It is further provided that the payment of the tax due within , . thirty (30) days after the passage of this ordinance as provided above, will constitute payment in full of the tax for the calen- dar years 1943 and 1944, providing that said 1944 dog tag is secured from the Village Recorder before Feb. 1, 1944, and that thereafter the above tax due on the 1st day of January of each and every year commencing the 1st day of January, 1945, will be a tax for the calendar year commencing on said day." L . 58 Section 2. Fffective. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after, its passage and publication according to law. Passed by the Village Council this llth day of L;eptember, 1943, M. r. Lane, President of the Village Council Attest: W. C. Peter, Village Recorder, (Published in the Osseo Press on October 7, 1943.)