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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1944-01 10-09 CCO Fr ICAI T T ORDII�AD�CF No, 29 � 1 An Ordinance emending Ordinance No. 29 which is an "Ordin- ance relating to Dogs, Restraint of cogs, Providing a tax thereon and prescribing a penalty for violation thereof." The Village of Prooklyn Center do ordain as follows: The Ordinance No. 29 of the Village of Prooklyn Center, entitled "An Ordinance relating to Dogs, providing a tax thereon and prescribing a penalty for violation thereof," passed and adopted on the llth day Of September, 1944, is hereby amended with respect to section 1 and section 9 only so sections may read as follows: SECTION lc DOG TAX. An annual tax of two dollars 0,2.00) for each dog, after he or she becomes six (6) months 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 pro - vided below. • The above tax shall not be imposed on the owner of env 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 premises or by keeping said dog so tied and chained upon the owner's premises that said dog cannot run at large from its owner's premises. SECTION 2c. DOG KENNEY'. 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 tax is hereb7 levied in the amount of fifteen dollars 015.00) for each kennel, plus two dollars (,`2.00) for each dog kept or confined therein in excess of fifteen. All dogs either male or female will not be required to be licensed until six (6) months of age. Kennel, as used in this ordinance, shall mean any con- tiguous place where any person shall keep four or more dogs for a longer period than twenty -four hours, except as a longer time is hereinafter provided, every 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, sanitary, safe condition and in a humane manner, and so as not to create a public nuisance, and failure to do so shal]. 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 presumptive proof thereof. Any person holding a license to operate a kennel may keep any dog, for the purpose or training, breeding, treating, or boarding, ror a period of not to exceed seven days without being subject to the penalty of this ordinance; provided, however, 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. S ECTION 9. DUPLICATE TAGS. In case any dog tag is lost, a duplicate may be issued b-r the recorder upon presen- tation of a receipt showing the payment of the tax for the current year. A charge of Twenty -five cents (25 cents) shall be made for each duplicate tag. g7CTION 21, EFFECTIVE, This Ordinance shal] be in full force and effective from and after its passage and publication according to law. Passed by the Village Council 9th day' of Oct ter, 1944. i+r M. F. LANE, President of the Village Council Attested: 'PAUL H. WEEKLY, Village Clerk. Published in the Osseo Press on October 26, 1944.