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SECTION 2. CERTAIN DOGS DECLARED NUISANCES The following dogs are hereby declared to be nuisances and no person shall keep such a dog or dogs in the City of Lino Lakes. a. Any dog running at large. b. Any dog that commits damage to the person or property of anyone other than the owner or keeper or harborer of such dog, except as shall be committed in the defense of such owner, keeper or harborer or his family or property. c. Any female dog that is in heat and off of the premises of the owner, keeper or harborer, unless confined and in the process of being transported to or from said premises, and any female dog in heat that is not kept in a building or secure enclosure where said female dog cannot come in contact with male dogs except for planned breeding. d. Any dog that snarls at persons, bites persons or other animals, or exhibits vicious tendencies, habitually or loudly barks, howls, cries, yelps, or causes noise, disturbance or annoyance to persons residing in the vicinity thereof or which dog frequents school grounds, public beaches or other public lands. Any dog that chases vehicles or interferes with walking pedestrians, the driving of automobiles, bicycles, motorcycles, motorbikes, snowmobiles or other vehicles on public grounds, streets or highways. SECTION 3. LICENSES REQUIRED a. No person shall own, keep or harbor a dog within the City of Lino Lakes, whether in a building or outside of a building, without first securing a license for said dog from the City Clerk -Treasurer, except that a person may have in his possession a dog owned by someone else, which dog shall have a current valid license issued by another governmental unit, but such possession shall not exceed a three (3) week period except with written permission from the City Dog Catcher. b. The City Clerk -Treasurer shall keep an accurate written record of all licenses issued, the date thereof, the person or persons to whom same are issued, the address or addresses of such person or persons, the names and brief description of the dog or dogs for which the license is issued.