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SECTION 4. IMPOUNDING. The police officers, dog catcher, or anyone else designated by the City Council to do so shall take up and impound any dog in violation of this Ordinance. All dogs impounded shall be kept at the City dog pound for five (5) full days, after which it shall be sold to a private party as a pet or humanely killed and its carcass disposed of or it may be sold to anyone deemed to be a proper person to own a dog or sold to a licensed education or scientific institution pursuant to Minnesota law. SECTION 5. REDEMPTION AFTER IMPOUNDING. Any dog so impounded, may be redeemed from the pound, during said five days, or later if such dog has not otherwise been disposed of, by doing the following: a. Obtaining the license herein required for such dog. b. Paying an impounding fee of $10.00, or such sum as set by the City Council by resolution, a copy of which resolution shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk -Treasurer and open to inspection during regular office hours. c. Paying a boarding fee of $2.25, per day, or such sum as set by the City Council by resolution, a copy of which resolution shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk -Treasurer and open to inspection during regular office hours. SECTION 6. COMPLIANCE WITH KENNEL ORDINANCES This Ordinance shall apply only to dogs owned, kept or harbored, to and including two (2) dogs. Any one who shall own, keep or harbor three (3) or more dogs in the City of Lino Lakes must comply fully with the provisions of the City Kennel Ordinance which shall, in no way, be repealed, amended or altered by this Ordinance, except that the holder of a proper kennel license shall not be required to have the licenses required herein for individual dogs. Except that a litter of pups from either of said dogs, and which are under six (6) months of age, shall be allowed. And except that Section 1 of Ordinance No. 37, passed by the then Village Council on May 25, 1964, shall be amended by changing the word "Four (4)" to "Three (3)". SECTION 7. No parent of any child shall knowingly allow his child or a child in his custody, which child is under the age of eighteen (18) years, to tease, tantalize or aggravate any dog. SECTION 8. REPEAL OF PRIOR ORDINANCES Ordinances number 16, passed by the then Village Council on February 27, 1956, number 25, passed by the then Village Council on June 13, 1960, number 25A, passed by the then Village Council on December 27, 1966, number 25B, passed by the then Village Council on January 27, 1972, number 26, passed by the then Village Council on May 25, 1964, and number 36A, passed by the then Village Council on December 8, 1969, are hereby repealed.