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FINAL DRAFT Lino Lakes Animal Ordinance 2. If a dog or other animal appears to be diseased, vicious, dangerous, rabid or has been exposed to rabies, and the dog or other animal cannot be impounded without serious risk of personal injury, the dog or other animal may be killed, if reasonably necessary for the safety of a person or persons. 3. When a dog or other animal has bitten a person and the skin has been broken or the services of a doctor are required, the owner or custodian of the biting animal and the person bitten or his/her parent or guardian must report the incident to the Lino Lakes Police Department within 24 hours of the bite. The dog or other animal must be confined for a period of not less than 10 days in a veterinary hospital or on the owner's premises, as determined by the authorized city personnel. These personnel may refuse to permit confinement on the owner's premises if the animal has previously been found repeatedly at large or if the animal does not have a currently effective rabies inoculation. If confinement on the owner's premises is permitted, the animal may not be allowed off the premises or in contact with people or other animals during the confinement period, except for medical purposes. If the owner fails to comply with these restrictions, authorized city personnel may enter onto the property, seize the animal, and remove it to a veterinary hospital. The owner is responsible for all costs of confinement incurred under this section. As a condition of releasing a confined animal, authorized city personnel may require that the animal's owner take the animal for an examination by a veterinarian and may require the owner to follow any recommendations from the veterinarian regarding the animal's training or behavior. The authorized personnel must notify the owner of these requirements in writing. Failure to comply with a requirement is a violation of this code, punishable as a misdemeanor and/or as a civil violation. 503.16 DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ANIMALS. 1. Dangerous animals. A person who owns, keeps, possesses, or acts as a custodian for a dangerous animal as defined by state law must comply with the requirements of Minn. Stat. § §347.50 through 347.54. 2. Potentially dangerous animals. A person who owns, keeps, possesses, or acts as a custodian for a potentially dangerous animal must confine the animal within a fenced enclosure sufficient to keep the animal from leaving the enclosure, or maintain the animal on a leash or chain not exceeding six feet in length, when the animal is on the owner's premises. 3. Notice of determination. Upon a determination by authorized city personnel that an animal is either dangerous or potentially dangerous as defined by state law or this chapter, the city must provide notice of this determination to the animal's owner by serving the owner personally or by registered mail. Immediately upon receipt of the notice the owner must comply with the state law requirements for muzzling an animal designated to be dangerous and confining it in an enclosure. The owner of the animal must comply with the requirements in state law and /or this chapter within a reasonable time established by authorized city personnel. Amended 3/15/05 Page 13 of 15