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10/16/23, 9:55 AM Print Preview <br />https://lakeelmo.municipalcodeonline.com/book/print?type=ordinances&name=TITLE_1_GENERAL_PROVISIONS 8/48 <br />Alarm system means any mechanical, electrical, or radio-controlled device or system which is designed <br />to emit, transmit, or relay a signal or message and which, when activated, is intended to summon, or <br />that would reasonably be expected to summon, police, fire, or emergency medical services. The term <br />"alarm system" includes intrusion alarms, but does not include: <br />(a)An alarm installed on a vehicle, unless the vehicle is permanently located at a site; or <br />(b)An alarm designed to alert only the inhabitants of a premises, and which does not constitute a <br />local alarm. <br />All-terrain vehicle means a motorized flotation-tired vehicle of not less than three low-pressure tires, but <br />not more than six tires, that is limited in engine displacement of less than 800 cubic centimeters and <br />total dry weight less than 800 pounds. <br />Alley means a public or private right-of-way primarily designed to serve as secondary access to the <br />side or rear of those properties where the principal frontage is on a street. <br />Animal control officer means the person contracted by the city that is responsible for animal control <br />operations within its corporate limits. <br />Animals, domestic farm, means cattle, hogs, horses, bees, turkeys, geese, sheep, goats, chickens, and <br />other animals commonly kept for commercial food-producing purposes. <br />Animals, domestic pets, means dogs, cats, birds, and similar animals, commonly kept in a residence. <br />Animation means the movement or the optical illusion of movement of any part of a sign, sign structure, <br />design, or pictorial segment, including the movement of any illumination or the flashing or varying of <br />light intensity; the automatic changing of all or any part of the facing of a street sign. <br />Antenna means a device placed outdoors on a building or structure and used to transmit and/or receive <br />radio or electromagnetic waves, excluding: satellite dishes, ten feet or shorter whip antennas one inch <br />or less in diameter, and television antennas having a total length of not more than six feet which are <br />located on a dwelling or other permitted building. <br />Apartment means a room or suite of rooms with cooking facilities designed to be occupied as a <br />residence by a single-family. <br />Applicant means a person that makes an application to the city on an application form provided by the <br />city administrator. <br />At-large. A dog is considered to be at-large: <br />(a)When a dog is off the premises of the owner and not: <br />(1)Under the control of the owner or a member of owner's immediate family by a leash, not <br />exceeding six feet in length; or <br />(2)At "heel" beside a competent person having custody of the dog and obedient to that <br />person's commands. <br />(b)When the dog commits damage to the person or property of anyone other than the owner or <br />creates a nuisance upon the property of one other than the owner, except in the defense of the <br />owner, owner's family, or owner's property, unless confined in the process of being transported <br />to or from the premises of the owner. <br />Attorney means the city attorney.