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§ 95.28 Severability <br />95.00 Purpose and intent <br />The purpose of this ordinance is to promote health, safety and general welfare of <br />animals and the people around them by requiring animals be cared for in such a manner that <br />they will not become a public nuisance, requiring animals be properly fed, sheltered and cared <br />for, requiring the removal of animal defecation from public property and to ensure licensing of <br />dogs and rabies vaccination of all dogs and cats within the City of Lake Elmo. <br />§ 95.01 State code adopted <br />All of the relevant provisions of Minnesota Statutes Chapter 343, as amended, are <br />hereby incorporated by reference into this chapter with the same force and effect as if fully set <br />forth in this chapter. <br />§ 95.02 Construction and. application <br />This chapter shall not be interpreted as covering any law regulating the trapping of <br />animals, the use of live animals in dog trials or in training of hunting dogs, or the slaughter of <br />animals by persons acting under state and federal law, or taking of animals through hunting or <br />fishing as permitted by law. <br />§ 95.03 Definitions <br />The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the <br />meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different <br />meaning: <br />Adult dog means a dog over four (4) months of age. <br />Animal means any live vertebrate or invertebrate creature either domestic or wild, <br />except a, human being. <br />Animal, dangerous means any animal that is declared to be dangerous by the animal <br />control officer after a temperament test has been conducted on the animal or as defined by <br />Section 11.01 of this Code. <br />Animal control gfficer means any person designatedby the city to enforce State <br />Statutes, adopted by reference, and local. ordinances as they pertain to animal control. <br />Animal shelter, public means a facility operated by a humane society, or a governmental <br />agency or its authorized agents for the purpose of impounding or caring for animals. <br />Animal, wild or exotic means apes, coyotes, foxes, wolves, bears, cougars, lynx, <br />bobcats, wild boars, cheetahs, Jaguars, lions, tigers, leopards, panthers, ocelots, monkeys, <br />elephants or other similar animals as determined by the humane officer. <br />At large means to be off the premises of the owner and not under the control of some <br />N <br />