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City of Mounds View <br />Page 6 <br />701.03: DOGS: <br /> <br />Subd. 1. Definitions: When used in this Section, the following words and phrases shall have the <br />meanings ascribed to them in this subdivision: <br /> <br />a. RUNNING AT LARGE: Any dog which is not either: (1) Effectively contained within <br />a fenced area on private property; or (2) Effectively restrained by chain or leash to <br />private property with the consent of the property owner; or (3) Effectively restrained by <br />a chain or leash not exceeding six feet (6’) in length; or (4) Effectively under the control <br />of an owner by means of a command or signal and on the owner’s premises. (Ord. 613, <br />4-13-98) <br /> <br />701.04: DOGS: <br /> <br />(a) Running at large prohibited. It shall be unlawful for the dog of any person who <br />owns, harbors, or keeps a dog, to run at large. <br /> <br />(b) Howling and barking. It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep, have in <br />his/her possession, or harbor any dog which, by frequent and habitual howling, <br />yelping, barking or otherwise shall cause serious annoyance or disturbance to <br />persons or to the neighborhood; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not <br />apply to duly authorized hospitals or clinics conducted for the treatment of small <br />animals. <br /> <br />(c) Clean up. Any person having the custody or control of any dog shall: <br /> <br />(1) Not permit the dog to be on public property or the property of another without <br />having in their immediate possession a device for the collection and removal <br />of feces and a container for the transport of the feces to a proper receptacle. <br /> <br />(2) Remove feces left by a dog to a proper receptacle located on the custodian’s <br />property or that of the dog owner, except that droppings in a park may be <br />placed in an outside park trash container. <br /> <br />(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply to guide dogs accompanying a <br />blind person or to a person with dogs engaged in search or rescue activities. <br /> <br />(d) Damage to property. No dog owner shall permit a dog to damage any lawn, garden <br />or other property.