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MEMORANDUM
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FROM:
DATE:
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Park and Recreation Commission
Todd Hoffman, Park and Recreation Director
July 17, 2000
City Code Amendment Concerning Animals
The attached ordinance was approved by the City Council Oll July l0th.
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 305
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 5 AND 14
OF THE CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
CONCERNING ANIMALS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA
ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 5 of the Chanhassen'City Code is amended by adding Section
5-22 to read:
Sec. 5-22. Waste Clean-up.
The owner or a person having control of a dog shall immediately remove any feces
left by the dog not left on property of the dog oxvner or the person in control of the dog. A
person walking a dog off the owner's property must have in their possession equipment for
picking up and removing the feces.
SECTION 2. Section 14-65 of the Chanhassen City Code is amended to read:
Sec. 14-65. Animals.
(a) Except as provided in subparagraph (b) below, no person shall be permitted to
take any animal, including but not limited to dogs and cats, into a park. This prohibition
shall not apply to properly harnessed or leashed service animals, from a recognized service
animal training program, assisting blind or deaf persons or persons with a physical or
sensory disability, or to a dog used by law enforcement officers or in rescue action.
(b) Walking leashed dogs is allowed on City trails and streets, except in public
beach areas. The person having control of the dog shall immediately remove any feces left
by the dog. The person in control of the dog must have in their possession equipment for
picking up and removing the feces.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and
publication.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this l0th day of July, 2000, by the City Council of the
City of Chanhassen, Minnesota.
ATTEST:
Scott A. Botcher, City Manager
Nancy K. Mancino, Mayor
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on July 27, 2000).
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