City Council Ordinance 789ORDINANCE NO. 789
CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE IX, CHAPTER 90, SECTION 90.023 —
CLEANING UP LITTER
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MONTICELLO ORDAINS.
Section 1. TITLE IX: General Regulations, Chapter 90: Animals, Section 90.023: Cleaning
up Litter of the Monticello City Code shall be amended as follows:
§ 90.023 CLEANING UP LITTER.
(A) The Oewner of any animal deg, or any person having the custody or control of any
animal dog, shall be responsible for cleaning up any feces of the animal and disposing of the
feces in a sanitary manner. More than six piles of feces in the yard may result in a violation tag
being issued.
(B) It is unlawful for any person owning, keeping, or harboring an animal a dog to cause or
permit the animal dog to be on property, public or private, not owned or possessed by the person
without having in his or her immediate possession a device for the removal of feces and
depository for the transmission of excrement to a proper receptacle located on the property
owned or possessed by the person.
(C) It is unlawful for any person in control of, causing, or permitting any animal deg to be
on any property, public or private, not owned or possessed by the person, to fail to remove feces
left by the animal dog to a proper receptacle located on property owned or possessed by the
person. The provisions of this section shall not apply to service dogs or dogs used for police
activity.
(D) Any Animal Control Officer or any duly authorized officer or agent authorized by the
City Administrator may issue citations.
(Prior Code, § 6-2-24) Penalty, see § 90.999
Section 2. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Monticello this 10th day of October, 2022.
CITY OF MONTICELLO
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ATTEST:
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VOTING IN FAVOR: Davidson, Fair, Gabler, Hilgart, and Murdoff
VOTING IN OPPOSITION: None.