City Council Ordinance 557ORDINANCE NO. 557
CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 6, CHAPTER 3 OF THE MONTICELLO
CITY CODE RELATING TO ANIMALS; FOWL
IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE MONTICELLO CITY COUNCIL:
Section 1. The SECTION listing of Title 8, Chapter 2 of the Monticello City Code shall be
amended to read as follows:
6 -3 -3: Animals, Fowl within city limits; Permits
Section 2. The following provisions of Title 8, Chapter 2 of the Monticello City Code shall
be amended to read as follows:
6 -3 -1: ANIMALS KEPT WITHIN CITY LIMITS:
(A) No horse, mule, donkey, pony, cow, goat, sheep, or animal raised for fur
bearing purposes shall be kept within the city limits, except in an outlying
district where there are not more than three (3) residences, other than that
occupied by the owner or occupant of the premises upon which said
animals are kept, within a distance of five hundred feet (500') of the
structure housing or enclosing said animal, unless a special written permit
therefore is issued by the Animal W- arvien Control Officer and the City
Clerk after an inspection of the premises and a finding of fact to the effect
that no nuisance shall be created thereby. [balance of section remains the
same]
(B) All animals, other than those specifically allowed and permitted by this
ordinance, shall be prohibited within the city limits.
6 -3 -2: STABLES:
(C) The Animal Warden Control Officer shall, if he deems such measures
necessary in order to avoid a nuisance, require that any such building be
screened tightly against flies and /or that it be provided with running water,
drain sewer connection, flooring impervious to water, and that such other
measures be taken as may be necessary to insure proper protection to
public health and safety as conditions precedent to the issuance of any
such special permit.
6 -3 -3: ANIMALS, FOWL WITHIN CITY LIMITS, PERMITS:
(A) No person shall anywhere in the city keep, harbor, or maintain care,
custody, or control over any small animal such as a rabbit or any fowl
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such as a chicken, turkey, or duck, or any pigeon, without obtaining a
permit therefore issued by the Animal Warden Control Officer and the
City Clerk.
(B) The Animal Warden Control Officer and the City Clerk may grant any
permit pursuant to this section after the applicant has sought the written
consent of at least eighty percent (80 %) of the occupants of the several
descriptions of the real estate situated within 100 feet of the applicant's
real estate. Such written consent shall be required on the first and initial
application and as often thereafter as the Animal Warden Control Officer
deems necessary.
6 -3 -4: APPLICATION FOR PERMIT: Any person desiring a permit under this chapter
shall make written application therefore to the 4nim City Clerk upon a
form prepared by the '
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Anima,�.� Warden City Clerk, which application shall
describe the real estate upon which it is desired to keep said animals and shall
require the giving of such information by the applicant as the nim
may desire City may request. Such application shall contain a statement by the
applicant that he will at all times keep such animals in accordance with all
conditions prescribed by the Animal i -arden Control Officer, and failure to obey
such conditions shall be a violation of this chapter and shall be cause for
cancellation of the permit by the Animal W apden Control Officer and the City
Clerk.
6 -3 -5: DURATION OF PERMIT; FEE:
(A) Each permit issued hereunder shall expire one year on "
after the issuance unless sooner revoked prior to the expiration date.
(B) The annual fee for a permit shall be as stated in the Fee Schedule Fine
Dollars 8), which shall be paid at the time of the making the
application therefore is submitted.
6 -3 -6: CONDITIONS FOR KEEPING ANIMALS OR FOWL; REVOCATION: The
Animal Warden Control Officer may prescribe general conditions for the keeping
of animals or fowl and specific conditions as to a particular animal or fowl or
particular premises as in his or her judgment is necessary to safeguard public
health and the general welfare. The Animal Warden Control Officer may revoke
any permit granted pursuant to this chapter if any such condition is violated or if
any pet becomes a public nuisance.
6 -3 -7: REFUSAL TO GRANT PERMIT: The Animal Warden Control Officer and
City Clerk may refuse a permit to keep or maintain animals or fowl hereunder for
failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter and shall refuse a permit if in
his judgment such animals or fowl should not be kept upon the premises
described in the application for permit. If any such permit be refused, the fee paid
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with the application shall be retained by the City to pay its expenses in the
investigation and consideration thereof.
6 -3 -8: PENS; YARDS: All structures, pens, coops, or yards wherein animals or fowl are
kept or permitted to be shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition,
devoid of all rodents and vermin, and free from objectionable odors. The interior
walls, ceilings, floors, partitions, appurtenances of all such structures shall be
whitewashed or painted as the Animal Wzarilen Control Officer shall direct. The
Animal Warden Control Officer, upon the complaint of any individual, shall
inspect any such structure or premises and issue any such order as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions hereof.
6 -3 -9: ANIMALS, FOWL AT LARGE: No person shall sufferer permit any horses,
mules, donkeys, ponies, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, rabbits, chickens, geese,
ducks, or turkeys of which he is the owner, caretaker, or custodian to be at large
within the city. Any such creature shall be deemed to be at large when it shall be
off the premises owned or rented by its owner and unaccompanied by the owner
or an agent or employee of the owner.
6 -3 -10: MANURE: No manure shall be dumped or left on any street, alley, sidewalk, or
on any open area or lot in any inhabited portion of the city. -ither shag aay
manure Manure shall not be used to grade in whole or in part any sidewalk,
street, open area, or lot in said section unless said manure is completely covered
with at least four inches (4 ") of dirt.
Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage
and publication. The ordinance in its entirety shall be posted on the City website
after publication. Copies of the complete Ordinance are available online and at
Monticello City Hall for examination upon request.
ADOPTED BY the Monticello City Council this 9th day of April, 2012.
CITY / /
O�F�MO NTICELLO
Clint—Herbst, Mayor
ATTEST:
Jeff O'tfeefCity Administrator
VOTING IN FAVOR: Herbst, Hilgart, Perrault, Posusta, Stumpf
VOTING IN OPPOSITION: None