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Home My WebLink About0680 ORDINANCE NO. 680 CITY QF LAKEVILLE DAKOTA, COUNTY, MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 5, CHAPTER 1- OF THE .LAKEVILLE CITY CODE CONCERNING RESTRAINT OF DOGS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA ORDAINS: SECTION 1. The definition of "RESTRAINT" in Section 5-1-1 of the Lakeville City Code is amended to read: RESTRAINT:. A dog is under restraint if: (1) controlled by a leash not exceeding. twenty-five feet (25') in length; a retractable leash,. when fully extended, cannot exceed twenty-five. feet. (25') in length; or (2) within a vehicle; or (3) within a secure fence or building, or if tethered to a leash not exceeding twenty-five feet (25') in length that is secured to a stake or other immobile object; or (4) .under voice control on private property, or within the limits of a designated .dog exercise and. training area; or (5) controlled by an electronic training collar; or (6) the dog has passed .the Canine Good Citizen Test certification program or its approved equivalent. SECTION 2. .Section 5-I-1 of the Lakeville City. Code is amended by amending or adding the following definitions: AT LARGE: A dog is at large at any time. when it is not. under "restraint" as defined herein. No dog shall be permitted to be in a public place within the City of Lakeville unless accompanied by a dog handler, or securely confined within a portable kennel or a vehicle. CLOSE CONTROL: A dog is under close control when it is restrained so that it cannot. come into physical contact with any person not of a dog handler's party except with that person's consent, and so as to permit the dog to range no more than six feet (6') from its handler. DOG HANDLER A competent person who attends a dog in all public places within OR HANDLER: the City of Lakeville, is responsible for the behavior of the dog, and to whose. command the dog is immediately responsive. 8077.11 1 MJF/RNK:r10/19!00 LEASH: Afixed-length tether or retractable tether, or an electronic control collar worn by a dog. When an electronic control collar is used or the dog has passed the Canine Good. Citizen Test, the dog handler. must carry on his or her person affixed-length tether not exceeding ..twenty-five feet (25') in case the -dog must be physically restrained. VOICE CONTROL: A dog is under .voice control when it is .accompanied by a competent person, .who is the dog's handler and is responsible. for the dog's behavior, and is immediately obedient to that person's command issued by vocal utterance or other means of signaling. SECTION 3. Section 5-1-9A of the Lakeville City Code is amended to read: A. Restraint of Dogs: 1. No person shall .permit a dog owned by him or her or under his or her care to be at large. within the City. . 2. No person shall permit a dog owned by him or her or under his or her care to be in a City park or on a City street, trail, or sidewalk unless controlled by a leash not exceeding twenty-five .feet (25') in length, except dogs that have passed the Canine Good Citizen Test certification program or its approved equivalent are permitted to be under voice control of a dog handler, except when a pedestrian approaches within 100 feet, at which time the dog must be immediately recalled and brought under close control until the pedestrian retreats by 100 feet. The Canine Good Citizen Test certification, or an approved equal, must be kept current and presented each year when applying for a dog license. 3. In dog exercise and training areas designated by the City,. dogs must be under voice control when not under close control, must be licensed by the City of .Lakeville, must remain within the designated. area, and must comply with the rules for use of the area. 4. In Ritter Farm Park, all dogs, including dogs that.-have passed the- Canine Good Citizen Test certification program, must be under close control SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be effective on June 1, 2001: following its .passage .and publication. sso~~. i i 2 MJF/RNK:r10/19!00 ADOPTED this 20th day of November 2000 by the City Council of the City of Lakeville, Minnesota. CITY OF LAKEVILLE s-~ ; Betty Si ,Acting Mayor ATTEST• a 4 Charlene Friedg ,City:... rk 85077.11 3 MJF/RNK:r10/19/00 PUBLIC NOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 680 CITY OF LAKEVILLE DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 5, CHAPTER 1 OF THE LAKEVILLE CITY CODE CONCERNING RESTRAINT OF DOGS THE CITY COUNCIL OF' THE CITY OF LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA ORDAINS: SECTION 1. The definition of "RESTRAINT" in Section 51.1 of the Lakeville City Code is amended to read: RESTRAINT: A dog is under restraint if: (1) controlled by a leash not exceeding twenty-five feet (25') in length; a retractable leash, when fully extend- ed. cannot exceed twenty-five feet (25') in length; or (2) within a vehicle; or (3) within a secure fence or building, or if tethered to a leash not exceeding twenty-five feet (25') in length that is secured to a stake or other immobile object; or (4) under voice control on private property, or within the limits of a des- ignated dog exercise and training area; or (5) controlled by an electronic training collar; or (6) the dog has passed the Canine Good Citizen Test certification program or its approved equivalent. SECTION 2. Section 5.1.1 of the Lakeville City Code is amended by amending or adding the following definitions: AT LARGE: A dog is at large at any time when it is not under "restraint" as defined herein. No dog shall be permitted to be in a public place with- in the City of Lakeville unless accompanied by a dog handler, or securely confined within a portable kennel or a vehicle. CLOSE CONTROL: A dog is under close control when it is restrained so that it cannot come into physical contact with any person not of a dog handler's party except with that person's consent, and so as to permit the dog to range no more than six feet (6') from its handler. DOG HANDLER OR HANDLER: A competent person who attends a dog in all public places within the City of Lakeville, is responsible for the behavior of the dog, and to whose command the dog is immediately responsive. LEASH: A fixed -length tether or retractable tether, or an electronic control collar worn by a dog. When an electronic control collar is used or the dog has passed the Canine Good Citizen Test, the dog handler must carry on his or her person a fixed -length tether not exceeding twenty-five feet (25') in case the dog must be physically restrained. VOICE CONTROL: A dog is under voice control when it is accom- panied by a competent person, who is the dog's handler and is responsible for the dog's behavior, and is immediately obedient to that person's command issued by vocal utterance or other means of signaling. SECTION 3. Section 5-I.9A of the Lakeville A311VA 3lddr/ alxeleo ' Zb •p!i '03 asega.Ind 4SeM 44!M ;eo Jo uo11e0 e uo OS ysem Nnbr lauunl bun, IN2H� 7H ON 0 1.105 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF MINNESOTA County of Dakota ) SS TERESA L. 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