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Permits and Ordinances Small animal permits are required to keep pigeons, ducks, chickens, etc. in Minneapolis. For Your Permit Materials: call #311, and ask to be forwarded to Nancy Johnson of the Animal Care & Control Program at (612) 370-4970. The permit process requires:
All dogs, cats, rabbits and ferrets are also required to be licensed through the City of Minneapolis. CHAPTER 70 FOWL, PIGEONS, RABBITS AND OTHER SMALL ANIMALS
The Ordinance reads: CHAPTER 70. FOWL, PIGEONS, AND OTHER SMALL ANIMALS* *Editor's note: Ord. No. 2005-Or-085, § 1, adopted Sept. 23, 2005, amended the title of Ch. 70 to read as herein set out. See also the Code Comparative Table. 70.10. Permit required.(a) No person shall anywhere in the city keep, harbor, or maintain care, custody, or control over any small animal or any fowl such as a chicken, turkey, or duck, or any pigeon, without obtaining a permit therefor issued by the commissioner of health or their designee. (b) The commissioner of health or their designee may grant any permit pursuant to this section after the applicant has sought the written consent of at least eighty (80) percent of the occupants of the several descriptions of real estate situated within one hundred (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 commissioner of health or their designee deems necessary. (c) No permit shall be granted to keep any animal, fowl, or pigeon within a dwelling unit or part thereof, nor on any real estate which contains three (3) or more dwelling units. (d) This section shall not apply to dogs, cats, ferrets, or rabbits nor to veterinarians or licensed pet shops or licensed kennels. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 814.010; Ord. of 6-13-75, § 2; Ord. of 3-12-76, § 1; 85-Or-040, § 1, 2-22-85; 2005-Or-085, § 2, 9-23-05) 70.20. Application for permit.Any person desiring a permit under this chapter shall make written application therefor to the commissioner of health upon a form prepared by the commissioner of health, which application shall describe the real estate upon which it is desired to keep any animals and shall require the giving of such information by the applicant as the commissioner of health may desire. 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 commissioner of health and failure to obey such conditions shall be a violation of this chapter and shall be cause for cancellation of the permit by the commissioner of health." (Code 1960, As Amend., § 814.020; Ord. of 6-13-75, § 2) 70.30. Duration of permit; fee.(a) All permits issued hereunder shall expire on February first next after its issuance unless sooner revoked. (b) The annual fee for a permit shall be ten dollars ($10.00) which shall be paid at the time of the making of the application therefor. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 814.030; Ord. of 6-13-75, § 2; 77-Or-147, § 1, 7-15-77; 78-Or-253, § 1, 12-14-78; 85-Or-040, § 2, 2-22-85) 70.40. Conditions for keeping animals or fowl; revocation of permit.The commissioner of health 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 are necessary to safeguard public health and the general welfare. The commissioner of health may revoke any permit granted pursuant to this chapter if any such condition is violated or if any pet becomes a public nuisance. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 814.040; Ord. of 6-13-75, § 2) 70.50. Refusal to grant permit.The commissioner of health 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 or her judgment such animals or fowl should not be kept upon the premises described in the application for the permit. If any such permit is refused, the fee paid with the application shall be retained by the city to pay its expenses in the investigation and consideration thereof and be applied as provided in section 70.60. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 814.050; Ord. of 6-13-75, § 2; Pet. No. 248858, § 7, 3-31-89) 70.60. Dispersal of permit fees.The city finance officer shall at the close of each month credit one-third of the permit fees collected under the provisions of this chapter to the council/clerk subdivision of the current expense fund, other than personal, to meet the cost and expense of publication of notices in the official newspaper of the city, and other similar expenses, and two-thirds thereof to the department of health fund to meet the cost and expense of the commissioner of health in connection with the inspection of premises and promulgation of any general or special order relative to the enforcement of this chapter. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 814.060; Ord. of 6-13-75, § 2) 70.70. Enforcement.The commissioner of health or the commissioner's duly authorized appointees shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 814.070; Ord. of 6-13-75, § 2; Pet. No. 248858, § 8, 3-31-89) Permit Information for St Paul and other Municipalities are also available!
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