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� CHAPTER 9— LICENSE AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS ARTICLE 2. LICENSING AND REGULATING THE KEEPING OF DOGS Section 9-2.1. DEFINITIONS 1. Owner. Any person, firm, corporation, organization, or department owning, keeping, harboring or acting as custodian of a dog or dogs. 2. At Lar�e. The dog is off the property of the person, firm, corporation, organization, or department owning, keeping, or harboring said animal, and the dog is not under restraint. 3. Do�. All dogs over six (6) months of age. 4 Under Restraint. The dog is on the premises of the person, firm, corporation, organization, or department owning, keeping, or harboring the animal, if it is at heel beside a person having custody of it, if it is obedient to that person's command, if it is within a private motor vehicle of a person, owning, keeping or harboring the animal, or if it is controlled by a leash not exceeding six (6) feet in length. `-- 5. License � Period —(2-.�1. The period from January 1 until the following December 31 of everv even-numbered ,�. � 6. Animal Control Ofiicer. That person appointed by the City Council to enforce this Chapter, and shall include any person serving as "Deputy Animal Control Officer". 7. Do Hg�ouse. Dog house shall mean a dog house as deiined in Minn. Stat. §343.40, as amended. Section 9-2.2. POSITION OF ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER The position of Animal Control Officer is hereby established and the Chief of Police or designee shall serve as the Animal Control Officer. He or she shall be appointed by the City Council. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the City Council from contracting with a person to provide such services. The Animal Control Officer is hereby authorized and empowered to issue citations for violations of the Chapter. Section 9-2.3. DUTIES OF THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER The Animal Control Officer shall perform the following duties: Page 1 of 8