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Accumulations of horse manure on the paved portion of a street, sidewalk or alley shall not be permitted, and the horse owner shall be responsible to abate such nuisance. 110.075 1. 110.076 1. CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF HORSES No horse shall be treated cruelly or inhumanely by any person or in violation of Minnesota Statutes 346.20 - 345.26 which provisions relate to preventing cruelty to animals. Proper care and maintenance of each horse shall be the responsibility of the person, firm or corporation designated as the owner, caretaker or custodian of such horse. No person shall keep a horse in a manner creating a public or private nuisance. Horses shall be provided adequate shelter. Fences for pens, corrals or similar enclosures must be of sufficient height and strength to retain the horse(s) enclosed. Extra care must be taken to insure that stallions are properly enclosed. CONTROL, TRESPASS PUBLIC ROADWAYS AND IMPOUNDMENT No person, shall permit any horse of which he/she is the owner, caretaker or custodian to run at large within the City. Such animal will be deemed to run at large when it is off the premises owned or rented by its owner and unaccompanied by the owner, or an agent or employee of the owner. The Chief of Police or any designated agent of the City may impound any horse found at large and shall provide proper sustenance for such impounded horse. The Chief of Police or designated agent shall, within 24 hours after any such horse has been impounded, post written notice at the City Hall describing such horse and stating that it has been impounded. If the owner of the impounded horse is known to the person impounding, personal service of notice of such impounding shall be served within 24 hours after impounding upon such owner in the manner prescribed by State law for the service of process.