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ARTICLE II. LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY Sec. 1043. - Barns and stables. (a) No stable or barn in which horses, sheep, cows, goats or other animals are kept may be located within 50 feet of a place of human habitation and 75 feet of neighboring property lines. Such stables and barns, where lawful, shall be kept clean. Manure shall be removed with sufficient frequency to avoid nuisance from odors or from the breeding of flies at least once every two weeks. (b) Manure shall be removed by hauling beyond the city limits unless used for fertilizer, in which case it shall be spread upon the ground evenly and turned under at once or as soon as the frost leaves the ground. (Code 1978, § 5.09.04; Ord. No. 02-06, 4-15-2002) ARTICLE II. - HORSES Sec. 10-24. - Horses. (a) Intent and purpose of section provisions. The intent of this section is to establish regulations for maintaining horses as defined in subsection (b) of this section exclusively on property. Section 10-3 (barns and stables) also applies to this article. The purpose of this section is: (1) To prohibit the maintaining of horses on lots or parcels of record less than 1.5 acres in size; (2) To require a conditional use permit prior to maintaining a horse on a lot of record 1.5 acres in size and less than three acres in size; To require the filing with the city of a sketch drawing prior to maintaining a horse on a lot or parcel of recorded three acres and larger in size; and (4) To ensure proper handling, treatment and maintenance of horses. _(b) Horse defined. As used in this section, the term "horse" shall mean any stallion, mare, gelding, foal, pony, donkey, ass, burro, mule or animal of horse kind. (c) Acreage requirements. The following chart prescribes the number of horses that can be maintained on lots of record of sizes as shown. This chart is applicable only to the maintenance of horses exclusively and shall be considered separate from the animal unit formula established in section 10 1 for the maintcnancc of a mix of horses and farm animals on property. The lease of property contiguous to the lot of record is eligible to meet acreage requirements provided the lot of record is at least 1.50:0 acres in size and evidence of a current lease is provided to the city. (3) Acreage Number of Horses Permitted Less than 1.5 acres 0 1.5 2.9 acrc5 1.5 - 3.0 acres 2 Comments Not permitted. Permitted only with conditional use permit. Sketch drawing required in property file. Page 6