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ZXISTIRG HORSE CBAPTER ACREAGE REQUIRI~IENTS A minimum of three acres shall be required for each horse maintained on any parcel. Said horse(s) shall be provided adequate shelter. Fences for pens, corrals or similar enclosures must be of sufficient height and strength to retain such animals. Extra care must be taken to insure that stallions are properly enclosed. RODENT AND INSECT CONTROL Manure shall be handled or treated in such a manner so as not to: create a public nuisance. Corrals, pens, stables or similar enclosures shall be maintained in a manner to minimize fly breeding. No person shall leave accumulations of manure on any street, sidewalk or alley, nor upon any area or lot in any portion of the city. CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF HORSES No horses shall be treated cruelly or inhumanely by any person or in violation of Minnesota Statutes 346.20 - 345.26 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 ~uch horse. No person shall keep any horse in a manner creating a public or private nuisance. CONTROL, TRESPASS AND PUBLIC ROADWAYS No person, firm or corporation shall permit any horse of which he 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 such animal found at large and shall provide proper sustenance for any and all animals impounded. The chief of police or his designated agent shall, within 24 hours after any such animal has been impounded, post written notice at the city hall describing such animal and stating that it has been impounded. /0