Ordinance - #90-11 - 05/22/1990 - Laserfiche WebLink

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3. No person shall keep a horse in a manner creating a public or private nuisance. 4. 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 the stallions are properly enclosed. 110.077 CONTROL, TRESPASS IMPOUNDMENT PUBLIC ROADWAYS AND 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 and notify the Horse Care Commission. If the owner of the impounded horse is known to the person impounding or Horse Care Commission, 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 or process. Costs incurred by the City in impounding horses running at large shall be paid by the horse owner prior to releasing the horse. An impounded horse shall be released only to a person providing proof of ownership and displaying a receipt from the City Clerk showing payment of the reasonable costs of impounding, cost of feeding and veterinarian care, if required. Any person, who without authority of law, and without first paying the costs due, shall take an impounded horse out of the enclosure in which it is impounded, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. In the event a horse impounded by the City is not redeemed within fourteen days, after its impoundment, the Chief of Police or designated agent shall give three days notice of the time and place where such horse will be sold by posting and serving notices as required for notice herein. If such horse cannot be sold on the day stated, it may be sold as soon as possible thereafter without notice. The City treasurer shall deposit said proceeds in the general fund. If the previous owner of the horse which was sold makes a claim for the sale proceeds within one (1) year from the sales date; the City Treasurer, on order from the City Council, shall pay the previous horse owner the difference between the sale price and the cost of impounding, feeding and sales charges, otherwise, the sale proceeds shah be forfeited to the City. No person may ride or drive a horse after sunset and before sunrise along or crossing any public way without appropriate fighting or reflectorized clothing. The City council shall designate and properly post those areas in public lands and parks where horses may be ridden.