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number of horses on any one parcel exceeds one horse per one-half acre of enclosed <br /> roaming area. <br /> 2. Corrals, pens, stables or similar enclosures shall be maintained in a manner to minimize fly <br /> breeding. <br /> 3. Accumulations of horse manure on the paved portion of a street,sidewalk or alley shall not <br /> be permitted,and the horse owner shall be responsible to abate such nuisance. <br /> f. Care and maintenance of horses. <br /> 1. No horse shall be treated cruelly or inhumanely by any person or in violation of Minn. <br /> Stats. ch. 343,which provisions relate to preventing cruelty to animals. <br /> 2. Proper care and maintenance of each horse shall be the responsibility of the person,firm <br /> or corporation designated as the owner, caretaker or custodian of such horse. <br /> 3. No person shall keep a horse in a manner creating a public or private nuisance. <br /> 4. Horses shall be provided adequate shelter. <br /> 5. Fences for pens,corrals or similar enclosures must be of sufficient height and strength to <br /> retain the horses enclosed. Extra care must be taken to ensure the stallions are properly <br /> enclosed. <br /> g. Control,trespass roadways and impoundment. <br /> 1. No person shall permit any horse of which they are the owner,caretaker or custodian to <br /> run at large within the city.Such animal will be deemed to run at large when it is off the <br /> premises owned or rented by its owner and unaccompanied by the owner,or an agent or <br /> employee of the owner. <br /> 2. The chief of police or any designated agent of the city may impound any horse found at <br /> large and shall provide proper sustenance for such impounded horse.The chief of police or <br /> designated agent shall,within 24 hours after any such horse has been impounded, post <br /> written notice at the city hall describing such horse and stating that it has been impounded. <br /> If the owner of the impounded horse is known to the person impounding, personal service <br /> of notice of such impounding shall be served within 24 hours after impounding upon such <br /> owner in the manner prescribed by state law for the service or process. <br /> 3. Costs incurred by the city in impounding horses running at large shall be paid by the horse <br /> owner prior to releasing the horse.An impounded horse shall be released only to a person <br /> providing proof of ownership and displaying a receipt from the city administrator showing <br /> payment of the reasonable costs of impounding,cost of feeding and veterinarian care. <br /> 4. Any person who,without authority of law,and without first paying the costs due,shall take <br /> an impounded horse out of the enclosure in which it is impounded,shall be guilty of a <br /> misdemeanor. <br /> 5. In the event a horse impounded by the city is not redeemed within 14 days,after its <br /> impoundment,the chief of police or designated agent shall give three days' notice of the <br /> time and place where such horse will be sold by posting and serving notices as required for <br /> notice herein. If such horse cannot be sold on the day stated, it may be sold as soon as <br /> possible thereafter without notice.The city treasurer shall deposit said proceeds in the <br /> general fund. <br /> 6. If the previous owner of the horse which was sold makes a claim for the sale proceeds <br /> within one year from the sale date,the city finance officer,on order from the council,shall <br /> Created: 2023-07-25 12:16:39 [EST] <br /> (Supp. No. 12,Update 2) <br /> Page 4 of 23 <br />