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Sec. 10-3. - Barns and stables. <br />(a) No stable or barn in which horses, sheep, cows, goats or other animals are kept may be located within <br />50 feet of a place of human habitation and 75 feet of neighboring property lines. Such stables and <br />barns, where lawful, shall be kept clean. Manure shall be removed with sufficient frequency to avoid <br />nuisance from odors or from the breeding of flies at least once every two weeks. <br />(b) Manure shall be removed by hauling beyond the city limits unless used for fertilizer, in which case it <br />shall be spread upon the ground evenly and turned under at once or as soon as the frost leaves the <br />ground. <br />II " / (1 I 1 <br />ARTICLE II. - HORSES <br />Sec. 10-24. - Horses. <br />(a) Intent and purpose of section provisions. The intent of this section is to establish regulations for <br />maintaining horses as defined in subsection (b) of this section exclusively on property. Section 10-3 <br />(barns and stables) also applies to this article. The purpose of this section is: <br />(1) To prohibit the maintaining of horses on lots or parcels of record less than 1.5 acres in size; <br />(3) To require the filing with the city of a sketch drawing prior to maintaining a horse; and <br />(4) To ensure proper handling, treatment and maintenance of horses. <br />Horse defined. As used in this section, the term "horse" shall mean any stallion, mare, gelding, foal, pony, <br />donkey, ass, burro, mule or animal of horse kind. <br />(c) Acreage requirements. The following chart prescribes the number of horses that can be maintained on <br />lots of record of sizes as shown. The lease of property contiguous to the lot of record is eligible to meet <br />acreage requirements provided the lot of record is at least 1.50 acres in size and evidence of a current <br />lease is provided to the city. <br />Acreage <br />Less than 1.5 acres <br />1.5 - 3.0 acres <br />Over 3 acres <br />Number of Horses <br />Permitted <br />Comments <br />0 Not permitted. <br />2 Sketch drawing required in property file. <br />2+ One additional horse for each full acre over 3 acres. <br />(e) Sketch drawing required. <br />(1) Prior to maintaining and boarding a horse or horses on any parcel of land three acres or more in <br />size, the landowner shall provide a sketch drawing to the city. <br />Page 6 <br />