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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 <br />10-3 (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 one and one- <br />half acres in size; <br />2. To require the filing with the city of a sketch drawing prior to maintaining a horse; and <br />3. To ensure proper handling, treatment and maintenance of horses. <br />b. Horse defined. As used in this section, the term "horse" shall mean any stallion, mare, gelding, <br />foal, pony, donkey, ass, burro, mule or animal of horse kind. <br />C. Acreage requirements. The following chart prescribes the number of horses that can be <br />maintained on lots of record of sizes as shown. The lease of property contiguous to the lot of <br />record is eligible to meet acreage requirements provided the lot of record is at least one and one- <br />half acres in size and evidence of a current lease is provided to the city: <br />Acreage <br />Number of <br />Comments <br />Horses <br />Permitted <br />Less than 1.5 acres <br />0 <br />Not permitted. <br />1.5-3.0 acres <br />2 <br />Sketch drawing required in property file. <br />Over 3 acres <br />2+ <br />One additional horse for each full acre over 3 <br />acres. <br />d. Sketch drawing required prior to maintaining and boarding a horse or horses on any parcel of <br />land three acres or more in size, the landowner shall provide a sketch drawing to the city. <br />1. Required sketch drawing information shall include: <br />i. Name and address of the fee owner of the subject property where the horses <br />are to be maintained and the name and address of occupant of subject <br />property. <br />ii. Legal description of subject property. <br />iii. Acreage of subject property and acreage of enclosed roaming area. <br />iv. Number of horses to be maintained on subject property. <br />V. Sketch drawing showing, to scale: <br />(A) Location of all buildings on subject property; <br />(B) Fenced in horse pasture area; <br />(C) Location and distance from subject property of all adjacent property's <br />buildings; and <br />(D) Area on subject property where manure will be stored if the number of <br />horses exceeds one horse per one-half acre of enclosed roaming area. <br />e. Rodent and insect control. <br />1. Manure shall be handled or treated in such a manner as not to create a public nuisance <br />which shall mean at a minimum that manure will be properly disposed of weekly when the <br />(Supp. No. 12, Update 2) <br />Created: 2023-07-25 12:16:39 [EST] <br />Page 3 of 23 <br />