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(3) A confined exercise or roaming area must be provided for the all animals kept outdoors. The exercise area shall be fenced off to prevent the animals from roaming at large. Fences must be of sufficient design to retain and confine the animals. Chickens arc exempt from fencing requirements. (4) Manure and excrement shall be handled and treated in such a manner so as not to create a public nuisance or impact the environment or groundwater. Manure shall be handled or treated in such a manner as not to create a public nuisance which shall mean at a minimum that manure will be properly disposed of weekly when the number of horses on any one parcel exceeds one horse per one half acre of enclosed roaming area. Manure shall be removed from corrals, pens, stables, and similar enclosures with sufficient frequency to avoid nuisance from odors or to minimize the breeding of flies at least once every two weeks. Manure shall bc removed by hauling beyond thc city limits unless used for fertilizer, in which case it shall bc spread upon thc ground evenly and turned under at once or as soon as thc frost leaves the ground No person shall leave accumulations of manure or excremer: on any street or sidewalk. accumulations of horsc manure on thc paved portion of a street, sidewalk or alley shall not be permitted, a The animal's owner shall be responsible tc 2kete cuch No non domestic animal shall be treated cruelly or inhumanely by any person or in violation of Minnesota state statutes preventing cruelty to animals. (6) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any animal taken into custody by an animal control officer under this chapter may be humanely destroyed and immediately disposed of, at the expense of the owner, when the animal is suffering and is beyond cure through reasonable care and treatment. No person shall abandon or rel asc neglect any dog, cat, or other animal within the boundaries of the city. (8) No person may ride or drive a horse or other animal utilized for transportation after sunset and before sunrise along or crossing any public way without appropriate lighting or reflectorized clothing. No person may ride or drive a horse or other animal utilized for transportation in any public park, beach, golf course or other public property except within the right-of-way of public streets and highways and areas duly designated by the city as a trail or hitching area. (10) Persons riding a horse or other animal utilized for transportation or driving a horse-drawn vehicle upon a public road way shall be subject to those provisions of this Code and state law applicable to the driver of motor vehicles, except those provisions which by their nature have no application. (5) (7) (9) (11) Horses or others animal utilized for transportation shall not be ridden or driven in any manner that would cause undue damage to any hard -surfaced road. Sec. 10-56. — Nuisances. No animals of any type may be maintained on any parcel within the city, no matter what size the parcel, if the maintenance of said animals creates a nuisance as defined in Chapter 30 or within this chapter. (1) Animals at large. No person shall permit any #torso animal of which they are the owner, caretaker or custodian to run at large within the city as defined in this chapter. 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. (2) Noisy animals. It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep, have in possession, or harbor any deg animal that howls, yelps, or barks to the r asonable annoyance of another person barks, cries, howls or makes any other noise continuously for a period of 10 minutes or intermittently for one half hour or more. Any person violating this section, who upon first requested by a police officer or animal control officer to stop or prevent the annoyance, and refuses to comply with the request will may be issued a citation or arrested in accordance with Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, and, if the officer deems it (Supp. No. 14, Update 2) Created: 2025-06-25 08:17:43 [EST] Page 10 of 19