5-2-14: SPECIAL PROVISIONS; EQUINE ANIMALS:
   A.   Application: No equine animal shall be kept or boarded and no accessory building used for the keeping, training or the like of an equine animal shall be hereafter erected or altered within any residential zoning district, except in conformity with the regulations established and set forth in this section.
   B.   Minimum Lot Area, Limitation On Number Of Equine Animals:
      1.   No equine animal shall be housed or kept overnight (sunset to sunrise) on a lot less than four hundred thirty-five thousand six hundred (435,600) square feet in area.
      2.   Not more than four (4) equine animals shall be housed or kept overnight (sunset to sunrise) on a lot of four hundred thirty-five thousand six hundred (435,600) square feet in area or more.
      3.   All definitions of lot sizes shall be exclusive of road easements.
   C.   Limitation Of Keeping Equine Animal And Exercise: No equine animal and no corral, ring or enclosure for the containing of an equine animal shall be kept, located or maintained closer than fifty feet (50') from any lot line.
   D.   Accessory Buildings And Exercise Area:
      1.   No accessory building used for the housing, training or keeping of an equine animal shall be located:
         a.   Closer than one hundred feet (100') from any lot line.
         b.   Closer than ten feet (10') to the nearest septic field or drain field tile line.
      2.   No equine animal exercise ring, corral, pasture or other open area for training or keeping of equine animals shall be located over any septic tank or drain field tile line. All such areas shall be suitably fenced so as to contain the equine animal in such a manner as to protect adjoining properties from trespass by the equine animal and to provide protection without danger or injury to the animal itself. (Ord. 76-O-227, 12-2-1976; amd. Ord. 82-O-338, 1-4-1982; Ord. 20-O-010, 5-19-2020)