No permit shall be issued by the City Administrator/Clerk until the Shorewood Horse Inspector, as appointed by the City Council, has inspected the premises upon which the animal or animals are to be kept. The following standards are to be met by the applicant before the Horse Inspector shall recommend to the City Administrator/Clerk the issuance of a permit:
Subd. 1. An area where horses are kept, stabled, maintained or confined of at least one-half acre per head;
Subd. 2. The area shall be enclosed by a sturdy wood, metal or electric fence, constructed in compliance with § 1201.03, Subd. 2.f. of this code, which will keep the animal or animals confined therein. Electric fences shall be removed upon expiration or revocation of the annual horse permit. Barbed wire fences shall be prohibited;
Subd. 3. A shelter or stabling facility which will keep the animal or animals comfortable and protected from the elements and which shelter or stabling facility shall be no closer than 50 feet from any property line. In addition, the shelter or stabling facility shall be so located so as not to create a public nuisance;
Subd. 4. Clean and sanitary premises which will not be a harborage for rodents, flies and insects;
Subd. 5. Any shelter or stabling facility which does not conform to the dimensional requirements of Subd. 2 of this section may be continued as it existed on the effective date of this chapter, provided that a horse permit had been issued in 1993 for the property on which the shelter or stabling facility is located. If at the time as an annual permit has not been issued for the property for one year, no annual permit shall be issued thereafter unless the shelter or stabling facility is brought into conformity with this section;
Subd. 6. Keeping, storing, stabling or maintaining of the animals on the premises shall not directly contribute to the pollution of any public body of water.
(1987 Code, § 702.03) (Am. Ord. 288, passed 3-28-1994)