Ordinance 056• CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 56
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE KEEPING, RAISING OR
BOARDING OF HORSES WITHIN THE CITY AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE
VIOLATION THEREOF.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. PURPOSES AND INTENT.
This ordinance is enacted for the purpose of establishing regulations for
the keeping, raising or boarding of horses.
SECTION 2. STABLE PERMITS.
No person, firm or corporation shall maintain or stable horses , colts, ponies
or mules (hereinafter referred to as norses) upon land lying within the limits of the
City of Chanhassen without first obtaining a permit therefor (nereinafter referred
to as a stable permit) from the City Clerk. Upon the filing of the application for
such permit, as provided by Section 3 hereof, such person, firm or corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the applicant) shall pay to the City Treasurer an applica-
tion fee of Ten ($10.00) Dollars. This fee shall not be refundable.
SECTION 3. APPLICATION FOR STABLE PERMIT.
Application for said stable permit shall be made in writing by the stable owner
or his agent for each stable, upon forms furnished by the City Clerk. Each applica-
tion for a stable permit shall include the name and mailing address of the owner and
applicant, the legal description of the property on which the stable will be maintained,
the name and mailing address of the owner of the land, the area expressed in acres
designated for the keeping of horses, the total number of horses to be kept, infor-
mation identifying each norse to be stabled on the land, and a description of the
shelter provided for stabling. Said application form shall be signed by the applicant
and shall also contain the applicant's affirmation that the facts set forth in said
application are true and correct to the best of his or her knowledge and shall also
contain the applicant's statement of consent to reasonable inspection of the, subject
premises as provided by Section 4 of tnis ordinance.
SECTION 4. HORSE COMMITTEE.
The City Council hereby authorizes the establishment of a Horse Committee.
(1) Tne Horse Committee shall inspect the premises of those seeking a
a stable permit, shall receive complaints from tnose aggrieved by norse
owners or keepers , shall investigate complaints , shall advise horsemen
against whom complaints nave been lodged and shall recommend appropriate
40 action to the City Council.
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(2) The City Council shall appoint three (3) persons to the Horse
• Committee, including when possible a representative of the largest local •
horse -oriented association or club, a licensed veterinarian, and any
other person whom the City Council feels is qualified to serve. Each
member will serve a two (2) year term and is eligible for reappointment
at the end of that term.
(3) The Horse Committee shall inspect the premises and recommend
in writing approval or disapproval to the City Council of all applications
for permits under this ordinance.
(4) The Horse Committee shall re -inspect the premises at such times
as the City Council,by a majority vote, shall direct; and the Horse Commit-
tee shall report in writing its findings as to whether proper grounds may
exist for revocation of the owner's stable permit, as provided in Section 7
of this ordinance.
(5) This section notwithstanding, the City Council reserves the right
to make independent inspection of the premises.
SECTION 5. CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
After recommendations of the Horse Committee have been received, a stable
permit shall be issued by the City Clerk upon approval of the application by the City
Council by a four-fifths (4/5) majority vote. The following standards shall be met and
provided by the applicant, except as provided by Section 10 of this ordinance, prior •
to approval of an application and issuance of a stable permit:
(1) Housing enclosures for horses shall be at least one nundred (100)
feet from any neighboring residential structure used for human habitation.
(2) Land upon which horses are to be stabled and pastured (hereinafter
referred to as the stabling area) must be surrounded by a sturdy fence
which will keep horses confined.
(3) No stable permit shall be issued for a lot of less than one (1) acre.
Minimum acreage for two (2) horses shall be one and one-half (1-1/2) acres
and for three (3) horses shall be two (2) acres. An additional one-third (1/3)
acre shall be required for each additional horse.
(4) Housing or shelter must be provided which will keep horses comfort-
abl-= and protected from the elements , and said housing or shelter snall be
so located as not to create a nuisance.
(5) Accumulations of manure shall be located at least one hundred (100)
feet from any well. All accumulations of manure shall be removed at such
periods as will insure that no leaching or objectionable ordors exist, and
the premises shall not be allowed to become unsightly.
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SECTION 6. ANNUAL REGISTRATION STATEMENT.
• By June 1 of each year, the holder of a stable permit shall file, upon forms
furnished by the City Clerk, an annual registration statement with the City Clerk
setting forth the current status of the information required by Section 3 of this
ordinance. Said annual registration statement form shall be signed by said holder
and shall contain said holder's affirmation that the facts set forth in said registration
statement are true and correct to the best of his or her knowledge, and shall also
contain said holder's statement of consent to reasonable inspection as provided by
Section 4 of this ordinance. Upon the filing of such annual registration statement,
such holder shall pay to the City Treasurer an inspection fee of Ten ($10.00) Dollars.
This inspection fee shall not be refundable.
Failure to file the annual registration statement by the indicated date will
result in automatic cancellation of the stable permit and said permit shall be auto-
matically void. The holder of such a cenceled and void stable permit shall be
required to make application for a new stable permit as provided by Section 3 of
this ordinance; the subject premises shall be inspected as provided by Section 4
of this ordinance; and in no event shall the City Clerk issue a new stable permit to
said holder except upon City Council approval as provided by Section 5 of this
ordinance.
SECTION 7. REVOCATION OF STABLE PERMIT.
Permits issued pursuant to this ordinance may be revoked by the City Council
• if the Council finds , by a four-fifths (4/5) majority vote, after investigation by the
Horse Committee and after holding a hearing thereon, preceded by notice of the hear-
ing to be given to the holder of the permit mailed to the address shown on the appli-
cation or most recent annual registration statement at least ten (10) days prior to
said hearing that:
(1) The applicant has not maintained the standards set forth in Section 5
of this ordinance; or
(2) The winter accumulation of manure is not removed from the stabling
area prior to May 1 of each year or as soon as is practicable thereafter; or
(3) The applicant has failed to make a reasonable effort to keep the horse,
or horses,under control and contained within the applicant's stabling area; or
(4) The horse, or horses , has been treated cruelly or inhumanely; or
(5) The horse, or horses , is kept, stabled, boarded or harbored in such
a manner as to constitute a public nuisance; or
(6) The accumulations of manure present a nazard to public health.
SECTION 8. RIDING REQUIREMENTS.
The City Park and Recreation Commission shall recommend to the City Council
those areas on public lands, parks and beaches where horses may be ridden. The
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following standards shall be strictly followed:
• (1) No person shall ride , drive or lead any horse upon private property is
without first obtaining the written permission of the property owner.
(2) No person may ride or drive a horse after the hour of sunset and
before the hour of sunrise along or crossing any public way without appro-
priate lighting or reflectorized clothing.
(3) Every person riding a horse or driving any horse-drawn vehicle upon
a public roadway shall be subject to those provisions of the City Ordinances
applicable to the driver of a motor vehicle, except those provisions which
by their nature have no application.
(4) No person may ride a horse on any public land, park or beach except
in areas duly designated as a riding path, trail way or hitching area by the
City Council and so posted by the City Park and Recreation Commission.
(5) Paragraphs (3) and (4) above notwithstanding, no person shall ride,
drive or lead any horse upon the boulevard of any platted area in this City.
(6) No person shall interfere with any horse being ridden or kept in a
lawful manner.
SECTION 9. RUNNING AT LARGE PROHIBITED.
0 No horse shall be permitted to run at large within the limits of the City. •
SECTION 10. EXISTING STABLES.
Persons , firms or corporations maintaining or stabling horses as of the effec-
tive date of this ordinance shall comply with all provisions of this ordinance except
the requirements of Section 5(1) and 5(3). The previous sentence notwithstanding,
it shall be unlawful for such persons , firms or corporations or their neirs and assigns
to:
(1) Enlarge , alter or increase the area of any norse housing enclosure
not meeting the standards set forth in Section 5(1); or
(2) Increase the number of norses beyond the number of said horses
stabled on the subject premises as of the effective date of this ordinance.
Maintenance , necessary non-structural repairs and incidental alterations of
such housing enclosure shall nonetheless be permitted provided that such mainte-
nance , repairs or alterations do not extend, enlarge or intensify said housing
enclosure. Any exemption under tnis section from the provisions of Sections 5(1)
and 5(3) shall be terminated and become void:
(1) Upon the subdivision, platting or replatting of the subject parcel
• of land for which a .stable permit is required; or to
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(2) In the event that the use of said parcel of land for the maintain-
ing and stabling of horses is discontinued for a continuous period of
more than one year.
SECTION 11. VARIANCES.
To provide reasonable flexibility in the operation of this ordinance, the City
Council may approve, by a four—fifths (4/5) majority vote, applications for stable
permits which do not meet all the requirements of this ordinance where such excep-
tion would not be inconsistent with the intent of the ordinance.
SECTION 12. VIOLATIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE.
Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not to
exceed Three Hundred ($300.00) Dollars or imprisonment of not to exceed ninety
(90) days or both. In the event that any of the provisions of this ordinance are
violated, the City Clerk may institute any proper action or proceeding in the name
of the City to restrain or abate such violation.
SECTION 13. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force after its passage and publi-
cation according to law.
SECTION 14. REPEAL.
Chanhassen Township Ordinance No. 11, enacted September 16, 1964, is
hereby repealed.
SECTION 15. SEVERABILITY.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is ,
for any reason, held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of the ordinance.
Passed by the Council this day of ��'� 1975.
ATTEST:
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CLERK-ADMI STRATOR
Published in Carver County Herald
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MAYOR
on April 24, , 1975.
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in said place of publication and employing skilled workmen and equipped with the
necessary material for preparing and printing the same, and the presswork on that
part of the newspaper devoted to local news of interest to the community which it
purports to serve has been done in its known office of publication; that during all said
time in its makeup not less than twenty-five per cent of its news columns have been
devoted to local news of interest to the community it purports to serve; that. during
all said time it has not wholly duplicated any other publication, and has not been
entirely made up of patents, plate matter and advertisements; has been circulated in
and near its said place of publication to the extent of at least two hundred and forty
(240) copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers and has entry as second class
matter in its local post office; and that there has been on file in the office of the
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(4) The Horse Committee shall
(1) Enlarge, alteror increase the
re -inspect the premises at such
area of any horse housing enclosure
times as the City Council, by a
not meeting the standards set forth
majority vote, shall direct; and the
in Section 5(1); or
Horse Committee shall report in
(2) Increase the number of horses
writing its findings as to whether
beyond the number of said horses
proper grounds may exist for
stabled on the subject premises as
revocation of the owner's stable
of the effective date of This or -
permit, as provided in Section 7 of
dinance.
this ordinance.
Maintenance, necessary non -
(5) This section notwithstanding,
structural repairs and incidental
the City Council reserves the right
alterations of such housing en -
to make independent inspection of
closure shall nonetheless be per -
the premises.
mitted provided that such main -
SECTION 5. CITY COUNCIL
tenance, repairs or alterations do
APPROVAL.
not extend, enlarge or intensify said
After recommendations of the
housing enclosure. Any exemption'
Horse Committee have been
under this -section from the
received; a stable permit shall be
provisions of Sections 5(1) and 5(3)
issued by the City Clerk upon ap-
shall be •terminated -,and becomeq
proval of the application by the City
void: M
Council by a four-fifths (4-5)
;
(1)Uponlhesubd,v,siin,platifng
majority vote. The following
or replattih6130hesubject parcelof
standards shall be met and .
land for which a stable permst.Js
provided by the applicant, except
required; Or
as provided by, Section 10 of this
(2) In the event that the use of
ordinance, prior to approval of an
said parcel of land for the main-'
application and issuance of astable
taining and stabling of horses is
permit:
discontinued for, a continuous
(1) Housing enclosures for horses
period of more than one year.,
shall be -at least one hundred 1100)
SECTION 11. VARIANCES.
feet from any neighboring
,To provide reasonable flexibility
residential structure used,, or in, the operation of this ordinance,
human habitation.
the City Council may approve, by a
(2) Land upon which horses are to
four-fifths (4-5) majority vote,
be stabled and pastured
applications for stable permits
(hereinafter referred to as the
Which do not meet all the ,
stabling area) must be surroylnll
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requirements of this ordinance
by a sturdy fence which w,lr.,ke
where such exception would not be
horses confined.
inconsistent with the intent of the
(3) No stable permit shatebe
ordinance.
issued for a lot of less than one (1)
acre. Minimum acreage for two ('};
SECTION 12. VIOLATIONS OF
horses shall be one and one-half
THIS ORDINANCE.
1.12) acres and for three (3) horses
Any person- violating the.
;hall be two (2) acres. An ad-
pcovisionsof this ordinance shall be
ditionalone-third(1-3) acre shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
required for each additional horse.
conviction thereof, shall be
(4) Housing or shelter must be
punished by a fine of not to exceed
provided which will keep h'oi{ses
Three Hundred ($300.00) Dollars or
comfortable and protected from the
imprisonment of not to exceed
elements, and said housing or
ninety (90) days or both. In the
shelter shall be so located as ;n" do
event that any of the provisions :of
create a nuisance.'
thisordinance areyiolated, the City
(5) Accumulations of rin"' re
Clerk may .institute any proper
shall be located at ieast one,.hun-
action or proceeding in the name of
dred (100) feet from any Well ,U
the City'to_restra'in or abate such
accumulations of manure Shat"' a
removed at such periods aS ill
violation.
SECTION 13. EFFECTIVE DATE.
insure that no leaching or ob-
This ordinance shall take effect
jectionable odors exist,and the
and be in force after its passage and. •:
premises shall not be allowed;to
publication according to law
become unsightly.
SECTION 14. REPEAL.
SECTION 6. ANNUAL
Chanhassen Township Ordinance'""`
REGISTRATION STATEMENT.
No. 11, enacted September 16, 1964,
By June 1 of each year, the
is hereby repealed.
holder of a stable permit shall file,
SECTION 15. SEVERABILITY.
upon forms furnished by the City
If any section, subsection, sen -
Clerk, an annual registration
tence, clause or phrase of tOis or.
statement with the City Clerk
dinance is, for any reason, held to :y?
setting forth the current status of
be invalid, such decision shall not,,,,)
the information required by Section
affect the validity of the remaining,`
3 of this ordinance. Said annual
portions of the ordinance..
registration statement form shall
Passed by the Council this 17th day
be signed by said holder and shall
of 'Feb., 1975.
contain said holder's -affirmation
Al H. Klingelhutz
that the facts set forth in said
;Mayor
registration statement are true and
ATTEST:
correct to the best of his or her
Barry Brooks
knowledge, and shall also contain
CLERK -ADMINISTRATOR
said holder's statement of.consent
(Published in Carver County
to reasonable inspection as
Herald on April 24, 1975.)
provided by Section 4 of this or-
dinance. Upon the filing of such
annual registration statement, such
holder' shall pay to the City
CITY'OF CHANHASSEN
Treasurer an inspection fee of Ten
($10.00) Dollars. This inspection fee
shall not be refundable.
Ordinance No. 56
Failure to file the annual
registration statement by The in-
dicated date will result in
automatic cancellation of the stable
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
permit and said permit shall be
CARVER AND HENNEPIN
automatically void. The holder of
COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
such a' canceled and void stable
ORDINANCE NO. 56
permit shall be required to make
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING
application for a new stable permit
REGULATIONS FOR THE
as provided by Section 3 of this
KEEPING, RAISING OR
ordinance;- the subject premises
BOARDING OF HORSES WITHIN
shall be inspected as provided by
THE CITY AND PROVIDING
Section 4 of this ordinance; and in
PENALTIES , FOR THE
no event shall the City Clerk issue a
VIOLATION THEREOF.
new stable permit to said holder
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
except upon City Council approval
CHANHASSEN ORDAINS:
as provided by Section 5 of this
ordinance.'
SECTION 1. PURPOSES AND
SECTION 7. REVOCATION OF
INTENT.
STABLE PERMIT.
This ordinance :senacted for the
Permits issued pursuant to this
purpose of establishing regulations
ordinance may be revoke& by the
for the keeping, raising or boarding
City Council if the Council finds, by
of horses.
a four-fifths '(4-5) majority vote,
.
SECTION 2. STABLE PERMITS.
after investigation- by the Horse
No person, firm or corporation
Committee and after holding a
shall maintain or stable horses,
hearing thereon, preceded .by
colts, ponies or mules (hereinafter
notice of the hearing to be given to
referred to as horses) upon land
the holder of the permit mailed to
lying within the limits of the City of
the address shown on the ap-
Chanhassen without first obtaining
plication or most recent annual
a permit therefor (hereinafter
regisir`ation statement at least ten
referred to as a stable permit) from
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publisher of the newspaper known as n
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said newspaper has been printed in the English language from its known office of
publication within the .. �.1.0 Y ........ from which it purports to be issued as
above stated and in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in
space to at least 450 running inches of single column, two inches wide; has been
issued ... • . • • • •Qr=(�•W • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • each week from a known office established
in said place of publication and employing skilled workmen and equipped with the
necessary material for preparing and printing the same, and the presswork on that
part of the newspaper devoted to local news of interest to the community which it
purports to serve has been done in its known office of publication; that during all said
time in its makeup not less than twenty-five per cent of its news columns have been
devoted to local news of interest to the community it purports to serve; that. during
all said time it has not wholly duplicated any other publication, and has not been
entirely made up of patents, plate matter and advertisements; has been circulated in
and near its said place of publication to the extent of at least two hundred and forty
(240) copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers and has entry as second class
matter in its local post office; and that there has been on file in the office of the
Varve
County Auditor of ...... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • County, Minnesota, the affidavit
of a person having knowledge of the facts, showing the name and location of said
newspaper and the existence of the conditions constituting its qualifications as a legal
newspaper.
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that the following is a printed copy
of the lower case alphabet from a to z both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as
being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice,
to -wit:
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the City Clerk. Upon tl4efiling of the
application for such permit, as
provided by Section 3 hereof, such
person, firm or corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the
applicant) shall pay to the City
Treasurer an application fee of Ten
($10.00) Dollars. This fee shall not
be refundable.
SECTION 3. APPLICATION FOR
STABLE PERMIT.
Application for said stable permit
shall'be" made in writing by the
stable'owner or his agent for each
stable, upon forms furnished by the
City Clerk. Each application for a
stable permit shall include the
name and'mailing address of the
owner and applicant, the legal
description of the property on
which the stable will be main-
tained, the name and mailing ad.
dress of the owner of the land, the
area expressed in acres designated
for the keeping of horses, the total
number of horses to be kept, in-
formation identifying each horse to
be stabled on the land, and a
description of the shelter provided
for stabling. Said application
form shall be signed by the ap.
plicant and shall also.contain the
applicant's affirmation that the
facts set forth in said application
are true and correct to the best of
his or her knowledge and shall also
contain the applicant's statement of
consent to reasonable inspection of
the subject premises as provided by
Section 4 of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. HORSE COM-
MITTEE.
The City Council hereby
authorizes the establishment of a
Horse. Committee.
(1) The Horse Committee shall
inspect the premises of those
seeking a a stable permit, shall
receive complaints from those
aggrieved by horse owners" or
keepers, shall investigate com.
plaints, shall advise horsemen
against whom complaints have
been lodged and shall recommend
appropriate action to the City
Council.
(2) The City Council shall appoint
three (3) persons to the Horse
Committee, including when
Possible a' representative of the
largest local horse -oriented
association or club; a licensed
veterinarian, and any other person
whom the City Council feels is
qualified to serve. Each member
will serve a two (2) year term and
is eligible for reappointment at the
end of that term.
(3) The Horse Committee shall
inspect the premises and recom-
mend in writing approval or
disapproval to the City Council of
all applications for permits under
this ordinance.
(10) days prior to said hearing that:
(1) The applicant has not
maintained the standards set forth
in Section 5 of this ordinance; or
(2) The winter accumulation" of
manure is not removed from the
stabling area prior to May 1 of each
Year or as soon as is practicable
thereafter; or
(3) The applicant has failed to
make a reasonable effort to keep
the horse, or horses, under control
and contained within the ap-
plicant's stabling area; or
(4) The horse, or horses, has been
treated cruelly or inhumanely; or
(5) The horse, or horses, is kept,
stabled, boarded or harbored in
such a manner as to constitute a
Public nuisance; or
(6) The accumulations of manure
present a hazard to public health.
SECTION 8. RIDING
REQUIREMENTS.
The City Park and Recreation
Commission shall recommend to
the City Council those areas on
public lands, parks and beaches
where horses may be ridden. The
following standards shall be strictly
followed:
(1) No person shall ride, drive or
lead any horse upon private
property without first obtaining the
written permission of the property
owner.
(2) No person may ride or drive a
horse after the hour of sunset and
before the hour of sunrise along or
crossing any public way without
appropriate lighting or refiec-
torized clothing.
(3) Every person riding a horse
or driving any horse-drawn vehicle
upon a public roadway shall be
subject to those provisions of the
City Ordinances applicable to the
driver of a motor vehicle, except
those provisions which by their
nature have no application.
(4) No person may ride a horse on
any public land, park or beach
except in areas duly designated as
a riding path, trail way or hitching
area by the City Council and so
posted by the City. Park and
Recreation Commission.
(5) Paragraphs (3) and (4) above
notwithstanding, no person shall
ride, drive or lead any horse upon
the boulevard of any platted area in
this City."
(6) No person shall interfere with
any horse being ridden or kept in a
lawful manner.
SECTION 9. ; RUNNING AT
LARGE PROHIBITED.
No horse shall be permitted to
run at large within the limits of the
City.
SECTION 10. EXISTING
STABLES.
Persons, firms or corporations
maintaining or stabling horses as of
the effective date of this ordinance
shall comply with all provisions of
this ordinance expcept the
requirements of Section 5(1) and
5(3). The previous sentence not.
withstanding, it shall be unlawful
for such persons, firms or cor-
porations or their heirs and assigns
to