For the purposes of this chapter, "commercial stable,"
"riding stable" and "riding academy" mean
and include any place where horses are kept, housed, boarded, lodged,
fed, hired, trained, sold or bred as a commercial activity.
(Prior code § 13-60)
No person shall establish, keep or maintain any commercial stable, riding stable or riding academy in the city without first having obtained a permit in writing from the city clerk to do so as provided under Section 6.08.151 of this code.
(Prior code § 13-61; Ord. 5113 § 6, 1996)
Any person desiring to obtain a commercial stable permit shall file a written application therefor with the city clerk, stating the proposed location of such commercial stable, the name of the applicant and the number of horses to be kept therein at any one time. Such application shall be accompanied by a filing fee, as established by Section 6.04.180. The applicant shall furnish the city clerk with the names and addresses of owners of the horses stabled therein. Only a single fee shall be required for an application to establish, keep or maintain such a commercial stable.
(Prior code § 13-62)
No person shall keep in any stable more than the number of horses
permitted by the stable permit.
(Prior code § 13-63)
No person shall sleep, or prepare meals, or conduct similar
personal living activities in horse stables or in attached accessory
structures.
(Prior code § 13-64)
All areas used in connection with the keeping of horses shall
be so arranged as to prevent an accumulation of standing water.
(Prior code § 13-65)
A.
Wherever
horses are kept or maintained for commercial purposes, including rentals
and boarding for a fee, there shall be a minimum lot area of five
hundred square feet for each horse.
B.
Exception.
Wherever completely enclosed individual box stalls are provided with
minimum dimensions eight feet in width and twelve feet in length an
additional number of horses above the total allowed by this section
may be allowed equal to the number of box stalls provided, but in
no case shall the total number of horses exceed the ratio of one horse
per four hundred square feet of lot area.
(Prior code § 13-66)
A.
Every
commercial stable, or portion thereof, where the public is served
shall be provided with a minimum of one toilet for each sex, in separated
rooms, located so as to be reasonably convenient to the stable clientele.
B.
The
floors and walls of toilet rooms and all surfaces within two feet
of the front and sides of urinals shall be finished with a smooth,
hard, nonabsorbent material of Portland cement, ceramic tile or other
approved materials. Walls shall be finished to a height of four feet
above the floor.
(Prior code § 13-67)
A.
Wherever
horses are kept or maintained for commercial purposes, including rentals
and boarding for a fee, the perimeter of that portion of the property
used for horses shall be completely enclosed with a fence and gates
or other exits leaving a minimum height of six feet. The perimeter
structure shall be capable of supporting a force of one hundred and
fifty pounds per foot with the load applied three feet from the ground
surface. The fence may be constructed of combustible materials in
fire zone three. In the city and fire zone two the fence shall be
constructed of:
B.
Horizontal
intermediate members in open-type railings shall be spaced not more
than two and one-half feet apart.
(Prior code § 13-68)
Wherever horses are kept or maintained for commercial purposes,
including rentals and boarding for a fee, each building or enclosure
used in connection with the keeping of ten or more horses shall have
at least two exits of a minimum width of eight feet. If two exits
are required, they shall be placed a distance apart equal to not less
than one-fifth of the perimeter of the area served.
(Prior code § 13-69)
A.
1.
Standard
automatic fire-extinguishing systems shall be installed as specified
by Chapter 38 of the Uniform Building Code in all stables where horses
are kept or maintained for commercial purposes, including rentals
and boarding for a fee, when the area exceeds four hundred square
feet and is not separated by at least one hour fire-resistive walls
of substantial construction. Attached haylofts, tack rooms and similar
structures shall be considered part of the stables.
2.
Exception.
A minimum three-inch private fire line may be provided. The maximum
area allowed to be served by such a system shall not exceed six thousand
square feet.
B.
When
two or more areas are divided by one hour fire-resistive walls of
substantial construction, the number of sprinklers in the largest
area plus one-half the number of sprinklers in the next largest single
area may determine the cross main sizing.
(Prior code § 13-70)
All horses maintained on any lot or parcel in connection with
a public stable, riding stable or riding academy shall be tethered
or stabled within a building except when being ridden or when being
exercised, groomed or trained by an attendant.
(Prior code § 13-71)
Smoking shall be prohibited in any structure housing horses
and in any area or structure used for the storage of feed and grain.
There shall be posted at all points of ingress to any such structures
or area, a sign stating "SMOKING PROHIBITED." Such sign
shall be easily readable upon approaching any such structures or area.
It shall be the responsibility of the stable or riding academy operator
to cause compliance with this section.
(Prior code § 13-72)
Any operation or use of any property as a commercial stable,
riding stable, riding academy, private stable or public stable shall
not make, cause, suffer or permit to be made or caused, any unnecessary
noises, sounds or vibrations either of a continuing or of an intermittent
nature, or produce, cause or emit any dust, fumes, odors or vapors
which are annoying to persons of ordinary sensitivity or which are
so harsh or so prolonged or unnatural or unusual in their intensity,
time or place of occurrence as to occasion discomfort to the inhabitants
of the city or any number thereof.
(Prior code § 13-73)
