[Amended 11-22-2004 by Ord. No. 467]
Licensees must adhere to the routes specified in the license application.
New or temporary routes must be applied for and approved by the Village Board
and filed with the Clerk before a licensee may use the new or temporary route.
Any deviation from the established route without said approval shall be a
violation of this section.
No driver shall be allowed to drive a horse-drawn carriage for more
than a period of 10 hours in any twenty-four-hour day. No carriage shall be
operated while the temperature exceeds 90° Fahrenheit.
Licensees shall comply with the following sanitation requirements:
A.
All horses shall be equipped with adequate devices to
prevent manure from falling upon the streets of the Village. No driver shall
allow manure or urine to remain on any street, alley, gutter, sidewalk, lawn,
field, or any public or private property, and the driver of the animal shall
immediately remove the same by the most effective means possible.
B.
All animal waste shall be promptly transported to sites
legally empowered to accept such waste for treatment and disposal.
The seating capacity of the carriage shall be specified in the carriage
license. No driver shall permit more passengers than can be seated on the
seats of the carriage, except children under five years of age may be carried
by an adult. No driver shall permit any passenger to sit alongside the driver
while the driver is engaged in the operation of the horse and carriage.
Licensees shall ensure adequate rest periods, feeding schedules, health
and related animal performance and well-being for each horse under the licensee's
ownership, care or control. This responsibility shall include carriage load
limits, hours of operation and daily hours of animal usage, except that no
animal shall be required to work more than 10 hours per day. No animal shall
be left unattended.
[Amended 11-22-2004 by Ord. No. 467]
For each horse that will be pulling a carriage, licensees shall provide
a certificate of soundness issued by a veterinarian licensed in this state,
finding such animal to be free of infectious disease, in good health and fit
for hack and carriage service under this chapter. Each horse shall be reinspected
at intervals of no more than six months. No horse shall be used to draw a
carriage unless such a certificate of soundness, dated within the preceding
six-month period, is on file with the Village Clerk.
