§ 17.36.020. Permitted uses.

Premises in the H District may be used for the keeping and maintenance of horses subject to the following conditions:

A.

No more than four horses may be kept on a lot or parcel located within the H District. Foals under one year of age shall not be counted in the maximum number of horses permitted. Miniature horses, less than thirty-eight inches in height shall be counted as one-half of a horse in the maximum number of horses permitted.

B.

The horses shall be maintained in a fenced corral area containing at least eight hundred square feet for the first horse, and for each additional horse beyond one, an additional three hundred square feet or corral area shall be provided. The minimum required corral area(s) may also include covered shelter, including a barn. The corral and any stable which is provided must be no closer than thirty-five feet from any dwelling and no closer than ten feet to a swimming pool. In addition, when the adjacent lot or parcel is unimproved, the stable must be no closer than twenty-five feet from the common boundary line with such unimproved lot or parcel.

C.

The keeping of stallions on property in the H District is subject to the following additional requirements:

1.

Any stallion kept on a property in the H District shall be located within a secure enclosure that is at least five feet in height, and kept at a minimum distance of ten feet from any adjacent off-site horse-keeping area(s). An example of a secure enclosure would be one constructed with wood using four-inch by four-inch pressure-treated or redwood posts, anchored twenty-four inches in cement, eight feet on center, with two-inch by six-inch wood rails set two feet apart. Other types of sturdy fencing may include five diamond V mesh wire, coated wire or metal pipes. Electrically charged wires "hot wire" may also be used, but only to supplement a fenced enclosure and shall meet underwriter's standards for electric fences.

2.

No person shall permit or allow a stallion to be turned out or run at large, including but not limited to, in open range areas or public riding rings.

(Ord. 629 § 15, 2005; prior code § 1869)

(Ord. No. 682, § 1, 10-11-2011)