§ 35-143. Shelter requirements.

(a)

As used in this article, "shelter" shall mean barns, stables, or other housing for animals.

(b)

All shelters shall be located in such place or places approved by the city manager or the city manager's designee.

(c)

All shelters shall conform to all health and sanitation regulations and shall be open, without prior notice, for inspection by the city manager, or the city manager's designee.

(d)

Horses and carriages shall leave and return to designated shelters only along a route approved in writing by the city manager, or the city manager's designee.

(e)

Shelters shall have a permanent roof, stalls and access ways used for quartering equines. The walls shall not have sharp protruding objects. Every equine shall be quartered in a clean, dry, well-ventilated, but not drafty, shelter of not less than one hundred (100) square feet per animal.

(f)

Horses shall be adequately quartered. Shelters and stalls shall be clean and dry. Sufficient bedding of straw, shavings, or other suitable material shall be furnished and changed as often as necessary to maintain the stables and stalls in a clean and dry condition. Bedding for concrete floors shall consist of at least six (6) inches of materials. Bedding for clay, dirt or rubber base floor shall consist of at least three (3) inches of materials.

(g)

Mineral blocks shall be provided at all times.

(h)

Ventilation shall be provided for all stalls.

(i)

Roofs must be kept free of leaks.

(j)

All animal areas shall be treated in a manner that destroys and repels insects.

(k)

All shelters shall be properly zoned and approved by the planning department for the City of Galveston.

(l)

All shelters shall have smoke detectors in good working condition.

(m)

All interior and exterior areas of the shelter shall be kept clean, properly drained and free of nuisances, including, but not limited to, odors and accumulations.

(n)

Horses shall have access to hay at all times. The hay shall be clean, fresh and of good quality.

(o)

Horses shall have access to clean, fresh drinking water at all times.

(Ord. No. 94-51, §§ 1, 2, 9-8-94; Ord. No. 11-024, § 2, 4-14-11)