Chapter 5.42 HORSE-DRAWN VEHICLES
Section 5.42.180 Regulations for operation of horse-drawn vehicles.
A. No horse-drawn vehicle shall be
left unattended on public right-of-way at any time.
B. Tickets shall be sold only at designated
locations or on the vehicles themselves. Ticket
prices for rides offered shall be communicated to potential patrons before boarding the vehicle.
C. All horses or other animals used
to draw vehicles for hire in the city shall be subject to
examination by an equine veterinarian or other qualified person of city's choice at any time. Such
examination shall be conducted at a mutually agreed upon location. Failure to allow such
examination shall be grounds for summary suspension of the operating permit pursuant to
Section 5.42.030. Any person requesting a nonscheduled veterinary examination shall be
responsible for the cost of any such examination.
D. No animal shall work for more than
eight hours per day or ten hours with an hour and
one-half break, disconnected from the carriage in a twenty-four-hour period. All animals shall be
rested and watered as needed. No animal shall work when the outdoor temperature exceeds one
hundred degrees Fahrenheit.
E. A health passport/work log shall
be kept or each animal used by the operator, containing
the following information:
1. A photograph and description of
the animal;
2. Dates of vaccinations, wormings
and other health care procedures;
3. The dates and hours the animal
works;
4. Any other information which the
city determines is reasonably necessary to insure proper
care of the animal.
One copy of the health passport/work log shall be kept with
the animal at all times. Each
operator shall provide a copy of the health passport/work log for every animal used in his/her
operation when requested by the chief of police.
F. Each operator of a horse-drawn
vehicle shall install and properly maintain an effective
device to catch feces before it falls to the ground and shall ensure that any feces or other waste
deposited on the public right-of-way or any private property within the city is cleaned up
immediately after each shift. In the event an operator fails to complete clean-up, the city may do
so and bill operator for all costs incurred by city for the clean-up. Failure to pay a billing for this
service within thirty days after date of mailing shall constitute grounds for suspension of the
operator's permit. (Ord. 511 § 1 (part), 1994)