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)