ORD 97-9CITY OF OTSEGO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 97-9
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 27 OF THE OTSEGO ZONING ORDINANCE
REGARDING THE KEEPING OF HORSES IN R-1 AND R-2 ZONING DISTRICTS.
THE CITY OF OTSEGO ORDAINS:
Section 1. Section 20-27-4 of the Otsego Zoning Ordinance (Farm Animals) is:
hereby amended to add the following:
F. The keeping and maintaining of horses shall be allowed by interim use permit in the
R-1 and R-2 zoning districts, provided:
1. The provisions of Section 35 of this Chapter are considered and determined
to be satisfied.
2. The lot lies within the City's Rural Service Area, the boundaries of which are
defined within the City's Comprehensive Plan.
3. The minimum lot size upon which the horses are to be located shall be two
and one-half (2'/) acres.
4. The horses are not confined in a pen, feedlot, or building within two hundred
(200) feet of any R-3 Residential District property line not owned or leased
by the operator.
5. The keeping and care of horses is provided as regulated by the City Code.
6. The density of horses does not exceed one (1) horse per acre.
7. A shelter or stabling facility shall provide a minimum of one hundred (100)
square feet of enclosed area per horse.
Section 2. Section 20-53-3 of the Otsego Zoning Ordinance (R-1 District interim
uses) is hereby amended to add the following:
B. The keeping of horses as regulated by Section 27.F of this Chapter.
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Section 3. Section 20-54-3 of the Otsego Zoning Ordinance (R-2 District interim
uses) is hereby amended to add the following:; r ,
D. The keeping of horses as`regulated by Section 27T of this Chapter.
Section 4. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage
and publication.
ADOPTED by the ~Otse o City Council this 28th day of July 1997.
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By.
dministrator
Elaine Beatty, City Ierk/Zonin
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Posted: 8/13/97 Both Boards
Published: Elk River Star
News 8/20/97