NORTH KINGSVILLE — Time has run out for a North Kingsville woman who fought to keep her three beloved horses at hand.
A 45-day grace period village council granted Kelli Brown to shelter her horses has expired, and Brown must now abide by existing law that requires a barn to be no closer than 400 feet from a neighboring dwelling.
Meanwhile, council this week amended village code to require a minimum five acres of land for grazing animals.
Several weeks ago, Brown asked council to revisit the 400-foot requirement for barns. Brown wanted to keep her horse and two ponies, which arrived in September, closer to her East Center Street (Route 20) for safety and convenience reasons.
Council ultimately rejected Brown’s request early in October, but allowed Brown to keep the animals inside a building a few steps from her home for 45 days until a building that complies with code could be built.
Brown could not be reached Friday to say if a replacement building has been constructed somewhere on her property that can’t be spotted from Route 20. As of Friday morning, the horses were still in their makeshift pasture.
Brown’s proposal had its supporters and detractors. Some opponents felt sorry for the horses, believing they are confined in a too-small pasture bordering a busy highway inside a residential district.
Perhaps with that concern in mind, council on Wednesday amended code to require minimum acreage for grazing animals. The old law allowed the “stabling of horses” on a minimum one acre of land as long as the animals’ barn was at least 400 feet from a neighbor’s home.
The new version requires at least five acres of grazing land for grazing animals, and an additional acre for every additional grazing animal. The 400-foot requirement still stands.
Only one acre is needed for “agricultural, farm and fur-bearing animals, animal kennels, pigeons or other domestic animals or birds,” according to the legislation.
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