A petition to the Bicknell City Council and the Mayor of Bicknell requesting and expecting the following changes in Ordinance # 11 2011.

An ordinance prohibiting the housing of horses and regulating those horses currently housed within the city limits.
A Change in said ordinance wording to read as follows: removing the words” prohibiting the housing of horses and”

Whereas, there has been complaints regarding inadequate and unsanitary housing of horses within the city limits. And
A Change in said ordinance wording to read as follows: removing the word “complaints” and replace this word with “complaint.”

Whereas, there have been complaints of odor from neighbors living near confined horses.
A Change in said ordinance wording to read as follows: removing the word “complaints” and replace this word with “complaint.”

And whereas, keeping a horse within the confines of a city is not providing other residence of the city an environment free of nuisance and exposure to odors and conditions created by the housing of horses; and
A Change in said ordinance by removing the above paragraph in its entirety as it is a general statement being used to apply to horses and thereby bypassing other domestic animals such as dogs and cats.

Whereas, the council now believes that there should be a prohibition and regulation of horses within the city limits of Bicknell.
A Change in said ordinance wording to read as follows: removing the words “prohibition and”.

Section B
Requesting and expecting the Bicknell City Council to remove the first 35 words in Section B of ordinance #11 2011 reading “Any person keeping a horse at the time this ordinance is enacted shall be permitted to continue to keep that particular animal but no others shall be obtained or brought onto the property. PROVEDED, HOWEVER” to be replaced with no words.
(Section B, 1, a) of ordinance #11 2011 to change (1/2) to read (1/4)
(Section B, 1, b) an adjustment in the required size of a horse shelter to allow a smaller housing requirement for ponies whose withers is less than four and one half feet to read 12 by 8.
(Section B, 1, b, ii) all floors shall be dry, with no holes and contain adequate cushioning as to prevent the injury of the horses hoofs and all floors shall be cleaned daily as to prevent disease, odor and pests.

(Section C, 3) removal of the following words; “and disposal”.

See attached legal Bicknell residents signatures numbering ( ) Said legal Bicknell residents ordering immediate actions.

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