HORSE & STABLE REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
April 12, 2005
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The Horse & Stable Review Committee was called to order at 7:35 p.m., in the Basement
Meeting Room at Town Hall with Chairman Jerry Janousek, Susan Littlefield, Deborah Yates,
Gregg Griner, Judy Tortora, Julie Kent, Jenny Maas and Sara Wilson present. Tom O’Regan was
the alternating Board of Health member. Jennifer Dalrymple, Health Agent, was present and took
Minutes.
I.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
A. Chairman Jerry Janousek read a statement concerning comments made in a
letter to the Committee from Anne Eldridge dated March 31, 2005. It was
decided by the Committee that instead of amending the Minutes of
February 15, 2005, that Chairman Janousek’s statement would be made
part of these Minutes. Both Chairman Janousek’s statement and Anne
Eldridge’s letter are attached as part of these Minutes.
B. The Committee decided to cancel the meeting of April 19, 2005, and
add/schedule the following dates: May 3, 2005, May 17, 2005 and May
31, 2005.
C. Susan Littlefield wanted the Minutes to reflect that the Committee had
agreed to revisit the whole document one more time, prior to handing
them back to the Board of Health. Committee agreed that this would be
done.
D. Minutes of the meeting of March 29, 2005, were reviewed and approved as
written with no amendments.
II.
BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
A. Continued review of Rules & Regulations Governing Horses & Stables
starting at 7.05 (5).
7.05
BARN REQUIREMENTS
(3) Bedding, if used, shall consist of clean straw, shavings or like
substance, generally considered to be environmentally safe, and shall not
contain any animal fiber. (The word “clean” was added before the word
straw. See 7.05(5).)
(5) (This section was deleted and will be incorporated into the Manure
Storage Plan. The Committee felt that the word “clean” should be added
to 7.05(3)).
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(6) Horses shall be safely confined or under an owner’s/handler’s control.
(After, “Horses shall” this wording replaced the following, “not be
allowed to be at large outside the building or enclosure. The owner, agent
or employee of the owner or caretaker shall deem any such horse at large
when it is off the premises or outside the building or enclosure
unaccompanied” This section shall be renumbered 5).
(7) Barn (s) shall be located on land with good drainage. (The words, “and
not susceptible to flooding” were deleted. This section shall be
renumbered 6.)
(8) (Stays the same, to be renumbered 7)
7.06
PADDOCK REQUIREMENTS
(1) (This section is deleted.)
(2) Each paddock must be adequately fenced to assure that the horse is
safely restrained. The Board of Health and/or Animal Inspector shall
determine adequacy. (The word, “The” is replaced with “Each”. This
section is renumbered (1).)
(3) (This section is deleted.)
(4) (This section is renumbered 2.)
(5) (This section is deleted.)
(6) (This section is deleted and shall be included in the Manure
Management Plan.
7.07
SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS
(a) All newly constructed barns shall be consistent with Duxbury
Protective Bylaw setback requirements.
(All of (a) was deleted and replaced with the wording above. The words,
“Paddock Area” were deleted from this section and will become letter (b).
(b) Newly Constructed Paddocks
50 feet from open drains
100 feet from standing water
or water courses
(This section was added. With the words, “150 feet to dwellings not
occupied by owner or operator” deleted from the original7.07(a).)
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(Section (c) was deleted from 7.07will be added to Manure Storage And
Handling section 7.10)
Committee will start with 7.08 IMMUNIZATION at next meeting.
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ADJOURNMENT 8:48 P.M.
NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULED FOR 05/3/2005 @ 7:30 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Jennifer Dalrymple, Health Agent
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Jerry Janousek, Chairman
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Gregg Griner, Vice Chair
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Susan Littlefield
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Julie Kent
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Jenny Maas
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Deborah Yates
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Judy Tortora
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Sally Wilson