§ 161.21 Stables for Horses; Physical Facilities and Maintenance; and Rabies Vaccination.
RCNY § 161.21
(a)A stable for horses shall meet the requirements in 24 RCNY Health Code Article 131 governing walls, floors, ventilation, lighting and plumbing and shall have rodent proofing when required by the Department because of evidence of rat infestation. The Department, under such appropriate conditions as it may require, may allow a stable for racing horses to have in the stalls an impacted earth floor with straw, hay or similar material used for bedding.
(b)All exposed surfaces in a stable for horses shall be kept clean, and the walls, ceilings and exposed woodwork shall be whitewashed when necessary.
(c)Straw, hay or other material used as bedding shall not be placed upon a street, sidewalk or roof of a building.
(d)A horse-watering trough shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition and supplied with clean water.
(e)Except in unimproved areas, a stable shall not have or use a manure vault, pit or bin.
(f)All manure and other refuse shall be kept and treated within the stable in a manner satisfactory to the Department so as to minimize odors and prevent the breeding of flies or other annoying or unsanitary conditions. Manure shall either be removed daily or pressed into bales or barrels, adequately protected against flies and otherwise treated in a manner satisfactory to the Department. Manure or other stable refuse shall not be permitted to remain in a stable for more than four days.
(g)Unless special facilities satisfactory to the Department are provided for outside loading, the vehicle in which manure is to be removed shall be completely inside the stable and the stable doors shall be closed when manure is loaded. When barrels are unloaded they shall be cleaned and deodorized inside the stable in a manner satisfactory to the Department so as to prevent the creation of a nuisance.
(h)A stable yard or other area used by animals shall be kept clean, and the surface shall be graded so as to prevent the accumulation of liquids.
(i)All horses owned, boarded, used or brought into the City of New York for any purpose shall have an annual rabies vaccination. Every person who owns a horse and every person who owns or maintains a stable for horses in the City of New York shall maintain a record of such horse's rabies vaccinations and make such records available to officers, agents and employees of the Department for examination upon request. Requirements for rabies vaccination for horses shall apply to all horses housed or brought into any stable in the City of New York regardless of whether the stable is required to hold a permit issued pursuant to this Article.
