Are you planning to place any horses at your property or to build a NEW Horse Stable ?
Before you place any horses at your property...make sure to
make an appointment with the Health Inspector to discuss
your plans and get the stable properly permitted. All horse
stables must be licensed by the Board of Health. The
licensing process can be long, taking more than a month in
most cases.
We highly recommend that you visit with other pertinent
divisions (i.e Building Division) at 200 Main Street around
the same time you apply to the Health Division to make sure
your horse stable will be permitted in the zone you wish to
be in and to determine the maximum number of horses allowed
there.
A complete
application and a neatly drawn sketch of the proposed
stable (showing locations of structures, property lines, any
private wells, proposed manure storage areas, etc) must be
submitted and reviewed with the Health Inspector before you
any horses can be placed onto your property. Additionally if
any variances are needed, the Board of Health must review
and approve the variance at a regularly scheduled meeting
before your license will be issued. These meetings take
place once per month, so plan accordingly.