Resolved Question: horse per acre laws? (20 characters)?

3 February 2012, 4:06 pm

I thought that (in King County/ Redmond, WA) you needed 1 acre per horse, and that is how everybody seems to have their set up, but then I read through the DDES paper and am confused now... (at different points it says 3 per acre, 6 per acre, 1 per 2 acres, etc.) This is copy and pasted from the "King County Department of Development and Environmental Services". II. The maximum number of livestock allowed is as follows: A. For commercial dairy farms, the number is regulated by the Washington State Department of Ecology’s NPDES System, either through a general or a special permit; B. For stables with covered arenas, for which farm management plans are implemented and maintained such that pasture and paddock use does not exceed the equivalent of three animals per acre on a full-time basis, up to six resident horses per acre; Note: Higher densities may be allowed if a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) is approved. C. For all large livestock not covered by sections A and B above, the number is three horses, cows, or similar-size animals per gross acre of total site area. In figuring the number of livestock, two ponies are equivalent to one horse, and miniature horses are treated as small livestock. (See Section E, below.) A farm management plan must be implemented and maintained, or all Livestock Management Standards of Chapter 21A.30.060 of the King County Code (KCC), outlined below, must be met; D. If the standards mentioned in II.C above are not met, then one horse, cow, or similar- size animal (excluding any young animals under six months of age) is allowed per two acres of fenced grazing area; and E. For small livestock, five of each or any combination (excluding sucklings) are allowed per one acre of fenced pasturage, or per ½ acre of total site area. The Livestock Management Standards in Chapter 21A.30.060 of the King County Code (KCC) (described on the following page) must be met. How many horses can you keep per acre?... Read More »

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