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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. <br />4300 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 65422 <br />Telephone: 763.231 .2555 Facsimile: 763.231 .2561 planners(n;nacplanning.corn <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Little Canada Planning Commission <br />FROM: Stephen Grittman <br />DATE: February 27, 2015 <br />RE: Little Canada — Wiseman - Pet Sales and Supplies <br />Ordinance Amendment, Conditional Use Permit <br />FILE NO: 758.09 — <br />Background and Analysis <br />Nicole Wiseman is seeking an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to establish an <br />allowance for pet sales and supplies in the B-3 and B-4 zoning districts, and a <br />Conditional Use Permit to operate a facility at 2526 Rice Street (the retail center that <br />includes the Papa Murphy's pizza location). <br />The current zoning ordinance does not provide for pet sales. The nature of the <br />applicant's business is the sale of puppies of small breeds that are less than eight <br />pounds, and are kept indoors. The applicant indicates that there would be no outdoor <br />runs, and waste will be collected and collected in bags and disposed of in the building's <br />dumpster. The applicant indicates that the puppies sold in the store will be up to two <br />months old. <br />Both the B-3 and B-4 Districts are intended to serve as commercial retail and service <br />centers for the area. The retail sales of pet supplies would be consistent with this intent. <br />The keeping and sale of animals raises the prospect of unique issues that are not faced <br />by other retailers, however. <br />As such, staff is recommending that the amendment, if approved, be written to allow pet <br />supplies as a permitted use, but live animal pet sales be allowed only by Conditional <br />Use Permit. The CUP requirement will give the City the ability to consider location, as <br />well as the needs of live animal care as it relates to the potential impacts on surrounding <br />land uses. <br />13 <br />