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COUNCIL MEETING June 24, 1985 Page Eight the City should acquire the property is in limbo. There has bee talk of selling the property and this may resolve the problem. He will keep the Council updated. The Council took a five minute break at 8:22 P.M. PLANNING AND ZONING REPORT - PETE KLUEGEL A. Alwin LaMotte - Mining Report - Conditional Use Permit Flood Plain. Mr. Kluegel explained this request is for a Mining Permit for 1000 cubic yards of fill and a Conditional Use Permit to take fill out of a,flood plain area. A Rice Creek Watershed permit has been issued to construct two duck ponds and take the residue off the site. Mr. Kluegel explained that this is an after the fact permit. He had received a copy of a citation sent to Mr. LaMotte by the RCWD instructing Mr. LaMotte to remove the fill from a certain elevation. He had contacted Mr. LaMotte and found the fill was being removed. Mr. Kluegel explained a Mining Permit is $100.00 and there is no restoration fee required in this case. The Planning and Zoning Board has instructed that when Mr. LaMotte comes back for per- mission to dredge county ditch #25 he not be double charged. The single fee of $100.00 will cover both instances. Mr. Marier moved to grant Alwin LaMotte at 6510 - 12th Avenue a Mining Permit to remove spoils from the land described in the application and also that any monies be reimbursed back to him for double payment as recommended by the Planning and Zoning Board. Mr. Kulaszewicz seconded the motion. Motion carried un- animously. The Flood Plain Ordinance requires a Conditional Use Permit to remove spoils out of a flood plain. Mr. Kulaszewicz moved to approve the Conditional Use Permit to remove 1,000 cubic yards of dredged material out of the area described in the application. Mr. Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. B. Russell Pert - Clarifying Definition of Household Pet. Mr. Klue- gel explained a police officer responded to a complaint of a goat being kept on residential property. The property is zoned Ex- pansion Residential and consists of approximately 1.8 acres. The Animal Ordinance was reviewed and found that the definition of household pets does not involve goats. Therefore a request for a variance was taken to the Planning and Zoning Board because to keep large animals in this area requires a five acre lot. The Planning and Zoning Board reviewed the Animal Ordinance and found this animal would fall under the household pet category based on these key words "similar animals" and "kept as household pets." Zack Johnson, City Planner, brought to the attention of the