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Animal Boarding Code Amendment August 1, 2001 Page 3 f. All a�i►nal boarding facilities shall cofnply with the Minnesota Pet and Compareion Animal Welfare Act (Minn Statutes 346.35 -- 346.44) The Planning Commission should deYermine whether these requirements are adequate for animal boarding facilities or if more are needed. Staff has prepared an Ordinance for your review that includes the changes listed above. The ordinance can be modi�ied before forwarding it to the City Council if the Planning Commission feels changes are necessary. Staff also recommends that Chapter 1102.02, DEFINTTIONS, be amended to remove language in the defnition for VETERINARY OR ANIMAL CLINIC that prahibits animal boarding, and a that a definition of anunal boarding be added in order to specify what `animal baarding' should include. The following existing definition could be amended as follows: VETERINARY OR ANIMAL CLINIC: A�tructure intended for providing medical examinations and treatment to animals. Services would be limited to small animals and �e� mav include boarding of animals. (Ord. 441, 5-23-88) The following definition, or a variation, should be included in the City Code to specify what types of animals would be allowed in a boarding facility. The Planning Commission should also consider that the definition would apply to animal bbarding within the City, nat just for the Mounds View Animal Hospital. ANIMAL BOARDING FACILYTY: A commercial establishment in which domesticated animals are housed for a fee or compensation. Domesticated animals include dogs, cats, or rodents such as rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, or other like animals that are typically confined to a cage or other enclosure. The Minnesota Board of Animal Health distinguishes a boarding facility from a kennel. According to the Board, a kennel covers only those uni#s that pick up, confine, or advertise for lost, unwanted, stray, abandoned, or stolen dogs and cats. This includes humane societies, pounds, and pounds owned and operated by any political subdivision of the state, A definition far kennel shauld also be included in the Code so a distinction can be made betvc�een the two types of facilities. Kennels are not specifically referenced in the Code and therefore are not perinitted within the City. KENNEL: A facility the houses and advertises for lost, unwanted, stray, abandoned, or stolen dogs and cats. These include humane societies, pounds, and pounds owned and operated by any political subdivision of the state. RECOMMENDATION FOR TEXT AMENDMENT A recommendation to the City Council regarding Ordinance 685 is included in Resolution 667-01.