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Macfdannolds CUP Apri I 21, 1999 Page 2 As of the date ihis repari was drafted (April 15, 1999) the applicant had not yet submitted the required signatures for this application, although she had ieft a voice mail message indicating that she was working on getting the rest of the signatures. Because of the 120 day deadiine-_May g, 1999--the Planning Commission needs to act on this request at its April 17th meeting so that the City Council can take final action on Apri126, 1999, the last.regular meeting before the deadline. Anai�sis: Lice�sin Re uirements: There are two critical requirements for a resideniial dog kennel license to be approved, T1ne first is that the applicant shall obtain signatures of approval from at least fifty percent of the property owners within 500 feet of ihe subject property. Tn this case, there are 57 properties that either gall within or are partially within a 500-fooi radius a�2841 Bronson Drive, which means that at a tninimum, 29 of the property awners would need to sign a petition in favor of ihe kennel applicaiion. The applicani has thus far collected signatures approving of the kennel request from six (6) property owners. The other requirement is that the City Council would need to approve a conditional use permit for tlais request. As with any conditional use permit, there are siandards and requireme�ts that need to be addressed that concern the possible impacts of this use io the immediate area and community as a whole. The individuai requirements vaill be addressed in the ne� sectio� of this �� report. ... Public Scr e.� Revrew: Staff has inquired with the Police Department regarding any calls or cotnplaints associated with dogs at Ms. MacRannold's hotne. Since 1992, there have been four incidents involving dogs: � On November 30, 1992, a male Rottweiler was removed from the property after it had reportedly attacked someone. � Qn Octobar 10, 1994, the applicant was issued Administrative Offenses for having two dogs {Rottweilers} withaut a license, both of which had been running loase through the neighborhood. ° On March 19, 1998, a dog was removed from the subject property for not having a dog lieense. o On December 1, 1998, the applicant was issued a Citation for having more than two dogs ai her property. Adverse E ects: As r�vith all variance and conditionat use permit requests, the Pianning Commission is charged with examining the possible adverse effects of the proposal. The City Cod�, in �ection 1125.01, Subdivision 1, identifies five factors to be addressed. They are as follows, wi�h respons�s in italics: _ _ _ ____ • ; ,