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Item No. 7!7 Staff Report No. Meeting Date: December 28, 1998 Type of Business: PH& CB WK: Work Session;PH:Public Hearing; CA:Consent Agenda;CB:Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: James Ericson, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing (7:05 PM) and Consideration of Resolution No. 5297, a Resolution Approving a Conditional Use Permit for a Residential Dog Kennel for Tammy Schmitt, located at 2206 Hillview Road; Planning Case No. 542-98 Date of Report: December 22, 1998 Applicable Regulations: • Municipal Code Section 701.03, Subdivisions 1, 3, and 15, regarding the licensing of dogs and operation of kennels. • Municipal Code Section 1106.04, Subdivision 3, which requires a conditional use permit for residential dog kennels in an R-1, Single Family Residential district. • Municipal Code Section 1125.01, Subdivision 3b, which identifies the criteria to be used for granting a conditional use permit. Background: The applicant, Tammy Schmitt of 2206 Hillview Road, is applying for a conditional use permit for a residential dog kennel, a Code requirement for property owners with three or four dogs. One of the licensing requirements is that the property owner shall obtain signatures of approval from more than 50 percent of the residents within 500 feet of the property proposing the kennel. The applicant was sent a map showing those properties within 500 feet along with a corresponding list of property owners/taxpayers. Analysis: On the map staff sent to the applicant, 62 properties were highlighted, indicating that 32 of the property owners would need to sign a petition in favor of the kennel application. The applicant collected signatures approving of the kennel request from 44 of the highlighted properties, well in excess of the required 32 signatures. The three properties adjacent to Ms. Schmitt, as well as those properties directly across the street, have indicated their approval of the application. Staff has inquired with the Police Department regarding any calls or complaints associated with dogs at Ms. Schmitt's home, and to the best of their knowledge, there have been none. Ms. Schmitt currently owns two dogs, both of which are kept inside, as will the proposed third dog. The backyard to Ms. Schmitt's home is being completely fenced in to contain the dogs.