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Item No. 7 R Staff Report No. Meeting Date: June 8, 1998 Type of Business: 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: Jim Ericson, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing and Consideration of Resolution No. 5241, a Resolution Approving a Conditional Use Permit for a Residential Dog Kennel at 2359 Pinewood Circle;Planning Case No. 528-98. Date of Report: June 4, 1998 Background: The applicants, Scott and Marcia Dumonceaux of 2359 Pinewood Circle, are 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 applicants were sent a map showing those properties within 500 feet along with a corresponding list of property owners/taxpayers. This has been accomplished. The Planning Commission, at its meeting on May 20, 1998, voted unanimously to approve a resolution recommending approval of this CUP request to the City Council. Planning Commission Resolution No. 550-98 is attached for Council review. Discussion: Petition: On the map the staff sent to the applicants, 56 properties were highlighted, which means that 29 of the property owners would need to sign the petition, which was also provided by staff. The applicants collected 30 signatures approving of the kennel request. All of the properties adjacent to 2359 Pinewood Circle, of which there are five, have indicated their approval of the application. Background Check: Staff requested the Police Department to check its records with regard to animal complaints at this location. Only two incidences are on record for this address, one occurring in March of 1997 and the other more recently in May of 1998. The 1997 incidence, which the applicants take full responsibility for, resulted from them leaving for the weekend with the dogs in the care of a"babysitter". The babysitter was not at the house when the applicants left and did not spend the entire day at the home, leaving one dog outside unattended. The applicants regret the inconvenience this cause their neighbors and have not had any complaints since then about barking dogs. The 1998 complaint simply was for owning four dogs without a kennel license/CUP, not for barking dogs.