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8370 Pleasant View Drive CUP Report April 25, 2005 Page 2 Staff contacted the Mounds View Police Department and requested any complaints or reports filed regarding animals at the subject property. There is one complaint on file with the Police Department for 8370 Pleasant View Drive. On March 5, 2005, the Police Department received a complaint about barking dogs at the residence. Because the applicant moved to Mounds View just a few months ago, Staff also contacted the City of West St. Paul, where the applicant previously resided. The Police Department in West St. Paul had no reports or complaints regarding animals for the applicant or her previous residence. CUP Considerations: Conditional Use Criteria In granting a conditional use permit, the City Council shall consider the advice and recommendations of the Planning Commission (see “Adverse Effects” on page 3), and the effect of the proposed use on the Comprehensive Plan and upon the health, safety and general welfare of occupants of surrounding lands. Among other things, the City Council shall make the following findings where applicable: (1) The use will not create an excessive burden on existing parks, schools, streets and other public facilities and utilities which serve or are proposed to serve the area. The proposed residential kennel would cause none of these identified problems. (2) The use will be sufficiently compatible or separated by distance or screening from adjacent residentially zoned or used land so that existing homes will not be depreciated in value and there will be no deterrence to development of vacant land. The applicant’s property will be fenced in and having pets is a common situation in residential areas. The proposed use should not cause depreciation in value of the neighboring properties. (3) The structure and site shall have an appearance that will not have an adverse effect upon adjacent residential properties. The rear yard of the applicant’s property will be entirely fenced in. The property appears similar to all other residential properties and the site should not have an adverse effect upon the adjacent properties. The concern that has been pointed out by the neighbors, is that if the dogs bark excessively, it would cause a nuisance to the adjacent properties. (4) The use, in the opinion of the City Council, is reasonably related to the overall needs of the City and to the existing land use. Dog ownership is fairly common in residential neighborhoods.