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Mounds View <br />Planning Commission August 1, 2001 <br />Regular Meeting Page 8 <br />________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br /> <br />Planning Associate Atkinson stated the Planning Commission should determine whether these <br />requirements are adequate for animal boarding facilities or if more are needed. He noted an <br />Ordinance had been prepared for the Commission's review that includes the changes reviewed. <br />He advised that the ordinance can be modified before forwarding it to the City Council if the <br />Planning Commission feels changes are necessary. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Atkinson stated Staff also recommends that Chapter 1102.02, <br />DEFINITIONS, be amended to remove language in the definition for VETERINARY OR <br />ANIMAL CLINIC that prohibits animal boarding, and that a definition of animal boarding be <br />added in order to specify what ‘animal boarding’ should include. He suggested the following <br />existing definition could be amended as follows: <br /> <br />VETERINARY OR ANIMAL CLINIC: A structure intended for providing <br />medical examinations and treatment to animals. Services would be limited to <br />small animals and would not may include boarding of animals. (Ord. 441, 5-23- <br />88) <br /> <br />Planning Associate Atkinson recommended the following definition, or a variation, should be <br />included in the City Code to specify what types of animals would be allowed in a boarding <br />facility: <br /> <br />ANIMAL BOARDING FACILITY: A commercial establishment in which <br />domesticated animals are housed for a fee or compensation. Domesticated <br />animals include dogs, cats, or rodents such as rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, <br />gerbils or other like animals that are typically confined to a cage or other <br />enclosure. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Atkinson stated the Planning Commission should also consider that the <br />definition would apply to all animal boarding within the City, not just for the Mounds View <br />Animal Hospital. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Atkinson advised that the Minnesota Board of Animal Health distinguishes a <br />boarding facility from a kennel. According to the Board, a kennel covers only those units that pick <br />up, confine, or advertise for lost, unwanted, stray, abandoned, or stolen dogs and cats. This <br />includes humane societies, pounds, and pounds owned and operated by any political subdivision of <br />the state. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Atkinson stated the following definition for kennel should also be included in <br />the Code so a distinction can be made between the two types of facilities: <br /> <br />KENNEL: A facility that houses and advertises for lost, unwanted, stray, <br />abandoned, or stolen dogs and cats. These include humane societies, pounds, and <br />pounds owned and operated by any political subdivision of the State.