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Item No: 6A <br />Meeting Date: June 21, 2006 <br />Type of Business: PC Action <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: James Ericson, Community Development Director <br />Item Title/Subject: Consideration of an Ordinance Amending the <br />Procedures and Regulations Pertaining to Dog <br />Kennels <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />Staff is seeking Planning Commission review of a proposed ordinance that would eliminate <br />residential dog / cat Kennels as a conditional use. The Planning Commission has review <br />oversight due to the one line of text stricken from the Zoning Code. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />The basis for this proposed amendment is that presently any property owner with three or <br />four dogs has to go through a conditional use permit (CUP) process with the planning <br />commission and city council subject to redundant public hearing and notification requirement. <br />The problem with the process is that a CUP runs with the land, not the property owner, which <br />means if the resident gets a CUP then moves, the CUP stays at the former property, which is <br />not the intent. The other rationale behind the amendment is that having three or four dogs is <br />*really* not a land-use issue as is an oversized garage or reduced setback. The licensing <br />requirement remains essentially the same, the primary change is to simply drop the CUP <br />requirement from the process. <br /> <br />Outcome: <br /> <br />Residents would still need to present a petition bearing the signatures of at least 50% of their <br />neighbors within 500 feet if they would like to have three or four dogs however they would no <br />longer be required to wait six weeks to go through the CUP process. The proposed <br />amendment would add language regarding persons ineligible for a kennel license and would <br />clarify the justification for license revocation. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Review the proposed Code amendment and if found acceptable, approve Resolution 842-06. <br />There are no time constraints associated with this request so if the Commission would like <br />additional information or would prefer to continue discussion to your next meeting, that is fine <br />as well. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />_____________________________________ <br />James Ericson <br />Community Development Director