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Complete Date: 5/31/02 Application Deadline: 7/30/02 JUL ? 2 2002 REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY OF OHOmO DATE: July 18, 2002 ITEM NO.: / 0 Department Approval: Name Paul Weinberger Title Zoning Administrator Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: Zoning Item Description:#02*2797 Sandra Smith and James Murphy 30 Orono Orchard Road Conditional Use Permit List of Exhibits A Letter of Application B 1997 Findings C Council Minutes of April 27, 1998 D Property Survey E Plat Map F Topo Map G Public Comments H Application Background The applicants have made a request for a conditional use permit to allow an additional horse on the property, making a total of three horses on the property. The applicants have noted in their letter of application that they have had two horses on the property since they purchased the lot in 1988. One horse is a 26 year old mare and the second is an 16 year old gelding. The third horse is a 4 year old that has been offered to the property owners. Zoning Code Review ’ The property is located in the RR-IB zoning district where horses are a permitted accessorv' use. Section 10.20, Subdivision 3 (M) is the section that regulates the keeping of horses on individual properties. This section has been consistently interpreted by staff as requiring 1 acre for the residence plus 2 acres of pasture for the first horse, or a total of 3 acres for 1 horse. The second horse would require an additional acre of open pasture. Each horse after that would require an additional acre. 5 acres is required to permit 3 horses as an accessor)' use on the property. The Smith/Murphy proper!)’ is appro.ximately 3.6 acres in size. • Section 10.20, Subdivision 3 (\f) gives the Council the discretion to reduce the required pasture acreage if the horses do not require pasture for feed purposes (this is the reason for the Conditional Use Permit request). The Smith/Murphy horses do not require pasture land for feeding.