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A minimum of two acres of open pasture must be available for a single horse and one additional acre <br />must be available for each additional horse. W'hen the horses arc kept stabled and do not require <br />pasture for feed purposes, the minimum pasture requirement may be adjusted at the discretion of the <br />Council. Such minimum pasture acreage shall not include low lying lands unusable for pasture or <br />grazing. Any person keeping such animals must comply with the provisiorts of the City Code. <br />The use of an accessory building for keeping animals for non-commercial purposes is a permitted <br />use provided it is for the non-commercial use of the property owner or resident and meets the <br />available area standards outlined in the paragraph above (Section 10.20, Subdivision 3 (M). Further, <br />no such structure shall be located less than 150 feet from the nearest adjacent residence and no closer <br />than 75 feet from the nearest lot line. <br />The use of accessory buildings or land for the storage or rearing of animals not owned by the <br />property owner or resident requires a conditional use permit. Further, no such structure shall be <br />located less than 150 feet from the nearest lot line. <br />Rigbt-of-Way Dedication <br />Watertown Road is a City owned right-of-\«y. The property was platted to the center of the street. <br />Subdivision Code requires the land shown as Watertown Road shall be dedicated to the City. The <br />portion of the property dedicated is not considered as lot area. <br />The west 33’ along Orchard Park Road shall be dedicated for right-of-way purposes. <br />Issues for Discussion <br />1. Lot 5 contains the two oversized accessory structures requiring variances to permit two <br />oversized accessory building.' n one lot, to permit two oversized acccssoo' buildings larger <br />than the 3,000 s.f., and to pi - . • 14,497 s.f. for all accessoo' buildings where 6,000 s.f. is <br />allowed. Is it the position o.* < ■: Planning Commission the arena and bam are compatible <br />with the use on the property and warrant variances on a smaller lot, where they currently <br />e.\ist on a 37 acre site? The bam has been on the property for many years. The riding arena <br />was constructed in the early 1970s. At the time of the arena construction the lot w as about <br />7-8 acres in size. Over the past 3 decades property owners have been purchasing adjacent <br />land and combining to this property. <br />2. If future properly owners wish to use the property for commercial purposes it appears the <br />Conditional Use Permit, adopted by Resolution No. 1894, would no longer be valid since the <br />property will be reduced in size. <br />3. The Comprehensive Plan recognizes the rural character of the land in the 5 acre district. <br />Losing horse farms has contributed to a change to character of this part of the City. Does <br />allowing one smaller lot to contain these individual buildings maintain some of that <br />character? <br />ntfi Cm| AlihouK <br />4IC0 Wauiv>nn Roa<l <br />SkrafePIsi Rnriew <br />I>ite4ar4