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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: 14 September, 2015 ITEM NO: 9 _____________________________________________________________________________________ Department Approval: Administrator Reviewed: Agenda Section: Name Jeremy Barnhart RJO Planning Department Report Title Community Development Director _____________________________________________________________________________________ Item Description: #15-3768, Michael and Lisa Larson, Ordinance amendment related to dog boarding and grooming in B-1 zoning district, Public Hearing _____________________________________________________________________________________ List of Exhibits Draft Ordinance PC staff report Purpose. The applicants propose an ordinance amendment that defines dog boarding, daycare, and grooming and allows those uses as a conditional use permit in the B-1 zoning district. In anticipation of the ordinance being approved, the applicants have submitted an application for a business meeting those definitions on Shoreline Drive in Navarre. This will be reviewed by the Planning Commission at their meeting September 21st. Background. Kennels, though not defined by the ordinance, are a conditional use in the B-5 zoning district. All kennels require an annual license, approved by the City Council. The Planning Commission, at their public hearing on August 17, 2015, reviewed two ordinances, one prepared by the applicant, and a second more general one, prepared by staff. The Planning Commission favored the more specific one, noting concerns of unintended impacts to neighboring properties. The Planning Commission asked how other communities govern these uses. Minnetonka allows Kennels as an interim use in the R-1, R-3, and R-4 residential zones, with lot size, screening, and licensing requirements. Kennels are not defined. Plymouth allows indoor kennels in the Office, and C-2, 3, and 4 commercial districts as a permitted use. It also allows them in their I-2 Industrial zone, as a conditional use. Kennels are defined as a “premises where the business of selling, boarding, breeding, treating or grooming animals is conducted.” Wayzata defines dog kennels “Any place where three (3) dogs or more over three (3) months of age are kept for the use of the owner, or are boarded, bred and/or offered for sale, except a veterinary clinic.” Kennels are a conditional use in their C-3 zoning district. Mound defines kennel as “any place where more than three of any single type of domestic animal, over six months of age, is owned, boarded, bred, or offered for sale, but not including livestock in relation to a farm.” However, kennels are not listed as principal uses anywhere within their code. COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: Staff and the Planning Commission recommend approval of the ordinance as presented.