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u <br />City of ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />NO. 1654 <br />7. The plan approved by Council in 1977 for ti,: improvement of the <br />property was found to not involve an expansio• 3r intensification <br />of the non conforming commercial use. The m,:rovements were as <br />follows: <br />a) structural repairs and Lenovatior, of the receiving,/OLf?ce <br />building <br />b) concrete floor installed in gare,e area of office building <br />c) existing kennel strL tune and open run areas to be upgraded and <br />enlarged and new open, run areas to be installed <br />8. Council conditioned approval of. the 1977 conditional use permit or. <br />the following: <br />a) accessory commercial use recognized as boarding kennel and size <br />of the structures would limit the boaruing of .30 dogs <br />b) no dogs may be sold for experimental usp <br />c) kennel was to operate and be open to the public under normal <br />business hours <br />d) waste material from anim-Als housed on the premises was to be <br />disposed of in an accepted method so as not to endanger the public <br />health, safety and welfare <br />9. Since 197'i, the applicants have continued to provide the lc.;al <br />community with a much needed sarvice. Their many customers <br />continue to be in full support of the Dog House Kennel. <br />10. Some of the neighboring property ownerF 1, ve advised the City cf <br />proble s from the barkiuy ` �'"gs in the n eun or kennel area and <br />have pe,ltioned the City to see if the applicants could work out a <br />schedule of operation that would decrease the noise problems. <br />11. In recent years, the applicants have been plagued with vandalism <br />culminating last Labor Da%- weekend (Sept. 1983) in the strychnine <br />poisoning of eleven boa -ding canine guests. Three of the eleven <br />dogs died. The owners continue to suffer with repeated <br />vandalisms involving the knnr.els or their personal property. <br />page 2 of 7 <br />