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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, November 9, 2015 <br />7:00 o'clock p.m. <br />9. #15-3768115-3780 MICHAEL AND LISA LARSON, 3569 SHORELINE DRIVE, TEXT <br />AMENDMENT TO AMEND B-1 ZONING DISTRICT AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT <br />(continued) <br />Cornick stated he has counted the suites and that there are only 54. Cornick asked whether the dogs will <br />be doubled up. <br />Mike Larson stated the number is assuming that all suites would be occupied plus additional dogs for <br />daycare, which is how the 72 number was arrived at. <br />McMillan asked if the boarding dogs and the daycare dogs would be separated. <br />Lisa Larson indicated they would be separated for some of the time and together part of the time. Larson <br />noted the 72 number would be the maximum number of dogs in the facility. <br />Mike Larson stated there is an indoor play area that would be divided up to break the dogs into pods to <br />make sure the daycare dogs are managed on one schedule and the overnight dogs are managed on another <br />schedule. <br />Lisa Larson stated the overnight dogs will have different eating and relief times. <br />McMillan asked how tall the outdoor fences would be. <br />Lisa Larson stated they are suggesting six feet but that they would be agreeable to going with eight if <br />required. <br />McMillan noted the applicants also talked about having the garage door open periodically. McMillan <br />expressed a concern about the noise if the door was left open. <br />Lisa Larson stated that door would be rarely open. <br />Mike Larson stated that would be something that would need to be monitored very closely by themselves <br />but that they only intend to do it once in a while on a very nice day when the majority of the residents are <br />not around. <br />Lisa Larson noted north of the garage door is a single door that they would primarily use. <br />Council Member Printup asked how waste disposal would be handled. Printup stated he has become less <br />concerned with the noise but that he still has a concern with the outdoor play areas and odors. Printup <br />stated to his recollection he read in some minutes that there is a trend that these types of businesses have <br />moved inside. <br />Mike Larson stated when the dogs are out in the relief area, the solid waste will be picked up immediately <br />and put into sealed containers on site. The waste will be collected three times a week by a contractor <br />licensed to do that type of work. Larson indicated they intend to install a surface called canine grass, <br />which is made by a company called Forever Lawn. In that system, the liquid waste penetrates down <br />through crushed limestone, which acts like a mound septic tank. That space would be treated with <br />enzymes, which naturally breaks down the liquid waste. <br />Page 13 of 24 <br />