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CON2013-00012 - CONDITIONAL USE FOR A BOARDING, BREEDING AND TRAINING KENNEL ON PROPERTY ZONED RR RURAL RESIDENTIAL (RR); GENERALLY LOCATED WEST OF 215TH STREET WEST, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 29TH STREET NORTH. (DISTRICT 3).
Presented by: John L. Schlegel, Director of Planning.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt the findings of the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (MAPC), approve the Conditional Use subject to the conditions recommended by the MAPC, and authorize the Chairman to sign the resolution.
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Background: The applicants are requesting a Conditional Use for a Boarding/Breeding/Training Kennel for a maximum of 12 dogs on their RR Rural Residential (RR) zoned 4.55-acre site, located approximately 1/3-mile west of 215th Street West on the south side of 29th Street North. The Unified Zoning Code (UZC), requires a Conditional Use for a Boarding/Breeding/Training Kennel when located within the RR zoning district. The UZC’s Supplementary Use Regulation standards, Sec.III-D, 6-k., for a Boarding/Breeding/Training Kennel are as follows:
(1) Minimum Lot Area. The minimum lot size for Boarding/Breeding/Training Kennels shall be five acres, unless all animals are harbored indoors with no discernible noise or odor at the property lines.
The applicants are requesting a waiver of the 5-acre minimum property size and the requirement of keeping the dogs indoors on a less than 5-acre site. The site is 4.55 acres and the proposed facility will have outdoor runs attached to the 12 indoor kennels, which in turn are part of a proposed indoor training area housed in an existing 40-foot {x} 60-foot building. The applicants are proposing the kennels outdoor runs’ fencing be concrete block for its bottom portion to screen the dogs from each other, which could help reduce noise. The applicants also propose two outdoor training areas for one dog at a time. The Unified Zoning Code (UZC, Sec.V-D.6.), allows the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (MAPC) to make on...
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