Proposed Zoning Regulation Text Amendment

            The following is an explanation of the Zoning Regulation text amendment, which is on

            the Planning Commission’s March 6, 2008 agenda:

             Explanation:

            The County is the petitioner on this amendment, per request of the County Attorney.

            This amendment proposes to change the definition of “kennel, commercial” in two ways. 

            (1) by deleting the phrase “at least four months of age”.  The revised definition would

            then read:

            KENNEL, COMMERCIAL  shall mean any building, enclosure, other outdoor facilities

            such as play areas, fenced-in areas and runs, or land upon which four or more dogs at

            least four months of age are kept for purposes of housing, grooming, breeding, boarding,

            training or sale, for a fee or compensation.

            (2) add the following as a second sentence to the kennel, commercial definition:  “A

            commercial kennel shall have an occupied on-site residence on the same tract (legal

            description) as the proposed kennel prior to application to the County for a commercial

            kennel (kennel, commercial) conditional use permit.”

            This final result of these two changes would be the following:

            KENNEL, COMMERCIAL  shall mean any building, enclosure, other outdoor

            facilities such as play areas, fenced-in areas and runs, or land upon which four or more

            dogs are kept for purposes of housing, grooming, breeding, boarding, training or sale, for

            a fee or compensation.  A commercial kennel shall have an occupied on-site residence on

            the same tract (legal description) as the proposed kennel prior to application to the

            County for a commercial kennel (kennel, commercial) conditional use permit.