ITEM TITLE:
Approval to Conduct the Public Hearing and Action to Approve a Recommendation to the Chief of Police to Authorize a Kennel License Submitted by Christina Mitvitnikoff and FUR-ologist’s LAB-rotory Located at 120 Hanagita Street, at the Meeting on September 25, 2019
SUBMITTED BY: Nicole LeRoy, Planning Technician
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: N/A
Unencumbered Balance: N/A
Funding Source: N/A
RECOMMENDATION:
Grant approval to conduct the public hearing and action to approve a recommendation to the Chief of Police to authorize a kennel license submitted by Christina Mitvitnikoff and Fur-ologist’s LAB-rotory at the meeting on September 25, 2019 or postpone, if more information is required.
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
On August 21, 2019, Planning Department staff received a business registration application from Christina Mitvitnikoff for her dog grooming business at 120 Hanagita Street. Christina applied to operate her business as a home occupation, which is a permitted accessory use in the residential mobile home district where her home is located. However, Valdez Municipal Code 6.12.040 (A) 1 required that grooming facilities obtain a kennel license approved by the Animal Control Officer, Planning and Zoning Commission, and Chief of Police.
A permit of this type requires a public hearing during a scheduled Planning & Zoning Commission meeting, following a public notification in The Valdez Star and a letter mailed to property owners within three hundred feet (300’) of the property. The Policies & Procedures for the Planning & Zoning Commission state that “an issue discussed in a public hearing may not appear as an agenda item for decision at the same meeting except with consent by the majority of the Commission.”
A vote of approval on this motion will allow the Planning and Zoning Commission to vote on a recommendation to approve a recommendation to the Chief of Police to authorize a kennel license for FUR-ologist’s LAB-rotory at the same meeting as the public hearing, on September 25th, 2019.
If the Commission has any questions resulting from the public hearing, the decision can be postponed to the next regularly scheduled meeting, to allow staff to follow up on any new information or questions raised.