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Approval to Conduct the Public Hearing and Action to Approve a Recommendation to the Chief of Police to Authorize a Kennel License Submitted by Leslie Gross and Shih-Tzu Knot Grooming Located at 3424 Eagle Avenue, at the Regular Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting on October 23, 2019
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SUBMITTED BY: Nicole LeRoy, Planning Technician
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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 Leslie Gross and Shih-Tzu Knot Grooming at the meeting on October 23, 2019 or postpone, if more information is required.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Planning Department staff received a business registration application from Leslie Gross for her dog grooming business at 3424 Eagle Avenue, Lot 18, Block 2, Robe River Subdivision. Leslie applied to operate her business as a home occupation, which is a permitted accessory use in the residential mobile home district where her proposed business is located. However, Valdez Municipal Code 6.12.040 (A) 1 requires that grooming facilities obtain a kennel license approved by the Animal Control Officer, Planning & Zoning Commission, and Chief of Police prior to being permitted.
A permit of this type requires a public hearing during a scheduled Planning & Zoning Commission meeting, following a public notification and a notice 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 & Zoning Commission to vote on a recommendation to approve a recommendation to the Chief of Police to authorize a kennel l...
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