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Michael and Bonnie DeZelar <br />13884 200th Ave NW <br />Elk River, MN 55330-9060 <br /> <br />City of Elk River Planning Commission <br />Attn: Scott Harlicker <br />13065 Orono Pkwy <br />Elk River, MN 55330 <br /> <br />Dear Commission Members, <br /> <br />I am writing this to clarify our request for a conditional use permit for a Private Kennel License. <br /> <br />We are seeking this license in order to exceed the limit of three dogs allowed without the license. <br />We own Siberian Huskies, a northern sled dog breed, and are planning on getting into recreational <br />dog sledding. In order to do so, we expect that we would have approximately six dogs, but not <br />more than eight dogs. <br /> <br />All of our current dogs are non-breeding dogs -- acquired fi.om animal shelters -- and are all <br />spayed or neutered. We don't expect to change this practice with any future dogs, and are not at <br />all interested in breeding. <br /> <br />The dogs are all housed outside in a 50' by 50' fenced area. The fence is a 6' high welded-wire <br />fence which is also buried 6 inches into the ground to prevent the dogs fi.om digging out under the <br />fence. Within this fenced area, we have individual kennel areas for the dog's houses. We also use <br />these kennel areas if the dogs need to be kept apart fi.om each other for any reason. You should <br />be able to see the location of where the kennel area is on our previously submitted site plan. <br /> <br />The Siberian Husky is a generally quiet breed that is not prone to barking or making much noise <br />at all. This has been our experience with the Huskies that we currently have, so we don't expect <br />that there should be any problems with noise. <br /> <br />I hope that this information clears up any questions that you may have. Please contact us if there <br />are any more. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Michael DeZelar <br /> <br /> <br />