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Memo to Planning Commission/CU 99-15 <br /> May 25, 1999 <br /> Page 2 <br /> • Conditional Use Permit is also required due to the proposed alterations to the <br /> detached garage. The applicant has an attached garage for the parking of his <br /> personal vehicles. <br /> Proposed Business <br /> According to the applicant, the animals will be raised in compliance with <br /> state and federal guidelines (presently, there are no Federal or State <br /> licensing procedures). The animals to be raised include non-venomous <br /> snakes and laboratory rats and mice. As proposed, the rats and mice will be <br /> kept entirely within an existing detached garage in escape proof cages in an <br /> area secured so the animals cannot escape to the outside. As proposed, the <br /> snakes will be kept in state of the art cages in a room within the home. The <br /> applicant has indicated the detached garage will be properly ventilated, <br /> heated, and the waste dealt with properly in a timely manner to prevent any <br /> odor or chance of disease. <br /> The applicant has no other employees at this time, but foresees having one <br /> part time employee in the future. The business is primarily by mail (UPS) <br /> with no walk in business. Deliveries of supplies will likely be once every six <br /> weeks. There are no signs proposed for the business (See applicant's <br /> • attached letter). <br /> Elk River City Ordinance <br /> City ordinance, section 908.04, regarding animals states that: <br /> A person may keep a nontraditional or exotic animal as defined <br /> herein only upon issuance of a conditional use permit.... <br /> No person shall keep or be allowed to keep in the City any <br /> animal which is dangerous by nature as defined herein. <br /> Examples of such dangerous animals include but are not limited <br /> to, ... large snakes (greater than six (6) feet,... <br /> Recommendation <br /> Staff recommends that the Planning Commission recommend approval of the <br /> conditional use permit for a conditional use permit for a home occupation and <br /> to raise, breed, and sell laboratory mice and lizards with the following <br /> conditions: <br /> 1. THAT THE HOME OCCUPATION BE PRIMARILY CONDUCTED WITHIN THE <br /> • DETACHED GARAGE AND HOME. <br /> f:\shrdoc\planning\stevewen\pcmmo\cu9915.doc <br />