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PROJECT NARRATIVE We now have four dogs living in our home, two Rottweilers, and two Micro Bullies. We are submitting a Private Kennel Application, and the conditional use permit is part of this process as required. These dogs are all family dogs for our private use. They are all kept in the home, as well as allowed supervised use of the yard. We have the invisible fence system in place for containment, and we have a designated area where the dogs relieve themselves. Barking is virtually nonexistent with the exception of people near the property and/or deer, and then we mitigate this as soon as we hear it with commands. We have had our Rottweilers for almost six years with no issues. The exception would be the neighbors to our right. There was an incident where our male crossed the line due to a dead battery in his collar. My wife was in the yard with him, he just wanted the skate board the kids were playing with as he is a huge fan of these boards. No one was injured, not even the board, and my wife quickly brought Loki back to the yard and placed a new battery in his collar. Since the incident we have had the Elk River police come out and meet our Rottweilers and we have had a call from them as well, both of these contacts were initiated by the neighbor, with positive outcomes. We have not had any issues with other neighbors. We added a Micro Bully, Louis about five months ago. Our Rottweilers do not want to play with him so we searched out a playmate Chanel, who is now 10 weeks. We were not aware of the city requirement on the number of dogs a family could have, and we did not know we needed a conditional use permit. My Laura did remember that when we lived in another city years ago we needed a kennel permit when we had four dogs, so she inquired and found out we needed one. We were working with Chris on what we needed to do to get the Kennel application completed, and then the COVID-19 epidemic occurred. We were on hold and did not think we would get the puppy, but last minute they were able to get her to us, and we are now resuming the process. We appreciate any time and consideration taken to assist us through this process.