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Request for Amendment to Interim Use Permit I am currently operating a very successful pet sitting business called Adventures in Pet Sitting, LLC. This is my full time job, and my business consists of visiting client's pets in their home as well as boarding dogs at my home. I currently board. up to six dogs at a time. The dogs are boazded ixi our attached gazage, 3 season porch, and basement. We have a fenced back yard for them as well. My customers love bringing their dogs to me. They have spread the word to many of their family members, friends, co-workers, etc. The need for a loving, home-like boarding facility is greater than I expected, and I would like to be able to provide my service to more customers to meet the demand. We feel that we can easily accommodate more boarding and daycare dogs to fill the needs of dog owners in the Elk River area. Our project consists of converting our large detached garage (36.5 feet x 22.5 feet) into a dog boarding facility and adding additional fencing on our property. Moving the dog boarding into the detached garage will allow us to use our attached garage far our cars and storage again. Once the existing building is remodeled, we can easily accommodate 12 boarding and daycare dogs on our 16 acres. We would like to request permission to board 15 dogs in case there is some overlap (dogs getting dropped off before others are picked up).We anticipate that we will only reach full capacity on summer weekends and holidays. Our current driveway, which can. fit 6 cars, will still. be more than. adequate space for parking. We usually only have one customer visiting at a time. On rare occasions there may be two customers at a time. We will continue to offer dog boarding services 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Finally, I have a few independent contractors that work for my pet sitting business. I would like permission for them to help on our property for a few hours per week. They would help with cleaning the facilities and yazd as well as giving the dogs some extra love and attention. We are aware that the city is currently reviewing plans for passible future development to occur an our properly. We hope to use our property as we aze allowed under current zoning. As previously agreed, the Interim Use Permit shall terminate with the final platting of the property or with the sale of the property. We understand that we can apply far an extension to the interim use permit at that time. We take the guidelines that the city has set for us very seriously and will continue to follow them closely. We are extremely conscientious of our neighbors and make sure to bring dogs inside when they begin to bark excessively. Dogs are kept on leashes when they are not inside the building or fenced yard. The facilities and property are kept very clean.