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reports from the incident have been included for review. If another similar report is submitted for the dog declared `potentially dangerous', the property owner will be required to register the dog as a `dangerous dog' with the Ramsey Police Department and is subject to additional requirements as stated by State Statute and local ordinance. To provide assurance that the Applicant's dogs will not have an opportunity to run at- large, staff recommends that a permanent fence be constructed to contain the dogs on the subject property if the permit is to be approved. Two of the four dogs are relatively small in size and the subject property is 2.72 acres. It appears that with proper containment the Applicant would be able to safely keep four dogs on the property. On November 6, 2008, the Planning Commission met to discuss the request to keep four dogs, and consider concerns from the public. Recommendation: The Planning Commission met on November 6, 2008 to hold a Public Hearing and recommended approval of the Conditional Use Permit with changes to condition #6, to require permanent confinement area to be contiguous to the residence. The Planning . Commission also recommended approval of the associated findings of fact with changes to #9 and #11. The Planning Commission recommended that effective containment of the Applicant's dogs must consist of a permanent physical fenced -in confinement area contiguous to the residence. To be consistent with the intent of the required permanent confinement area, enclosed by a permanent physical fence, the option to use a leash on the subject property was removed from condition #5 by staff. After the meeting of November 6, 2008, feedback was received from the applicant who explained that construction of the required fence would not be possible immediately because many fence contractors will not have . schedule openings until spring -time when the ground thaws. In order to ensure the confinement objective of the Planning Commission is met, staff added conditions #7 and #8 to the permit, placing a deadline for the installation of the fence. The deadline of April 30 2009 meets the needs of the applicant and promotes the construction of the required permanent confinement area on the subject property. —202— Funding Source: All costs associated with processing the application are the responsibility of the applicant. Council Action: Motion to adopt Resolution #08 -11 - adopting Findings of Fact # relating to the applicant's request for a conditional use permit for a private dog kennel for four dogs at 6250 160 Lane NW.