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! I ! I I I I I I I I ! I I I CASE Background: REQUEST FOR A HOME OCCUPATION PERMIT; CASE OF BONITA COBEY Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik On April 12, 1999 City received an application from Bonita Cobey for a home occupation permit to establish a cattery in her home at 9340 Highway 10 N.W. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) Site location map Project Description Description and photo of cattery area Copy of inspection report for Cat Fanciers' Association Letters of support from an area resident and a veterinarian Planning Commission public hearing and regular minutes dated 5/4/99 Proposed findings of fact Proposed home occupation i)ermit Notification: In accordance with State statute, staff attempted to notify owners of property within 350 feet of the subject property of the request for permit and public hearing. Observations: The subject property is zoned B-1 Business but is subject to residential zoning regulations because the principal use of the property is residential. The adjacent property to the east is State Wayside Park and the property to the west and on the north side of Hwy. #10 is also zoned B-1 Business. Bonita Cobey raises and sells Persian and Himalayan cats. She is proposing to establish a cattery in her home for a maximum of 24 cats, 16 weeks of age and older. Bonita states that this is an indoor operation and the cages are constructed of laminated wood, pvc pipe and vinyl coated wire. The cages have automatic watering systems with computer controlled timing and food is gravity fed. The cattery room is also equipped with controlled heating, ventilation, air purifier and vinyl flooring. Bonita states that she has been informed by the Humane Society that there are no special requirements for disposing of the cat excrement and she disposes of it in her household garbage. City Code restricts home occupations to 20% of the gross floor area of the home, or in this case 920 square feet. The rooms in which the home occupation will be conducted total 350 square feet. Bonita has stated that she will be the sole employee and she doesn't expect that there would ever be more than 2 customers on her property at any given time. Her driveway is sufficient in length to provide off-street parking.