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Community Development Director Gladhill thanked the Commission for their input. <br /> Commissioner Bauer recommended that Item 5.05 be considered next. <br /> 5.05: Public Hearing: Consider Ordinance #15-12 Amending City Code Chapter 10 <br /> (Animals) and Section 117-111 (R-1 Residential District) Amending Approval <br /> Process for Certain Animals. <br /> Public Hearing <br /> Chairperson Levine called the public hearing to order at 7:32 p.m. <br /> Presentation <br /> Community Development Director Gladhill presented the staff report stating the purpose of this <br /> case is to hold a Public Hearing and provide a recommendation to the City Council for Ordinance <br /> #15-12. The intent of this Ordinance was to revise the approval process for the following <br /> requests: <br /> 1. Four(4) of more dogs <br /> 2. Horses on 1.5 to 2.99 acres <br /> 3. Beekeeping <br /> 4. Non-Traditional Domestic or Exotic Animals <br /> 5. Wild Animals <br /> Community Development Director Gladhill commented each of these types of requests currently <br /> requires the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP). Based on a number of recent reviews <br /> with the Planning Commission and feedback from potential applicants, the following Ordinance <br /> was developed to consider reducing the timeframe and costs to processing the requests above. <br /> With the exception of the wild animal category, the Ordinance would either streamline or <br /> eliminate the process for approval. Please note that the draft Ordinance would remove the <br /> Planning Commission from the review process for the above requests, with the exception of wild <br /> animals. Staff discussed the proposed Ordinance in further detail and suggested the Commission <br /> recommend approval. <br /> Citizen Input <br /> Julie Schutz, 7652 158th Avenue NW, requested the Commission consider the proposed <br /> Ordinance to eliminate the Conditional Use Permit process for residents requesting horses on 1.5 <br /> to 2.99 acres. <br /> Julia Randall, 7960 171St Lane NW, explained that the conditional use permitting process was <br /> quite expensive. She stated that her family could not continue to pay $400 a month to board her <br /> Planning Commission/June 4,2015 <br /> Page 4 of 12 <br />