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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> - BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May lit 1989. <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # 6-446 <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS <br /> ARTICLE 22 - DEFINITIONS (KENNEL) <br /> ARTICLE 4.3 - PERMITTED USE TABLE . <br /> ARTICLE 8.8.11 - KENNELS (CLASS B SPECIAL USE) <br /> ... ••••■•■■•••11111,.■■■■■••■ ollni■10 1■•■ ■••=1 1110•■•••■••■ <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes x No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Scearbo <br /> Proposed Amendment <br /> 2-27-89 public Hearing Minutes <br /> 4-11-89 Draft Planning Board Minutes <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a proposed amendment to zoning Ordinance <br /> provisions relating to kennels, in order to (1) <br /> develop consistency between the Zoning Ordinance and <br /> Animal Control Ordinance, and (2) to include <br /> provisions for wildlife rehabilitation. <br /> BACKGROUND: The proposed ordinance amendment incorporates two <br /> separate but related proposals. The amendment is <br /> proposed to: <br /> 1) eliminate inconsistencies between the Animal <br /> Control Ordinance and Zoning Ordinance, and <br /> 2) to expand the definition of kennel to include <br /> provisions for the rehabilitation of wildlife. <br /> The current definition of kennel provides for the - <br /> lodging and boarding of domestic pets. There is no <br /> reference in the ordinance pertaining to breeding of <br /> animals. Because land uses not expressly permitted by <br /> the Zoning Ordinance are prohibited, the effect of the <br /> Ordinance is to prohibit breeding kennels in the zoned <br /> townships. The Planning Department believes that this <br /> was not an intent when the ordinance was adopted. <br /> This problem of inconsistency was brought to the <br /> attention of the Planning Department through the <br /> investigation of a zoning violation for a breeding <br />