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APPROVED 5/10/2010 <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 3/8/2010 Page 54 of 86 <br />1 2 3 <br />4 <br />5 6 7 <br />8 <br />9 10 11 <br />12 <br />13 14 15 <br />16 <br />17 18 19 <br />20 <br />21 22 23 <br />24 <br />25 26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 50 <br />51 <br />52 <br />53 54 <br /> <br />Nick Herman: Do you have any dogs at that house? <br /> <br />Gene Lonsway: I have three of my own, my two Labradors and my wife’s dog. <br /> <br />Nick Herman: How many dogs do you have in the house? <br /> <br />Gene Lonsway: I am training two others right now. Five total. <br /> <br />Nick Herman: Five total. By the way, how long have you lived there? <br /> <br />Gene Lonsway: About two years. <br /> <br />Nick Herman: Has anyone ever complained about your dogs? <br /> <br />Gene Lonsway: No. <br /> <br />Nick Herman: I need this for the record. Tell us a little about your experience in training dogs. How long have you been <br />doing it, what kind of training do you do? <br /> <br />Gene Lonsway: I have been a dog person forever. I graduated from the National Canine of Dog Training School in <br />Columbus, Ohio in 1985. I have been employed full time or a little less in dog training since then (1985). <br /> <br />Nick Herman: Training dogs for what purpose? <br /> <br />Gene Lonsway: Quit jumping on the kids, don’t pee in the living room, and come when I call you. <br /> <br />Nick Herman: You mentioned the Durham Bulls, what is that? <br /> <br />Gene Lonsway: One of the mascots. <br /> <br />Nick Herman: You trained that dog? <br /> <br />Gene Lonsway: Trained, yes. <br /> <br />Nick Herman: Have you ever owned or managed a kennel? <br /> <br />Gene Lonsway: Yes. <br /> <br />Nick Herman: Tell us a little bit about that, where it was, how long you did and what capacity? <br /> <br />Gene Lonsway: I graduated dog training school in 1985 and my partner and I bought an old grange hall in Finley, Ohio and <br />transformed that into a very small kennel and maintained that for about two years, a training and boarding kennel and <br />decided there was not going to be enough money for both of us long term so I left for greener pastures, Chapel Hill. <br /> <br />Nick Herman: Let’s talk about your proposed facility. We have heard testimony that you intend to board and train dogs. Tell <br />this board briefly what you mean by that. What kind of dogs are you seeking to board, how long will they be there. On the <br />average, how many will be there is you are going to train them, what are you going to train them to do. How is that going to <br />work? <br /> <br />Gene Lonsway: I have been a dog trainer about 25 years. I am getting older and about five years ago began working on a <br />plan to build a boarding kennel that would supplement my dog training business and get the dogs I’m training out of my home <br />and into a structure that is properly designed to house them. Maybe to move into old age with more money than I have had <br />the last 25 years. I trained Coki Roberts’ son. He came over from Raleigh a couple of months ago. Regular folks,