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D R A F T <br />4 <br />Tony Blake: But doesn’t the state have to come out as well? 163 <br /> 164 <br />Michael Harvey: I don’t know the answer to that question because it is not a provision of the UDO. 165 <br /> 166 <br />Lisa Stuckey: We wouldn’t let people move into a house or building until all the approvals are finished. 167 <br /> 168 <br />Michael Harvey: If they get a Certificate of Occupancy and Animal Services signs off on the issuance of that permit 169 <br />and it just takes 30 days to get the paperwork done to say you have your permit, I don’t see that it is a hardship 170 <br />since Animal Services has been involved in the process from day one approving the kennel operation. You have to 171 <br />get the Class B Special Use Permit before you can initiate construction. 172 <br /> 173 <br />Herman Staats: Relating to the seasonal housing of hunting dogs, is that considered a kennel operation? 174 <br /> 175 <br />Michael Harvey: If you have over 20 animals, you are technically in violation of the code as it is written. 176 <br /> 177 <br />Herman Staats: If it is fewer than 20? 178 <br /> 179 <br />Michael Harvey: If you are keeping them for competition, show or sport then you have to have a Class I Kennel 180 <br />Permit. 181 <br /> 182 <br />Larry Wright: If you have a research facility and they are .... so you can have two types of research facilities, one 183 <br />operated by the state and one by the pharmaceutical company for profit, how is that handled? 184 <br /> 185 <br />Michael Harvey: A research facility is an independent land use category in the table of permitted uses. The 186 <br />animals are not being transferred, moved in or changed out for commercial endeavors but experimented on. 187 <br /> 188 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: What has been the biggest problem when people come in to get kennels? 189 <br /> 190 <br />Michael Harvey: Adjacent property owner reaction. 191 <br /> 192 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: Historically, is that main concern noise? 193 <br /> 194 <br />Michael Harvey: Noise plays a component piece, diminished land value, traffic, not in my back yard. 195 <br /> 196 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: With the added feature of barking dogs. Barking dogs are an interesting one because the noise 197 <br />technically doesn’t meet the criteria for the noise ordinances in terms of how many decibels, it is not a constant 198 <br />noise. The problem is that it is still annoying and the answer may be if the BOCC wants to deal with a barking dog 199 <br />ordinance. 200 <br /> 201 <br />Michael Harvey: Animals Services has regulations governing barking but the comment is will there be an animal 202 <br />services officer available at 2:00 a.m. in the morning. 203 <br /> 204 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: The rules are in place but you really need a way to enforce them at 2:00 a.m. 205 <br /> 206 <br />Rachel Hawkins: Is it because of the kennel at New Hope that these questions come up? 207 <br /> 208 <br />Michael Harvey: There are several kennels. 209 <br /> 210 <br />Rachel Hawkins: What do people want us to do? 211 <br /> 212 <br />Michael Harvey: Deny them. 213 <br /> 214 <br />Rachel Hawkins: But they are already there. 215 <br /> 216 <br />11