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Approved 3/6/13 4 Tony Blake: But doesn’t the state have to come out as well? 163 164 Michael Harvey: I don’t know the answer to that question because it is not a provision of the UDO. 165 166 Lisa Stuckey: We wouldn’t let people move into a house or building until all the approvals are finished. 167 168 Michael Harvey: If they get a Certificate of Occupancy and Animal Services signs off on the issuance of that permit 169 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 since Animal Services has been involved in the process from day one approving the kennel operation. You have to 171 get the Class B Special Use Permit before you can initiate construction. 172 173 Herman Staats: Relating to the seasonal housing of hunting dogs, is that considered a kennel operation? 174 175 Michael Harvey: If you have over 20 animals, you are technically in violation of the code as it is written. 176 177 Herman Staats: If it is fewer than 20? 178 179 Michael Harvey: If you are keeping them for competition, show or sport then you have to have a Class I Kennel 180 Permit. 181 182 Larry Wright: If you have a research facility and they are .... so you can have two types of research facilities, one 183 operated by the state and one by the pharmaceutical company for profit, how is that handled? 184 185 Michael Harvey: A research facility is an independent land use category in the table of permitted uses. The 186 animals are not being transferred, moved in or changed out for commercial endeavors but experimented on. 187 188 Pete Hallenbeck: What has been the biggest problem when people come in to get kennels? 189 190 Michael Harvey: Adjacent property owner reaction. 191 192 Pete Hallenbeck: Historically, is that main concern noise? 193 194 Michael Harvey: Noise plays a component piece, diminished land value, traffic, not in my back yard. 195 196 Pete Hallenbeck: With the added feature of barking dogs. Barking dogs are an interesting one because the noise 197 technically doesn’t meet the criteria for the noise ordinances in terms of how many decibels, it is not a constant 198 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 ordinance. 200 201 Michael Harvey: Animals Services has regulations governing barking but the comment is will there be an animal 202 services officer available at 2:00 a.m. in the morning. 203 204 Pete Hallenbeck: The rules are in place but you really need a way to enforce them at 2:00 a.m. 205 206 Rachel Hawkins: Is it because of the kennel at New Hope that these questions come up? 207 208 Michael Harvey: There are several kennels. 209 210 Rachel Hawkins: What do people want us to do? 211 212 Michael Harvey: Deny them. 213 214 Rachel Hawkins: But they are already there. 215 216