BZA grants special exception for dog-handling operation on State Road 5 with limits

Oct 7, 2026

The board approved Special Exception 606 at 11215 North State Road 5, allowing a dog-handling/boarding operation limited to nonbreeding adult dogs (no puppies), nontransferable and subject to registrations and inspections.

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The Noble County Board of Zoning Appeals approved Special Exception 606 for Marion Wayne and Lou Ann Sue Miller at 11215 North State Road 5 in Ligonier, permitting dog-handling facilities with inside and outside runs but imposing conditions: the approval was granted "as petitioned" (nontransferable), limited to adult dogs only (no breeding, no puppies) and capped at no more than 10 adult dogs at a time.

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