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La Conner staff recommend retaining conditional-use requirement for dog grooming; owners say permit protects neighborhoods
Summary
Staff reviewed why dog grooming businesses in La Conner are classified as a higher-tier conditional-use activity and recommended retaining the requirement; a local groomer described how the conditional-use process enabled community outreach and sanitary safeguards.
Town planning staff reported to the La Conner Planning Commission on March 18 that dog grooming businesses have been categorized as a class 4 conditional use in town code since at least 1989, a classification that prompted a community request to revisit the rule.
Staff said grooming parlors were initially listed with veterinarians and kennels and that contemporaneous records do not clearly explain the original rationale. The planning memo noted…
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