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Planning commission recommends DogStop use permit, removes acoustical-study requirement for this site

6040499 · October 22, 2025
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Summary

The Planning Commission voted 7-0 to recommend city council approval of a zoning text amendment and a conditional use permit for a DogStop pet boarding facility at 848 Alamo Drive, but modified the recommendation to remove a required acoustical analysis for this specific application.

The Vacaville Planning Commission voted 7-0 on Oct. 25 to recommend City Council adoption of a zoning text amendment and a conditional use permit (CUP) that would allow commercial pet boarding in a General Commercial (CG) zone and permit a DogStop facility at 848 Alamo Drive.

Assistant Planner Brennan Glashinski introduced the item, saying, “The request before you is to amend Title 14 of the City of Vacaville’s municipal code to allow animal shelter and boarding in the general commercial zoning district with a use permit, as well as to approve a conditional use permit to establish a DogStop within an existing approximately 8,000 square foot tenant space located at 848 Alamo Drive.”

The proposal would add animal shelter and boarding as an allowable use in the CG district subject to either a minor use permit or a conditional use permit when the site abuts residential uses. The applicant, franchise operator Mark Henriksen, described the concept as a “premium pet care facility” with primarily indoor operations, 72–77 boarding spaces, and a roughly…

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