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Happy Tails owners say rezoning to 'medium scale neighborhood' narrows future reuse options
Summary
Owners of Happy Tails Pet Resort and Spa told the Planning Commission that recent rezoning of their property leaves the business a nonconforming use and could limit future sale or reuse; planning staff explained nonconforming use protections but said future change of use would be governed by the new district's permitted uses table.
Owners of Happy Tails Pet Resort and Spa told the South Burlington Planning Commission they were surprised and concerned that prior zoning changes have left their commercial kennel and daycare operation nonconforming and that the proposed new Medium Scale Neighborhood (MSN) district may narrow future reuse options for the site.
Donna Little, co‑owner of Happy Tails, told the commission that she and her co‑owner had purchased the property as commercial/industrial and said: “We were never ever told that it was done. We were never consulted. We were never notified that that was happening.” Little asked what would happen if the business were sold and whether a new owner could operate a different commercial use.
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