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Council directs staff to craft licensing rules for home-based pet boarding, daycare and grooming
Summary
After repeated neighborhood complaints about home-based pet boarding and daycare operations, Shakopee councilors asked staff to draft a regulatory approach — including licensure, complaints thresholds and possible limits — for pet services operating from residences.
The Shakopee City Council directed staff to return with a proposed regulatory framework for home-based pet services after hearing about recurring complaints tied to commercial dog-boarding, daycare and grooming operations in residential neighborhoods.
Planning staff told the council that current city code allows pet grooming as a home occupation but limits doggy daycare and boarding to commercial zones (B-1, I-1, I-2).…
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