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Commissioners approve conditional rezoning for Club Pups kennel at Cayuga Drive with buffer and use conditions
Summary
The board approved a conditional rezoning May 19 to allow a new Club Pups kennel and pet-boarding facility at 264 Cayuga Drive, subject to four ordinance conditions including a 10-foot landscape buffer and keeping kennels inside the building.
The Mooresville Board of Commissioners approved a conditional rezoning May 19 to allow Club Pups to open a kennel and pet-boarding facility at 264 Cayuga Drive.
Planner Sandy Howell said the request (CZ2025-03) applies the town's modernized use regulations and would permit a new kennel and boarding use in an established business park. The 2.39-acre site is in a legacy conditional general industrial district; the requested change would allow the business to use a modern permit choice to locate the outdoor play yards in the property's planned perimeter area and to keep individual kennels inside the building.
Applicant Dustin Johnson, owner of Club Pups Lake Norman, presented the business model: small supervised play groups (10 or fewer dogs per staff member), turf play areas, covered play yards divided into three sections, and interior suites for overnight boarding. Johnson told the board dogs would be kenneled inside at night and that the business performs pre-admission behavior and health screening; he also circulated letters from nearby businesses endorsing Club Pups' character and noise record at the owner's existing Williamson Road location.
Howell said the concept plan places the play yards away from residential areas, that the closest home is about 600 feet from the subject property, and that the development meets the town's map-amendment standards.
Commissioner Avent moved to approve CZ2025-03; Commissioner Dingler seconded. On the record the applicant confirmed agreement to the four conditions outlined in the ordinance, including the minimum 10-foot landscape buffer and the requirement that kennels remain interior to the building. The motion passed 5-1.
During discussion, some commissioners asked that the applicant abide by the ordinance conditions and that staff verify screening and buffer installation during site plan review. The board's approval includes the conditional commitments and directs planning staff to continue review under the UDO and the approved concept plan.
