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Fernley planners recommend wide rewrite of animal services rules
Summary
The planning commission voted 6-0 to recommend city council approve a comprehensive overhaul of Fernley’s animal services land-use rules, creating new use categories, updating operational standards and adding screening and distance requirements for outdoor confinement.
The Fernley Planning Commission voted 6-0 to recommend that the city council approve a broad revision of rules governing animal services in the municipal code. Senior planner Alisa Johansen told commissioners the amendment (CA 25007 / Bill 373) breaks the existing use into four distinct service types plus a fifth accessory outdoor confinement/play category and removes the old indoor/outdoor and overnight distinctions that staff said are overly restrictive.
Johansen said the changes are intended to increase…
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