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Council rejects conditional use permit for Renee’s Dog Spa after neighborhood objections
Summary
After a public hearing marked by neighbors’ safety and precedent concerns and supporters’ testimony about the groomer’s record, the Belgrade City Council voted 4–1 against a conditional use permit that would have allowed Renee Varner to operate a major home-based dog grooming business at 603 Meadow Circle.
The Belgrade City Council voted down a request to allow Renee Varner and Kevin Hannigan to operate a major home-based dog grooming business at 603 Meadow Circle after neighbors raised traffic, safety and precedent concerns.
Planning staff told the council the application met notice requirements but qualified as a “major” home business because it could bring additional customers and traffic to the dead-end residential street near Mayfair Meadows Park. Planning staff also reported the Belgrade City/County Planning Board had recommended denial following a 0–4 vote at its July 28, 2025 hearing citing neighborhood impacts.
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