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Planning commission directs staff to draft kennel ordinance referencing state breeder statute and model ordinance
Summary
The commission asked City Planner Claire Stickler to draft a Harris kennel/boarding ordinance aligned with Minn. Stat. 347.58 and modeled on North Branch rules, including lowering the local license threshold to five or six dogs and removing several Chapter 90 sections.
At the May 28 meeting the Harris Planning Commission instructed City Planner Claire Stickler to draft a kennel and dog-boarding ordinance that would align local rules with Minnesota Statute 347.58 and adopt elements of the North Branch Kennel License Ordinance.
Planner Stickler recommended adopting Minn. Stat. 347.58 as a framework for licensing and inspection of commercial breeders, and commissioners discussed the North Branch ordinance as a potential model. Commissioners debated the proper level of local regulation and said they wanted clear minimum requirements to guide Conditional Use Permit reviews for kennels and boarding facilities.
As directed, the draft ordinance will incorporate items four through six from the North Branch ordinance, align with the state statute for commercial breeders, and amend Harris Ordinance Chapter 90 by lowering the threshold for requiring a kennel license to five or six dogs and removing multiple sections of Chapter 90 (90.02 Licensing; 90.03 License Application; 90.04 License Fee; 90.05 Term of License; 90.06 Dogs Not Requiring Licensing; 90.07 Tag and Collar; 90.11 Impounding Dogs; 90.12 Notice to Owner; 90.13 Reclaiming Impounded Dog; 90.14 Dogs That Cannot Be Impounded; 90.15 Selling of Impounded Dogs). The minutes do not record a formal vote on the draft language; the Commission directed staff to prepare the ordinance language for future review.
