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Clay County planners approve permit to expand animal boarding from 25 to 80
Summary
The Clay County Planning Commission approved an interim use permit amendment allowing Joel Hildebrandt’s boarding/grooming business to house up to 80 animals, subject to conditions including a 10-space parking plan, operations/waste plan, hours, septic approval if use changes, and parcel combination.
The Clay County Planning Commission on March 17 approved an interim use permit amendment allowing a boarding and grooming business at 22263 US Highway 10 to increase its maximum on-site animals from 25 to 80.
Planning staff presented the request and recommended approval after describing the site as highway commercial and noting the property sits within Holly Municipal Airport Safety Zone C. Planner Mr. Jacobson told commissioners the expansion is intended to support business growth and to allow the facility to serve as a stray-holding location for several Clay County municipalities; staff reported no public comments and said MnDOT raised only a separate access-location question.
Applicant Joel Hildebrandt told the commission, “My wife Charlotte Tui and I own the property at 22263 US Highway 10. . . . we’ve been in business coming up on our 11th year” and said several municipalities had asked the business to be their stray-hold facility. Hildebrandt and co-owner Charlotte Tui said utilities and waste removal are already in place and that sick animals would be sent to veterinarians rather than housed on-site. Tui said the proposed expansion would include an isolation room and more indoor/outdoor kennel suites to reduce disease risk.
Commissioners discussed an encroachment onto an adjacent parcel (also owned by the applicant). The applicant said the encroachment currently consists of a temporary play yard and that either the temporary fencing could be moved back or the two parcels could be legally combined to resolve the variance issue.
Before voting, staff read seven conditions into the record, which include: compliance with Clay County Land Development Code; a maximum of 80 animals on-site at any time; submission of a parking plan for at least 10 spaces; submission of an operations plan covering waste and noise management; hours of operation limited to 6 a.m.–9 p.m. unless an emergency arises; permit expiration upon sale of the property; septic approval if the site’s use changes; and a requirement that parcel ID 13.05.0010 be combined with parcel ID 13.005.0020 (or the encroachment removed). The applicant agreed to the conditions and asked that the term “kennel” be clarified where it referred to a temporary exercise yard; commissioners adjusted the wording to give the applicant the option of combining parcels or removing the encroachment.
A motion to approve the amendment passed by voice vote and the interim use permit amendment was issued with the listed conditions.
The commission did not record a roll-call tally in the transcript; the approval was taken by voice vote. The applicant was reminded that any future building or septic work would require separate permits and reviews.
