Proposed Amendment to Zoning By-Law--Commercial Operation of Dog Kennels
Amend the Belmont Zoning By-Law, Paragraph 3.3, to include the following new accessory use:
Commercial operation of a Dog Kennel:
Before granting a special permit, the Board of Appeals shall consider the following:
(a) The location and operation of the kennel is appropriate for housing multiple dogs and will be consistent with the health and safety of the dogs and of the neighbors.
(b) The location of the kennel on the property will have no significant adverse effect on the peace and quiet or sanitary conditions of the neighborhood.
(c) The kennel will be operating in a manner that it will cause no nuisance to the public.
(d) The area provided for housing, feeding, and exercising dogs is no closer than 20 feet to any lot line.
(e) The area provided for housing, feeding, and exercising dogs is no closer than 50 feet to any existing dwelling on an abutting lot.
(f) The kennel will be operating in a safe, sanitary, and humane condition.
(g) The kennel shall be limited to the total of 25 dogs on the premises at any one time. Records of the numbers and identities of the dogs will be properly kept.
(h) No protection or security dogs or protection or security dogs in training will be kept on the premises.
(i) The operations of the kennel, including the exercising of dogs, will be in an enclosed area, except that individual dogs may be exercised one at a time, on a leash, in a prescribed outdoors area.
Schedule of use: Permitted by Special Permit in Local Business II only
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