Notices of Permit Requirements and CommunicationCITY OF
SHOREWOOD
5755 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD •SHOREWOOD, MINNESOTA 55331-8927 • (952) 960-7900
FAX (952) 474-0128 • www.ci.shorewood.mmus • cityha1I@ci.shorewood.mn.us
NOTICE OF URBAN FARM ANIMAL PERMIT REQUIREMENTS
To: Steve Dietz and Janet Malotky
24680 Smithtown Road
Shorewood, MN 55331
From: City of Shorewood Planning and Protective Inspections
Date: October 5, 2012
Re: Urban Farm Animal Permit — 24680 Smithtown Road
It has come to the attention of this office that the above -referenced property is being used for the purpose of
keeping urban farm animals, specifically, chickens. The City of Shorewood Municipal Code states "No
urban farm animal may be kept in the City of Shorewood until a permit to do so has been approved by the
Zoning Administrator and issued by the office of the Building Official. ". Enclosed is a copy of
Shorewood's Animal Regulations Code, Chapter 704: Farm and Other Animals, and a Urban Farm Animal
Permit application form.
Please complete the permit application and return it with the required fee of $50.00 as soon as possible.
Your check or money order should be made payable to the City of Shorewood.
After submitting your application,. the premises must be inspected. You will be responsible to contact the
City at 952-960-7900 to schedule an appointment for the necessary inspection. A permit cannot be issued
until the application and inspection process is complete. Your application should be returned to:
City of Shorewood
Attn: Planning Department
5755 Country Club Road
Shorewood MN 55331
If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact the Plamzing Department 952-960-7900.
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SHOREWOOD
5755 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD • SHOREWOOD, MINNESOTA 55331-8927 • (952) 960-7900
FAX (952) 474-0128 • www.ci.shorewood.mn.us • cityha1I@ci.shorewood.mn.us
NOTICE OF URBAN FARM ANIMAL PERMIT REQUIREMENTS
To: Katherine Welty and Chris Gehrke
24650 Smithtown Road
Shorewood, MN 55331
From: City of Shorewood Planning and Protective Inspections
Date: October 5, 2012
Re: Urban Farm Animal Permit — 24650 Smithtown Road
It has come to the attention of this office that the above -referenced property is being used for the purpose of
keeping urban farm animals, specifically, chickens. The City of Shorewood Municipal Code states "No
urban farm animal may be kept in the City of Shorewood until a permit to do so has been approved by the
Zoning Administrator and issued by the office of the Building Official. ". Enclosed is a copy of
Shorewood's Animal Regulations Code, Chapter 704: Farm and Other Animals, and a Urban Farm Animal
Permit application form.
Please complete the permit application and return it with the required fee of $50.00 as soon as possible.
Your check or money order should be made payable to the City of Shorewood.
After submitting your application, the premises must be inspected. You will be responsible to contact the
City at 952-960-7900 to schedule an appointment for the necessary inspection. A permit cannot be issued
until the application and inspection process is complete. Your application should be returned to:
City of Shorewood
Attn: Planning Department
5755 Country Club Road
Shorewood MN 55331
If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact the Planning Department 952-960-7900.
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Brad Nielsen
From:
abjnielsen@comcast.net
Sent:
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 6:29 AM
To:
Arnst, Pat; Charbonnet, Steve; Davis, Sue; Davis, Sue; Garelick, Michael; Geng, Thomas;
Hasek, Ed; Hutchins, David
Cc:
Brian Heck; Brad Nielsen; Dick Woodruff_ Contact; Patti Helgesen
Subject:
Farm and Other Animal Ord 2nd Draft
Attachments:
Farm and Other Animals 2nd Draft.doc
Planning Commission,
As I mentioned at the last meeting, I was out of the office last week, but would attempt to
incorporate any revisions suggested by Planning Commissioners who sent comments by
yesterday. The attached second draft includes those suggestions, with two exceptions. First, a
question was raised as to why include a section on Wild Animals, when there have been no
apparent issues. This probably comes under the heading "while we are at it - no harm in having
it", however, if the Commission agrees that those provisions need not be included, they are
easily deleted. Secondly, a question was raised as to why dogs are not included in this section.
Dogs are addressed in their own section (Chapter 701) of the Animal Regulations. While this
(primarily licensing) was discussed at a previous meeting, if the Commission wishes to
reconsider those rules in light of the ordinance under discuusion, we can revisit the dog
regulations. Nor does this draft address "horses and ponies". The Shorewood Code addresses
these animals seperately and, since there are still a few properties that keep horses, staff
suggests that that ordinance be addressed seperately.
In the process of revising the first draft, staff put the ordinance into the Shorewood City Code
format, which we feel makes it more readable. Revisions to the first draft are shown in
strikeouts(deletions) and in red lettering (additions). Please note that some minor capitalization
and punctuation changes have not been highlighted.
It should also be noted that, as of this writing, we have not come up with a good definition for
"nuisance animal" or provisions that describe when an animal becomes a nuisance.
There was some discussion at the last meeting about having some sort of relationship between
lot size and type or number of animals that can be kept. Although there is a spacing
requirement for shelters (no closer to the property line than it is to the principal dwelling of the
animal owner) we have not included a lot size requirement. Since "rural farm animals" are not
allowed, this may or may not be an issue. It is also worth mentioning that there is nothing
magic about the maximum numbers of chickens, geese, gerbils, etc. included in the draft.
Perhaps the presentation tonight will shed some light on that subject.
Obviously since you are just receiving this material today, there will be no decisions made this
evening. This item will be scheduled for further discussion at the November meeting(s). Hard
copies of the material will be available for you at the meeting.
Brad Nielsen
Brad Nielsen
From: abjnielsen@comcast.net
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 5:00 PM
To: Brad Nielsen
Subject: Fwd.- Farm and Other Animal Ord 2nd Draft
-bjn-
From: abjnielsen@comcast.net
To: "Pat Arnst\", \"Steve Charbonnet\" <scharbonnet@gmail.com>, \"Sue Davis\"
<sueda@bolton-menk.com>, \"Sue Davis\" <bisquite@earthlink.net>, \"Michael Garelick\"
<mediationmaven@gmail.com>, \"Thomas Geng\" <tgeng@bremseth.com>, \"Ed Hasek\"
<e.hasek@mchsi.com>, \"David Hutchins" <pat@arnst.net>
Cc: "Brian Heck\", \"Brad Nielsen\" <bnielsen@ci.shorewood.mn.us>, \"Richard Woodruffl"
<dick.woodruff@yahoo.com>, \"Patricia Celeste Helgesen" <bheck@ci.shorewood.mn.us>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 6:40:17 AM
Subject: Fwd: Farm and Other Animal Ord 2nd Draft
Following up on the previous e-mail, there were two other suggestions raised by Commissioner
Arnst. If there are state regulations relative to animal clinics and maltreatment of animals, those
should simply be included by reference in our code.
Since, as always, enforcement is an issue, staff suggests that we solicit the input and comments
of the South Lake Minnetonka Police Department before recommending adoption of the new
regulations.
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