Council Agenda Monday, September 10, 2012 - City of St. John's

Date: September 6, 2012To:Re:His Worship the Mayor and Members of CouncilCouncil Directive R2012-07-23/12Proposed Text Amendment to the St. John’s Development RegulationsKennel OperationsAt the Regular Meeting of Council held on July 23, 2012, Council agreed to accept the recommendationcoming out of the June 22, 2012 meeting of the Planning and Housing Committee that a text amendmentbe made to the St. John’s Development Regulations by adding a new section to the Regulations torequire that kennels must be in compliance with all applicable Municipal and Provincial legislation. Thisis in reference to the new Provincial Animal Health and Protection Act and accompanying regulations.Council further agreed that the text amendment be advertised for public review and comment and thatupon completion of this process, the amendment be referred to a future Regular Meeting of Council forconsideration of adoption.In accordance with the Council Directive of July 23, 2012, the proposed text amendment has beenadvertised for public review and comment. The amendment has been advertised on two occasions in TheTelegram Newspaper and has been posted on the City website. Any written public submissions receivedby the City Clerk’s Department in response to the City’s advertising of the text amendment will bereferred to the agenda for the Regular Meeting of Council to be held on September 10, 2012 at whichtime Council is scheduled to make a decision with respect to the proposed adoption of the textamendment.RecommendationIt is recommended that Council adopt the attached resolution for the St. John’s DevelopmentRegulations Amendment Number 543, 2012 which have the effect of adding a new section to Section 7of the Development Regulations to require that kennels operating in the city must be in accordance withall applicable Municipal and Provincial legislation.If the text amendment is adopted by Council, in accordance with the requirements of the Urban andRural Planning Act, the amendment will then be referred to the Department of Municipal Affairs withthe request for a Provincial registration of the amendment.Cliff Johnston, MCIPDirector of PlanningAttachment/sfG:\JOHNSTON\2012\Mayor - Text Amendment - Kennels - September 4, 2012.doc