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• DATE: December 14, 1998 ) TO: Town of Oregon, Plan Commission DEC i 6 1998 , _ FROM: Larry Mahr, Petitioner ; .;. _ ' _: f T RE: Rezone petition #7438 and CUP #1538._. w. .... The enclosed information is to provide more detail on plans for developing a veterinary hospital and boarding kennel on an eight acre parcel iri the southeast corner of the junction of Fish Hatchery Road and CTH - CC. It is also intended to address the questions and concerns previously raised by area residents. 1. Present owners of property for rezoning and conditional use permitting: Ralph, William and Nahldeen Maher 2. Petitioning for rezoning from Ag-1(Ex) to C-1 and CUP for a veterinary hospital and a dog and cat boarding facility 3. Proposed facility will be staffed by veterinarians Larry Mahr, Rene Reynolds, Judy Halverson-Batker and Chris Gallagher. Support staff will include one receptionist, one bookkeeper, and two veterinary technicians. Field service for dairy and equine clients will initially be a major part of the practice. In the future additional staff will be added as utilization of the hospital care facility increases. 4. The animal hospital will be designed to care for horses, cattle and pets on an out- patient basis as well as having hospitalization space for four horses, fifteen dogs and fifteen cats. Space will be provided for the unloading of twenty head of cattle with a holding area, treatment chute, and a return alley for reloading onto livestock trailers. Horses will be cared for in a treatment area that is adjacent to the hospital stalls. Boarding space will be designed for fifteen dogs g and fifteen cats. Reception , offices, companion animal examination and , gc�'c� treatment, surgery, radiology and storage spaces will be provided. All of the °y animal care, boarding and hospitalization will occur in the enclosure of the S cc- f-s building which will contain approximately 7500 sq. feet. An area outside of the building will be provided for horses for the purpose of lameness examination and routine exercise. it Q 5. Regular hours of operation will be 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. We anticipate out-patient visits on average of one per day for cattle, six per day for horses and sixteen per day for pet care and boarding. Evening hours for pet care will be provided until 8:00 p.m. for up to two days per week. After-hours emergency service will be provided with an average of one visit per day. Office visits will be by appointment to limit congestion and increase efficiency.