MORE ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES BY THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

FROM THE PLANNING OFFICE

The County of Los Angeles is proposing to amend its Zoning Code with regards to its regulations for the keeping of dogs and cats 
 and the permitting requirements for the breeding of dogs and cats. The proposed Zoning Code amendment includes the following:

 Establishes a definition of a boarding facility for dogs and cats and a breeding facility for dogs and cats. The term dog kennels is replaced with the term boarding facility for dogs and cats in the A-2 and M-1 Zones as a permitted use and as a use requiring a conditional use permit in the CM Zone.
 Dog breeding as a permitted use in the M-1 Zone is deleted.  Breeding facility for dogs and cats is added as a use requiring a conditional use permit in the M-1, M-1 and ½, M-2 and M-4 Zones.  The existing limitations on the keeping of dogs in the Agricultural and Residential Zones are deleted and replaced by limitations for dogs and cats that apply to all zones.  Existing approved boarding facilities (kennels) with a breeding facility as an accessory use must stop all breeding activities within five years of the effective date of the ordinance.The Regional Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on October 28, 2009. Please see the attached draft ordinance, public hearing notice, a summary report, and a draft Negative Declaration.

If you have any questions about this matter please contact me.

 James Bell
 Principal Regional Planning Assistant
 Ordinance Studies
 213-974-8480

COMMENTARY FROM STORY HOPE

This impacts all dog breeding facilities in unincorporated Los Angeles County. It's being done through Zoning rather than Animal Control. This impacts ALL dog kennels that have breeding dogs (Training Kennels and Boarding Kennels that have breeding dogs will be required to cease breeding within 5 years). Please read the documents very carefully as it basically zones all breeding kennels into Manufacturing zoning and requires a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) Read the requirements of the CUP in the final attachment. Please send to all kennels of which you have any knowledge in unincorporated Los Angeles County. And I, personally, would like to know of the hundreds of "puppymill" busts that have been done in Los Angeles County. There is a hearing noted toward the end of October (October 28th), and for all those that said it won't affect me, it will. AKC is aware of this. 

A County Supervisor's office was contacted and the word is that meetings are ongoing about these proposed ordinance changes right now, so letters and phone calls are appropriate. Let's have a good attendance at the October 28 public meeting, too. I do not breed, but I'll be there. Will you?

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Both Bill McFadden and Cathie Turner spoke last evening, October 1st, at the Westie Club meeting in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.  We were delighted to be on the program with Phil Guidry from the AKC.  When you consider that the first Federation in the United States was started in Pennsylvania*, the honor was even more signal. 

We are very proud of the work that CDOC has done over the last three years.  And it has been done by all of you —  who live here in California and by all those in other states who have supported our work financially.  We really have become a cutting edge group.  We don't try to cover every state*, we don't try to manage other animals; we are about dogs in California.  

Meetings with legislators in the days after the vote on SB250 have shown we are making progress.  Even those who did not vote our way have expressed their appreciation of the professionalism.

An important note — if you have not yet expressed your opinion on AB241, it is not too late.  Here is the information.   BY THE WAY, JUDIE MANCUSO IS PUSHING HER SUPPORTERS TO CALL THIS SYSTEM.

Automated system
1. Call 916.445.2841
2. Press 1 for english
3. Press 2 for legislation and you will get options 

Press 6 for AB241

pressing 1 will express approval and 2 opposition 

Please ask the Governor to veto this AB241.  

*Although California is our area of expertise, we have volunteered 1/2 of the income from the sale of Handling Secrets at the Montgomery shows to go to the Pennsylvania Federation for their legal fund.

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