File #: 4315    Version: 0 Name: permit to operate an equine-assisted learning center
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/6/2011 In control: Land Use Committee
On agenda: 6/6/2011 Final action: 7/11/2011
Title: AN ORDINANCE granting a conditional use permit (CUP) in District A (Agricultural) for a period of five years to operate an equine-assisted learning center, subject to specified conditions, as to a 20± acre tract.
Indexes: USE PERMIT
Attachments: 1. 4315adopt.pdf
      
      IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
 
 
Title
AN ORDINANCE granting a conditional use permit (CUP) in District A (Agricultural) for a period of five years to operate an equine-assisted learning center, subject to specified conditions, as to a 20± acre tract.
 
 
Intro
ORDINANCE #4315, June 6, 2011
 
 
Body
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri as follows:
 
Section 1.  A conditional use permit is hereby granted for a period of five years to operate an equine-assisted learning center, as to an approximate 20+ acre tract of land generally located one-half mile west of Helmig Road on the south side of Drinkwater Road near the intersection with Gibson and specifically described as follows:
Description: All that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 12, Township 47, Range 30 West, including Lot 1, WHISPERING WOODS, a subdivision of land in Jackson County, Missouri, described as follows:  Beginning at a point on the North line of said Quarter Quarter Section, said point being 661.50 feet West of the Northeast corner of said Quarter Quarter Section, thence South 00 degrees 03 minutes West a distance of 1328.00 feet to the South line of said Quarter Quarter Section; thence South 81 degrees 28 seconds West a distance of 664.50 feet to the Southwest corner of said Quarter Quarter Section, thence North 00 degrees 05 minutes East a distance of 1328.00 feet to the Northwest corner of said Quarter Quarter Section, thence North 81 degrees 28 seconds East a distance of 663.50 feet to the point of beginning, except that part in road aka 34505 E. Drinkwater Road.
 
 
Section 2.  The conditional use permit granted by this Ordinance is subject to the following conditions:      
1.  The number of horses used in the equine riding center shall be limited to twelve with no more than eight of these horses being boarded at any one time.
      
2.  No horse shows, commercial concession stands, or tack store shall be permitted on the premises.
      
3.  There shall be no lighting for the outdoor arena and the lighting for the designated parking area shall be turned off no later than 9:00 p.m. each night.
 
 
Section 3.  The Legislature, pursuant to the application of Returning Glory (CU-2011-206), requesting approval embodied in this Ordinance and with notice that the Jackson County Plan Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of this application in a public hearing on May 19, 2011, does adopt this Ordinance pursuant to the Jackson County Charter authorizing the Legislature to exercise legislative power pertaining to planning and zoning.
 
 
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date:  This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
                                          
 
____________________________            _____________________________
Chief Deputy County Counselor                  County Counselor
 
      I hereby certify that the attached Ordinance, Ordinance #4315 introduced on June 6, 2011, was duly passed on July 11, 2011 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:
 
 
      Yeas _______8________                  Nays ______0________
 
      Abstaining ______0_____                  Absent _____1_______
 
 
This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for his signature.
 
 
________________________                  ________________________________
Date                                          Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
 
 
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance #4315.
 
 
_______________________                  ________________________________
Date                                          Michael D. Sanders, County Executive