(Atlantic) The City of Atlantic Board of Adjustment meets later today to consider a Conditional Use Permit Application by the Cass County Animal Clinic.
The application is for the 2309 Whitney Street on East 22nd Street property. The permit would be for operating a health and medical institution in a Residential low-density single-family residential district.
The Board will then have to make two decisions during this meeting. The first will determine if a veterinary clinic uses a similar character to the conditional use of “Health and Medical Institutions, Including Convalescent, Hospitals, Nursing, Retirement or Rest Homes.
Atlantic City Administrator John Lund says, ” If the Board affirms the inclusion of the veterinary clinic under this section, it will then proceed to the review of the conditional use permit itself, using the standards outlined in the Zoning Ordinance and listed in this analysis.”
Lund says, “If the Board votes to not include veterinary clinics under “health and medical institutions.” The Board will need to proceed and vote against the conditional use permit. To clarify, the Board may include veterinary clinics as health and medical institutions and still vote against the conditional use permit if it does not meet the standards found in the Zoning Ordinance, but the Board cannot vote against the inclusion of veterinary clinics as health and medical institutions, and then vote to approve the conditional use permit.
The meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. at Atlantic City Hall, in the City Council Chambers.
