The Ogle County Zoning Board of Appeals voted 3-2 this week to deny a special use permit for a commercial dog kennel northeast of Kings. The request came from Christie Hardt who runs a dog breeder business in DeKalb County.
The property is located in the 14,000 block of East Dutch Road in Ogle County. Numerous area residents voiced their opinion against the facility during the hearing. A petition was signed by 25 hundred people.
The property is currently zone for agriculture.
Hardt said during the hearing that she sells around 100 puppies per month. She plans to keep the business in Clare while also running the operations in Ogle County.
Hardt said there could be as many as 115 dogs at the Dutch Road kennel.
The special use permit request will now go before the Planning and Zoning Committee on May 9th. The Ogle County board plans to hear the issue during their meeting on May 16th.
