A local family’s request to keep two miniature horses on their residential property will head to the Marion County Planning and Zoning Commission for review next week.
Stefan and Cathy Mehrl have filed an application for a Special Use Permit (SUP) to house two miniature horses for personal, non-commercial use on their property.
The 1.54-acre parcel, located at 12721 SW 73rd Street in the Rolling Hills Unit 3 subdivision, currently holds a Single-Family Dwelling (R-1) zoning classification and a Rural Land (RL) future land use designation.
Because the property is zoned R-1, the owners are required by the county’s Land Development Code to obtain a Special Use Permit to keep the animals on the premises. The site is located outside of both the Urban Growth Boundary and the Farmland Preservation Area, but sits within the county’s Secondary Springs Protection Overlay Zone…