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The vote on the motion to amend was a 4:4 tie; councilors Taylor, Bettman, Ortiz and Zelenka voting no, and councilors Solomon, Poling, Pryor and Clark voting yes. The Mayor cast a vote against the motion and it failed on a final vote of 5:4. Councilor Poling, seconded by Councilor Clark, moved to retain the current limita- tion on the number of dogs permitted without constituting a “kennel” by: 1) Deleting the proposed replacement of the number 3 in the definition of “ken- nel” in Section 2 of Ordinance A so that the definition retains the following phrase: “premises on which three or more dogs over six-months of age are kept or maintained…” 2) Amending the new test proposed for EC9.2741(2)(a)5 in Section 8 of Ordi- nance A to replace the “3” with a “2.” 3) Deleting the proposed replacement of the number 3 in the definition of “non- commercial dog kennel” in Section 28 of Ordinance A so that the definition re- tains the following phrase: “premises where three or more dogs, over six- months of age, are kept or maintained…” Councilor Poling explained that his motion was responding to citizen concerns regarding neighbors with three or more dogs on their property. He saw no reason to increase the permitted number of dogs from two to three and noted the motion allowed fostering dogs on a temporary basis. Councilor Taylor opposed the motion. She said the proposed change was humane and gave examples of situations where marriage or a death in the family could result in a household having three dogs. Councilor Solomon recalled that the amendment was requested by kennel owners, who wanted the limit increased to three dogs. She was not certain of the implications of Councilor Poling’s motion. Ms. Hansen said the City did not define “dog keeping;” that was done through the definition of a “kennel,” which was defined as three or more dogs. She said if someone owned three dogs that could classify as a kennel, which was not allowed in a residential zone. The vote on the motion to amend was a 4:4 tie; councilors Taylor, Pryor, Ortiz and Solomon voting no, and councilors Bettman, Zelenka, Poling and Clark voting yes. The Mayor cast a vote against the motion and it failed on a final vote of 5:4. Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Councilor Bettman, moved to amend EC 9.7007(1)(a) at Section 19 of Ordinance A to provide: “Type II: 3-lot partitions, tentative subdivisions and tentative cluster subdivisions.” Councilor Zelenka said the requirement for developers to meet with the neighborhood if the proposal was 10 lots or more was irrelevant in more built-up parts of the City and by reducing the number to three, the desired outcome of more neighborhood input would be achieved. The motion to amend passed, 6:2; councilors Pryor and Solomon voting no. Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Councilor Bettman, moved to replace the text of the proposed Subsection 9.2751(1)(c) of Ordinance A with the following text: MINUTES—Eugene City Council August 11, 2008 Page 3 Regular Meeting