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3.Work with Ramsey County on enforcement issues. <br />Staff has workedwith the Sheriff’s Department to establish a protocol for <br />enforcing the limit on driveway parking to four vehicles. <br />Persistent driveway parking violations have been resolved. New cases have been <br />addressed promptly. <br />The City Council approved changes to the parking ordinance to make it simpler to <br />understand and easier to enforce. <br />Through working with Ramsey County as described above, staff feels that a streamlined process <br />has been developed to address excessive vehicles in the driveway. The process allows staff to <br />track and addresshabitual violators of the ordinance, without penalizing households who <br />unknowingly violate the ordinance due to family gatherings or other events. <br />City staff has been working with the City Attorney on the remaining two action items under the <br />rental properties goal: <br />4.Research legal constraints and opportunities for enforcement. <br />5.Research rental registration and licensing programs in other cities. <br />While working on these remaining action items, staff and the City Attorney have primarily <br />focused onthe following issues: <br />Excessive occupancy. <br />Unregistered rental homes. <br />Rental licensing programs and requirements. <br />Excessive Occupancy <br />The City’s Zoning Code defines “family” as “an individual or two (2) or more persons, each <br />related to the other by blood, marriage, adoption or foster care, or a group of not more than four <br />(4) persons, some orall of whom are not related by blood, marriage or adoption, living together <br />and maintaining a household.” Occupancy in single-family dwelling units, therefore, is limited <br />to no more than four people if at least one of the occupants is unrelated to the others. <br />Generally, the City faces two challenges related to excessive occupancy: <br />1.How can the City prove excessive occupancy? <br />2.How can the City enforce the ordinance to reduce occupancy? <br />Proof of excessive occupancy <br />According to the City Attorney, “unless there are life safety concerns, the City does not have the <br />authority to enter private property without consent from the owner and/or the occupants. If <br />access is denied, the City must obtain a search warrant. In order to do so, the City would need to <br />City of Arden Hills <br />City Council Work Session April 16, 2012 <br />25 <br />Page of <br />