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<br />Paul N, Trites, M.D. <br />1850 Indian Place <br />Arden Hills, Minnesota 55112 <br /> <br /> <br />Memo <br /> <br />To: Honorable Members of Arden Hills Planning Commission and <br />Honorable Members of Arden Hills City Council <br /> <br />Date: November 7,2007 <br />RE: Recreational Vehicle Policy <br /> <br />Dear Members: <br /> <br />I am a resident of Arden Hills near the Lake Johanna Schmidt Lake Park area. I have <br />been a residentover the past 29 years since 1978. I have enjoyed bringing up my family <br />here and plan to be a lifetime resident over the next many years. <br /> <br />One of the reasons for my purchasing property in the Arden Hills area was the open feel <br />and the type of people that resided in the area. Most of the people that live in Arden Hills <br />are hard working people that like to make use of the outdoors and many sports activities. <br /> <br />Many residents make use of recreational time with the use of recreational vehicles in the <br />form RV, trailers, and other vehicles that help them enjoy the outdoors in Minnesota. <br /> <br />Many of the residents live in Arden Hills specifically so that they have the space around <br />them that allows the use of Recreational Vehicles on their property. It is necessary in <br />most cases to have the recreational vehicles on the property so that they can be used and <br />prepared for use when they are taken out for use. <br /> <br />To restrict or impinge on the type and usage ofthe type ofRV that can be stored on the <br />property over and above what is currently done is an undue hardship on those that have <br />been using their RV on their property over the past 50 plus years. This affects the reason <br />that they purchased their property, purchased their RV, and paid taxes to support Arden <br />Hills over these many years. <br /> <br />To change the character of the city to restrict RV on property is the wrong way to <br />approach this problem. <br /> <br />If there is a problem with certain situations in the city, these can usually be handled on an <br />individual basis depending on the needs of neighbors, topographical problems, or other <br />special needs. <br /> <br />In looking over the problems and issues that have been summarized in the proposed <br />changes to date the way in which to handle these issues are <br />