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In response to the Council and Planning Commission's request, Staff analyzed the current code and reviewed codes from fifteen other communities in the metropolitan area, Comments and discussion were elicited from other City Staff, including the code enforcement officer and the building official, Two work sessions were held with the Planning Commission, one on November 7th and another on December 5th. At each meeting additional questions and concerns were raised, In addition, two public hearings were held at which residents were invited to raise their own questions and concerns. The Planning Commission unanimously voted to recommend approval of the ordinance at their December 5, 2007 meeting, The City Attorney then examined the ordinance and made minor language changes dealing with redundancy within the document. The City Council tabled the proposed ordinance at their January 14, 2008, meeting in order to allow staff to respond to questions raised by the Council. At this time staff has not proposed any significant policy changes. If the City Council wishes to make these changes, staff recommends adopting an ordinance that will deal with the fundamental issues of the existing code so that the immediate enforcement concerns are addressed, and returning to broader policy questions at a later date, Proposed Chanl!es This memo highlights the changes that have been made to the proposed ordinance since the January 14, 2008 City Council meeting. In addition to the suggestions from the City Council, the proposed ordinance reflects additional review from the City Attorney who suggested grammatical revisions that would reduce redundancy within the ordinance, Definitions The definitions for Recreational Vehicle and Watercraft have been revised to exclude trailers, utility trailers or special purpose trailers, A definition for utility trailers has been added, It reads: Utility Trailer. Equipment used for recreational or utilitarian purposes that can be towed; such as special purpose trailers (i.e. boat trailers, A TV trailers) or other hauling trailers. In addition, throughout the ordinance the words "RV and watercraft" and "Recreational Vehicle and watercraft" were revised to read "RV, utility trailer, and watercraft, The definition for Recreational Vehicle has been revised to explicitly include riding lawn mowers; however for enforcement purposes this does not represent a change in previous City policy. City of Arden Hills City Council MeetingforJanuary 28,2008 \\Metro-inet.uslardenhillsIPlanning\Planning Cases\2007\07-025 RV Regulations Zoning Amendment (eC Tab/ed)\01280B - CC Report - Rv Regulations.doc Page 2 of 4