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<br /> <br /> <br />aTY Of <br />FRIDLEY <br /> <br /> <br />Meetiing <br />11, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />City Manager <br /> <br />Scott Hickok, Community Development <br />Paul Bolin, Planning Coordinator <br />Stacy Stromberg, Planner <br /> <br />Subject: <br /> <br />151 Reading of Ordinance Changing Boat, Camper, and Trailer Parking <br />M-02-17 <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The purpose of this memo is to provide the background necessary to consider changes to <br />the City's current requirements on the parking of non-motorized camping trailers, boats, & <br />utility trailers. During the summer of 1998 the City's systematic code enforcement <br />program revealed that a number of property owners were storing utillty trailers. camping <br />trailers. and boats in their front yards and on their driveways. The extent of these code <br />violations led to discussion and to survey questions on the 1999 & 2001 Citizen Survey <br />and the 2000 Council! Commission Survey and also to two variance requests to this code <br />section. 80th variances were denied. <br /> <br />On September 17, 2001, the City Council held a publiC hearing to discuss the existing <br />ordinance and allow residents to voice their opinions on the issue. Approximately 16 <br />people spoke, the majority of them owned camper trailers and were in favor of aHowing <br />these trailers to be parked on the driveway, at least seasonally. <br /> <br />The Planning Commission held a public hearing on January 2, 2002, gather <br />and make a recommendation on the proposed ordinance change. The motion to <br />recommend approval of the proposed ordinance change passed on a 5-1 vote. <br /> <br />The City Council held an additional public hearing on the proposed ordinance change <br />on January 28, 2002. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends holding the first reading of the proposed ordinance change. <br /> <br />ZUC:0' d <br /> <br />)-'3lG I::J.::I .::10 )-,1 IJ <br /> <br />9p:ll p00C:-l0-~ON <br />