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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />aTY OF <br />FRIDLEY <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />December 28,2001 <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />Planning Commission Members <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Scott Hickok, Community Development Director <br />Paul Bolin, Planning Coordinator <br />Stacy Stromberg, Planner <br /> <br />Subject: <br /> <br />Background On Changes To Boat, Camper, and Trailer Parking <br /> <br />M-01-193 <br /> <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 utility 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. Both 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 allowing <br />these trailers to be parked on the driveway, at least seasonally. <br /> <br />In preparation for the September 17th public hearing on recreational vehicle parking, staff <br />conducted a survey of the surrounding cities to determine what their ordinances state <br />regarding recreational vehicle parking. The attached matrix shows the findings. <br /> <br />COUNCIL/COMMISSION SURVEY RESULTS <br />The results from the 2000 Council/Commission survey showed that the Council members <br />were divided between all the options. Two Council members would allow non-motorized <br />trailers to be parked in the front yard as long as they were parked on a hard surface. One <br />CouncH member chose the "do nothing" option. The fourth Council member chose the <br />option that would continue to consider the parking of non-motorized camper and trailers <br />through the variance process. We would, however, establish a practice of allowing them if <br />the person had no access to his side or rear yard. The fifth Council member was <br />undecided on this issue. <br /> <br />["]:/01: . d <br /> <br />,\3lGI 0.:1 .:10 ,\1 IJ <br /> <br />0S : H !70;l0c; - H~h^\O~j <br />