CC_Minutes_2018_0917 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 17,2018 Page 15 Mayor Roe reviewed public comment protocol. He noted the Council received a number of emails before the meeting from residents regarding this item. Public Comment Ms. Connie Wilmes,396 Brooks Ms. Wilmes stated her concern is with the cars that are stored, unused or never used, in her neighborhood. She thought there had to be a way to limit and regu- late this. Over the years when she has worked with Roseville Code Enforcement regarding this, she had learned there is nothing in the books to enforce stored, un- used vehicles in the City. She noted many of the people who store vehicles in the City know the requirements and make sure the vehicles are licensed and in work- ing order. She thought the City could do surprise visits to the residences with stored cars and make sure the car starts. In her neighborhood, most of the stored vehicles would not be operable. This is a negative in their neighborhood, both for property value, for quality of daily life and she hoped a code would help change this. The people next to her had to reduce their price by$25,000 in order to sell it due to all of the cars parked in the neighborhood. Ms. Wilmes has asked the City Council to drive by to see the situation first hand. She understood there is some concern with residents who have many drivers and she wanted to make it clear in her neighborhood that is not the concern the neigh- bors have. She stated this is an eyesore and a negative in the community. Her re- quest is for the City to pursue this and eliminate stored cars in their neighbor- hoods. Mr.Jim Bull,3061 Woodbridge Street Mr. Bull stated his household has six vehicles that are all operated regularly, li- censed, and fit within the driveway and garage. To be told a resident cannot have those six cars in their driveway would be wrong. The cars all have a purpose and are all used and licensed by the State. Some other problems he sees with this is if there are visitors that come over for a day or week with their vehicle parked in the driveway. As the Council looks at segments of their culture that have extended families or multi-generational, he thought a policy limiting this could get into the aspect of discrimination. He was in favor of regulating vehicles that do not work or are an eyesore but where people have operating cars that are regularly used, li- censed vehicles or even classic cars being stored on the property. Mayor Roe asked if the classic car is being stored in the driveway or the garage when not being used for part of the year. Mr. Bull stated it is usually stored in the driveway. Mr.Dale Howey, 991 Parker Avenue Mr. Howey stated he did not have an opinion until he came to the meeting. He gave examples of how different things can offend different people. He saw this as