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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 17, 2018 Page 18 Community Development Director Kari Collins stated from an administrative standpoint, the consumer nature of vehicles if a resident registers their collector vehicle with the City and the next year the resident sells it, it becomes a little bit of an administrative nightmare trying to chase down those vehicles. She stated there seems to be a shift towards families choosing to rent over owning and she would encourage whatever regulations the City chooses, that the threshold be the same for both owner-occupied and rental properties. Councilmember Willmus stated with regard to someone restoring their classic car, he did not know that is where the problem is. He thought the City had a pretty good indication of where the issues are in the City. He thought the solution is broader than what is being shown and that it was multi-faceted. The City is going to have to look at off street parking and perhaps at a City-wide number. He would have an issue of becoming so restrictive that the City is not allowing indi- viduals to have licensed vehicles that do only use them seasonally. He thought what the City needs to define is what is considered stored. Councilmember McGehee stated when the City talks about health, safety, and welfare, it is a welfare issue if the price of a resident's house is forced down by a neighboring property. She thought this is not something that should be set aside because it is a difficult problem to solve. Mayor Roe asked if this item is something the Council wants to defer to the peo- ple in the community, some sort of task force to help bring forward a policy to en- force. Councilmember Etten thought staff should be given an opportunity to put together a policy. He thought the Council came to the conclusion of researching a policy regarding vehicles that are stored on properties indefinitely. He thought that nar- rowed the scope on what staff needed to address. Councilmember Laliberte agreed. She stated if there is enforcement to be done, it be done by the City's current team and not done by the City Police Department. Mayor Roe asked if the City wanted to look at something in terms of limiting the location where vehicles in general are allowed to be stored in a driveway. Mr. Englund stated that is currently in code. Vehicles are currently prohibited from being parked in the right-of-way. He asked if the vehicle is moveable and the resident agrees to move the vehicle when the City needs to access the right-of- way, is that a concern for the City Council.