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Department Approval <br />� <br />Item Description <br />1.O BACKGROUND <br />l�'�, <br />Jy <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: 07/13/2009 <br />Item No.: 9.a <br />City Manager Approval <br />� / <br />Adopt Ordinance to Amend to Title 4 of the City Code Regarding Yard <br />Requirements and Regulation of Residential Composting <br />1.1 Chapter 407 of the Roseville City Code regulates nuisances within the City. Section <br />407.02 regulates nuisances affecting the health, safety, comfort, or repose of residents. <br />The following report describes two recommended clarifications to Section 407.02 related <br />to yard vegetation and compost bins and the addition of a new chapter to more fully <br />detail regulations on residential compost bins. <br />1.2 Staff brought draft language for the City Council to review at the April 13, 2009, and the <br />June 8, 2009 City Council meetings. See Attachments A and S to review the meeting <br />minutes.) <br />1.3 At the June 8, 2009 meeting, Council members requested further refinement to the <br />composting language and asked that staff work with Dr. Carl J. Rosen, who is a Roseville <br />resident and professor/soil scientist at the University of Minnesota and during a statement <br />at the meeting volunteered to work with staff on further revisions to the proposed code. <br />1.3 Since the June 8 meeting, staff has refined the language of the composting ordinance and <br />coordinated with Dr. Rosen. Changes to the ordinance focus on the number of compost <br />containers per lot and now would allow for up to two containers on lots 10,000 square <br />feet or less in area and three compost containers on residential lots larger than 10,000 <br />square feet in area. (See Attachment C to review the revised language.) Staff did <br />coordinate the revisions with Dr. Rosen and provided him with proposed changes to the <br />language. Attachment D is a record of this correspondence and Dr. Rosen's reply. <br />2.0 <br />2.1 <br />3.0 <br />3.1 <br />POLICY OBJECTIVE <br />Soth proposed ordinance amendments more clearly set forward expectations for property <br />owners and allows City staff to have unambiguous rules to enforce. <br />BUDGET IMPLICATIONS <br />The proposed amendments are not expected have an impact on the City's budget. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />