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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,May 23,2011 Page 14 more people to facilitate at least two (2) inside and two (2) outside and off-street parking areas, as stated in current code, suggesting that the City Council may want to make an exception on parking for ADU's. Mayor Roe echoed the parking comments of Councilmember Pust; and ques- tioned an ADU rental being "licensed" or "permitted" and the implications of both, and defining them for those not supporting rental licensing. Mr. Trudgeon concurred that licensing opened up a whole other discussion. Mayor Roe questioned how this process was different than a CU process, other than it going with the property ownership. Mr. Trudgeon advised that the approvals would be done administratively rather than coming before the City Council for approval. Mayor Roe noted that he had requested staff to include the City's rental registra- tion license ordinance as a bench handout for review of how those problem prop- erties were handled; noting that the history of rental properties indicated more performance issues, and for the purpose of providing a context of what the City had available for regulation of rentals, and to avoid overlapping administratively. Mayor Roe noted that other cities had requirements in their code for recording permits with the Ramsey County Recorder, and questioned if that was something staff wanted to consider. Mr. Trudgeon advised that he wanted to consult with the City Attorney before re- commending recording ADU's, as that put a restrictive covenant against the prop- erty, and he wanted to review the advantages and disadvantages of such a re- quirement. Mayor Roe questioned why neighbors across the street were not included in no- tice provisions. Mr. Trudgeon advised that staff was most concerned with adjacent properties and modeled language from the Administrative Deviation code; but offered to review language further if the City Council wanted to include the neighbor directly across the street from a proposed ADU. Mayor Roe and Councilmember Johnson suggested reviewing notice require- ments to included neighbors across the street to provide more transparency. Councilmember McGehee noted that both ADU's passed to-date were garage units, recalling that one was attached and one detached; and questioned the orien- tation of the structures on the property and proximity to adjacent properties.