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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 22~ 1997 Scalze felt sheds should be placed behind the rear of a structure. Morelan felt that ideally a shed should be set back a certain distance from the front of the house. However, if a shed is visible from the street, perhaps it will be maintained better. Pedersen felt that at a minimum a shed should be placed behind the half-way point of a structure and not even with the front of the structure. Scalze felt that side yard placement depended on the distance between homes. Scalze pointed out that someone might have a deck or screened porch adjacent to their side yard and would not want to be looking out at a shed. Morelan stated that most people have their decks in the back yard. He also noted that if a shed were placed in the rear yard, it could still be adjacent to the side lot line. Scalze agreed, but pointed out that the shed would not be next to the principal structure. Pedersen pointed out that his concern is the view from the street indicating that the entire neighborhood is affected when a shed is placed adjacent to the front of a house. In the back yard, only the adjacent neighbors are affected by the shed. Fahey felt it was a question of how much the City wants to legislate. Fahey felt most property owners would place their sheds where they are least obtrusive to their neighbors. Pedersen felt sheds should be behind the principle structure, and limited to rear yards. Fahey asked if the intent was that existing sheds in side yards would be grandfathered in. Pedersen agreed that existing sheds would be grandfathered, and that the ordinance would apply to new sheds. The City Administrator pointed out that currently the setback for sheds is 10 feet. If the ordinance is adopted granting a 3 foot setback and limiting sheds to rear yards, those sheds that currently existing in side 7