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• • • Planning & Zoning Board May 14, 1997 Page 2 Chair Schaps declared the Open Mike portion of the meeting open at 6:38 p.m. There were no comments. Mr. Gelbmann made a MOTION to close the Open Mike portion of the meeting at 6:39 p.m., and was supported by Mr. Dunn. Motion carried unanimously, 7 -0 Chair Schaps recognized Mayor Landers' attendance at the meeting. V. ACTION ITEMS: A. Ordinance Amendment - Recreational Vehicles - PUBLIC HEARING Mr. Brixius stated that in response to the public comments received at the last Planning & Zoning Board meeting, an ordinance has been drafted with regard to storage of RV and utility vehicles in residential areas. The following amendments are suggested to the City's Zoning Ordinance: 1. The vehicles are used solely by the family residing in the dwelling on such site. The intent is to prevent commercial storage of any other vehicles. 2. The vehicles have affixed thereto current registration or license plates as required by law to eliminate junk vehicles. 3. The vehicles are stored no closer than five (5) feet from side and rear lot lines. 4. The vehicles located within front yard areas are confined to designated driveways or parking areas surfaced in compliance with Section 8, Subd. 4(3) of this ordinance. This section requires that all driveways or accesses would be surfaced with asphalt or concrete as approved by the City Engineer. Exceptions would be driveways that serve farm or accesses that serve residential principal or accessory structures on one more than one acre. The surface exception may be gravel, pea rock, crushed rock, as approved by the City Engineer. It would be required that parcels of less than one acre would have asphalt or concrete access drives. The requirement of storage on surfaced areas is intended to avoid storage in landscaped areas which cause deterioration of the site. 5. All front yard storage comply with the following setbacks from street curb or pavement lines: a) minor arterial, 30 feet; b) collector, 20 feet; c) local, 15 feet. The setbacks are measured from the street curb or pavement line because front property lines are not always clear. It is also necessary to keep sight lines unencumbered.