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COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 24, 2003 APROVED I1 City Planner Smyser drew a picture of a sample 11 acre parcel, which illustrated Councilmember 2 Carlson's point that the larger parcel would need to be less than 10 acres. City Administrator Waite 3 Smith clarified that they would be requesting, for example, a 1.25 acre lot, to be one acre buildable 4 and .25 acre for the right-of-way, and a 9.75 acre lot, and the Council is wondering if they could grant 5 a variance for that second parcel to be only 9.75 acres rather than 10 acres. 6 7 Councilmember O'Donnell suggested they deal with it on a one-on-one basis. 8 9 Councilmember Dahl indicated she has a question on page 3-73, but could be jump started to vote if 10 they could discuss it at the work session. Mayor Bergeson asked how many more significant items 11 City Planner Smyser wanted to cover. Community Development Director Grochala asked if the City 12 Council had any more. 13 14 Councilmember Carlson asked if the item Councilmember Dahl brought up could be discussed at the 15 work session. City Planner Smyser stated it could. 16 17 Councilmember Carlson asked if they were allowing big vehicles because they are in the city now. 18 City Planner Smyser stated that trucks up to 11,075 pounds are automatically allowed, but if someone 19 is in a residential zoning district, or a rural zoning with less than two and one-half acres, they cannot 20 have anything more than 11,075 pounds unless they meet the requirements outlined. 21 22 Councilmember Carlson asked if someone could have more than one truck. City Planner Smyser read 23 the item again, indicating there has always been a permit for parking vehicles on the books, and what 24 they did was clarified it to say this applies to residential zoning districts and rural lots less than two 25 and one-half acres only. He stated if someone has a rural parcel over two and one-half acres, they can 26 have big equipment there, such as contractors and truckers, but below two and one-half acres and 27 residential, it is not a good idea to exceed this weight limit. 28 29 Councilmember Carlson asked what type of vehicles would fit within the 11,075 pound maximum. 30 City Planner Smyser indicated delivery trucks, UPS trucks, etc. Councilmember Carlson stated this 31 would then allow delivery trucks to be parked in residential areas. City Planner Smyser stated that the 32 current ordinance allows them now, what is changing is that under two and one-half acres in rural 33 zones you cannot have anything bigger than this. 34 35 Councilmember Carlson stated that where she is going is that maybe a trucker brings home his truck 36 in a rural zone, but this is also opening it up to businesses where they may be bringing employees. 37 She added that rural executive homes could be affected also. She stated if she built her dream home 38 and then found out the City was allowing a business with multiple trucks to operate next to her, she 39 would not be happy. 40 41 City Planner Smyser stated to change this would be eliminating a lot of businesses. Councilmember 42 Carlson indicated it would not if they only allowed families. Mayor Bergeson stated they could not 43 do that. Councilmember Carlson agreed that they have not looked at it thoroughly, but she believes it 44 could be done. 45 36