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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OCTOBER 16, 1990 PAGE 8 Jim McNamara, City's Building Official, .reported the mobile home has proper state licenses on it and has a manufactured date of 7/7/77. The house woud have to meet all existing building codes in effect. McNamara pointed out a law was passed in 1982 that prohibits a municipality from regulating maufactured homes built in conformance with 327.31 to 327.53 that comply with all other zoning ordinances promulgated pursuant to this section. It was the opinion of the City Attorney we cannot prohibit this mobile home from being out on his property because we have set no standards (size, foundation, roof pitch,) in any of our zoning districts. The Council indicated to Mr. Mogren they did not want to see the land. use changed from Ag to commercial. As long as he wasn't selling anything, they saw sod fields as an Ag use and Mr. Mogren would be bound by the regulations in the RR Zoning District. The City Administrator and Building Official will recommend amending the code by setting standards for manufactured homes in all our zoning districts in order to bring our code up in conformance with State Law. 7. Presentation by Washington County Sheriff's Department: Deputy Jesse Kurtz Washington County Deputy, Jesse Kurtz, provided a film of the County SWAT Team which trains in the Lake Elmo Park Reserve. The FBI has the Washington County Sheriff's SWAT Team train other departments state-wide. Jerry DuFriese of the Wash. Cty Canine Unit and his dog, Rommel gave a demonstration on how with a single command a trained dog seeks out narcotics. The Canine Unit has been in existence for approx. 8 years. They train with St. Paul Police Dept Canine Unit in a 14 week program, 8 hours a day 5 days a week. Deputy Kurtz provided a letter regarding speeding complaints by Richard Acree on County Road 17 between 20th St North & Highway 5. Inn response to Deputy Kurtz's letter, Dick Acree addressed the following statements: --"Two days after Deputy Kurtz made the offer for me to sit in the squad car and run radar, an officer let he., sit in his vehicle for 1/2 hour to observe the read-out on the radar screen. When a car passed them at 38 mph in a 30 mph zone, I asked why didn't you stop him. The officer answered they don't give a ticket in a 30 mph zone unless you go 40 mph or more. I brought this to the attention of Capt. Green, who said the officer made a mistake and should have pulled him over. This is the second officer that has told me they do not enforce the speed limit unless they are travelling 40+ mph. The enforcement level needs to be tightened up." --"In regard to the comment by Capt. Green on the radar survey that was conducted, I believe they did the best survey they could with the men and equipment they had. Capt. Green agreed the survey was faulty because of the points I brought out in my letter."