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-3- <br />Arnold Knapp, 5210 Greenfield Avenue stated that he wanted to park his recreational <br />vehicle at his own home and stated that a property owner should be able to do what <br />he pleases on his own property. <br />Mayor Pickar replied that he agreed, that the City had a democratic system and that <br />the problem had to be worked out to the peoples satisfaction. <br />Bill Kirberger of New Brighton introduced himself as a state legislative representative <br />of the Good Sam Camping Organization, which has 3,200 members and stated that he was <br />concerned about the ordinance and had received complaints from citizens of Mounds View, <br />which was why he was present at the meeting. <br />He stated that he did not believe the City officials had the right to put the ordi- <br />nance into effect, that it was unconstitutional and should not be put into effect <br />because of a neighbor who did not like the view. He also asked what the City expected <br />to gain by the ordinance. <br />He stated that a town in Texas had been faced with the same problem and their City <br />Council decided to build a recreational vehicle park, at a cost of $139,000 and they <br />ended up making a considerable amount of money on it. <br />Councilmember Ziebarth replied that to answer the question of what the City expected <br />to accomplish by the ordinance, was that safety factors be established and enforced, <br />such as parking a recreational vehicle on an incline close to the street. <br />Mr. Kirberger stated that he agreed that there should be safety factors enforced. He <br />asked that the City Attorney contact the State Attorney General regarding the con- <br />stitutionality of the ordinance. <br />Ann Ross, 5142 Eastwood Road stated that she knew where there were several junk cars <br />parked in the city and wondered why just recreational vehicles were being pursued <br />and not junk cars also. Mrs. Ross asked if any action had been taken yet on the <br />flyer the City sent out on recreational vehicles. <br />Mayor Pickar gave the background of the flyer for those who were not aware of it. <br />It was included in the March 1977 Newsletter and was a questionnaire on recreational <br />vehicle parking. A total of 132 questionnaires were returned. These included 23 <br />photocopied questionnaires that one resident went house -to -house asking citizens to <br />complete. j <br />OF the 132 responses, 92 (70%) came from owners of recreational tonal vehicles. OF these <br />92 recreational vehicle owners, 60 (66 %) indicated they ALWAYS park these vehicles <br />in the front or side yard, and 9 indicated they NEVER park in the front or side yard. <br />The ba l kcd i n the front i rd or i dP yard fcl l sows . <br />�) (i L; U:.. 0 SAE; .k' Naraea a a -, front iii 6, yc.,d :+ � �. � L,! -', E4.� <br />0 -5 days 3 <br />5 -25 days 6 <br />25 -50 days 6 <br />over 50 days 3 <br />summer only 10 <br />Of the 92 owners of recreational vehicles, 80 (87 %) do not store the vehicle off <br />their premises in the winter. 63 (68 %) do not use the vehicle for daily transportation. <br />