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<br /> <br /> <br />Item No: 7F <br />Meeting Date: February 23, 2015 <br />Type of Business: Council Business <br />Administrator Review: __________ <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Introduction and First Reading of Ordinance 898, Amending City <br />Code Chapter 607 for Storage of Fish Houses in Front Yard <br />Areas of Residential Districts <br /> <br /> <br />A resident sent in a request to amend the City Code relating to parking of fish houses in <br />residential districts. He requested that the code be amended to allow the storage of drop axle <br />style fish houses in the front yard area of properties longer than 24 hours. The City Council <br />discussed this and was supportive of being more permissive of fish houses being kept on <br />properties and asked the Planning Commission to discuss and make a recommendation. <br /> <br />The City Code relating to fish houses currently reads: <br /> <br />Chapter 607 Nuisances <br /> <br />607.06: OUTSIDE PARKING AND STORAGE: <br /> <br /> Subd. 1. Declaration Of Nuisance: The outside parking and storage on residentially-zoned <br />property of vehicles, materials, supplies or equipment not customarily used for residential <br />purposes in violation of the requirements set forth below is declared to be a public nuisance <br />because it: a) obstructs views on streets and private property, b) creates cluttered and otherwise <br />unsightly areas, c) introduces commercial advertising signs into areas where commercial <br />advertising signs are otherwise prohibited, d) decreases adjoining landowners and occupants' <br />enjoyment of their property and neighborhood, and e) otherwise adversely affects property values <br />and neighborhood patterns. (Ord. 694, 3-11-02) <br /> <br /> Subd. 2. Unlawful Parking And Storage: (Ord. 694, 3-11-02) <br /> <br /> a. No person may place, store, or allow the placement or storage of ice fish houses, skateboard <br />ramps, play houses, or other similar nonpermanent structures outside continuously for longer <br />than twenty four (24) hours in the front-yard area of residentially-zoned property.