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<br /> <br /> <br />Item No: 7A <br />Meeting Date: March 23, 2015 <br />Type of Business: Public Hearing <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: Public Hearing - Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance <br />898, Amending City Code Chapter 607 for Storage of Fish <br />Houses in Front Yard 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 Planning Commission discussed this in great length at the February 4, 2015 meeting, and <br />decided to allow only “drop axle style” fish houses to be stored for any length of time on <br />residential properties. Most of these drop axle style fish houses are designed to be used all <br />year round. They are used as ice fishing houses in the winter and campers in the summer. <br />The Commissioners felt that since many of these houses are used year-round and look like a <br />cross between a camper and enclosed fiberglass trailer, having them in the front yard area is <br />no different than the allowed campers, boats or regular trailers. The Planning Commission <br />also recommended that a definition for drop axle fish house be added to the code in order to <br />assist staff with enforcement. <br /> <br />The City Council reviewed the proposed amendments and approved the first reading of <br />Ordinance 898 on February 23, 2015. The ordinance language remains changed from the first <br />reading. <br /> <br />Recommendation <br /> <br />Hold the Public Hearing and take any testimony. Staff recommends adoption of Ordinance <br />898 and publication of the Ordinance Summary. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br /> <br />Attachment: <br />1. Ordinance 898 <br />