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-11- <br /> benefit from the track record of . similar ,ordinances <br /> • 1 in other municipalities; <br /> .2 <br /> 3 -was told -by Harland Walbon that the percentage .of <br /> 4 green space in a yard is already established when the <br /> 5 home is built . <br /> 6 <br /> 7 Jim Reasoner , 3526 Edward Street -N.E. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 -liked the Ordinance changes -'as far as they went; <br /> 10 <br /> 11 -thought the City should also give consideration to <br /> 12 what ' s parked in the backyards as well; <br /> 13 . <br /> 14 -said his opinion as a taxpayer no matter when he <br /> 15 moved in should be given weight; <br /> 16 <br /> 17 -defended his right to expect to live in a near com- <br /> 18 munity without a lot of unattractive outside stor- <br /> 19 age; <br /> 20 <br /> 21 -perceived if that storage is carried to extremes, it <br /> 22 would detract from the property values in the com- <br /> 23 munity and he had a right to expect the City to take <br /> 24 steps to see that doesn' t happen; <br /> 25 <br /> • 26 -knew a lot of people moved to St. Anthony because of <br /> 27 its reputation as an attractive City and had the <br /> 28 right to expect that to continue; <br /> 29 <br /> 30 -said he thought the reason more people weren' t at the <br /> 31 hearing was because the majority of residents had no <br /> 32 problem with the changes. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 Opponents: Harland C. Walbon, 3225 Skycroft Drive, who has lived <br /> 35 in the Village since 1956 <br /> 36 <br /> 37 -said he had raised 8 children on Skycroft and still <br /> 38 had 2 living at home; <br /> 39 <br /> 40 -reported he had a Winnebago, a boat, a car, a pickup <br /> 41 and a Bronco and his children' s vehicles are often <br /> 42 parked in the yard as well; <br /> 43 <br /> 44 -admitted his yard was "full most of the time" ; <br /> 45 <br /> 46 =considered the proposed ordinance "discriminated <br /> 47 against his being a family man; " <br /> 48 <br /> 49 stated he had lived in St. Anthony longer than anyone <br /> 50 else in attendance that evening and. said most of his <br /> .51 neighbors could have bought elsewhere when they saw <br /> • 52 his 8 children; <br /> 53 <br /> 54 <br /> 55 <br />