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i REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 2 , 1992 PAGE 5 4 5 6 Conference . He wanted this to be made clear as some 7 residents stated they felt the meeting had been changed 8 to avoid public comment regarding the proposed parking 9 ordinance . 10 li In response to the claim that this proposed ordinance has 12 received little publicity , the Mayor noted he had 13 mentioned it in his cable television program which has 14 been run on cable seventeen times . He had also referred 15 to this matter in his goalsetting article which appeared 16 in the City newsletter . 17 18 The City Manager advised he has received an opinion from 19 the City Attorney regarding property owners voting on 20 this issue . The opinion stated that only the City Council 21 can pass or rescind an ordinance . This matter cannot be 22 placed on a General Election ballot for all property 23 owners to vote on . 24 25 The City Manager , referring to the section which includes 26 R-lA zoning, stated that this zoning is being considered for removal from the ordinance . The only R-IA zone in the City is on Silver Lake property . The front yards of lake 29 property most often faces the street and the back yards 30 face the Lake . These property owners store their 31 recreational equipment in their front yards in most 32 instances . 33 34 Ron Sonmore , 2708 34th Avenue , who is a thirty-four year 35 resident of St . Anthony , stated he has owned boats and 36 recreational vehicles for over twenty years . He has 37 stored this equipment in his front yard for all of that 38 time and has received no complaints . 39 40 Mr . Sonmore took umbrage at having recreational vehicles 41 labelled as "visual pollution" by a Planning Commission 42 member . He and his wife toured seventy-one square blocks 43 of the community and took thirty-four photos of 44 recreational equipment in that area . He submitted his 45 photos to the Council and is of the opinion that all of 46 this equipment was being stored in an acceptable manner . 47 48 Mr . Sonmore feels that there are some problems with the 49 parking of commercial vehicles in residential 50 neighborhoods , but noted there are already laws on the 5l books which address these problems . Mr . Sonmore said that 52 thirty percent of the City ' s residents are senior citizens and many of them have recreational vehicles . He disagrees that senior citizens ' incomes are "expandable"