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i <br /> tA <br /> -18- <br /> to resident input and, hopefully, finally writing a workable <br /> law which will get to the bottom of the problems residents <br /> are complaining about. He said this supported his <br /> contention that the Council does listen to the residents and <br /> is sincere about getting an enforceable Ordinance; <br /> -cautioned against writing an Ordinance which resulted in <br /> "a parade of people" coming before the Council to get <br /> variances. <br /> Ranallo -said he still thought most people wanted some restriction <br /> of the number of vehicles and wondered if five might be a <br /> more reasonable number for the vehicles listed in the Ordi- <br /> nance as long as they can only be parked on surfaced areas. <br /> Makowske -said she didn' t think it was the number of vehicles that <br /> bothered most people but rather most of the residents who <br /> had called her had been more concerned about the appearance <br /> of lawns after cars are parked on them all winter. <br /> Ranallo -said one of his callers had complained about a large <br /> sailboat which had been parked on his neighbor' s lawn for <br /> • a long time and even hung out over the City' s boulevard. <br /> Marks -reiterated that he still maintained the timing aspects of <br /> any restrictions had to be addressed. <br /> Soth -said it would be easy to write procedures into the Ordinance <br /> but perceived the City would have to be very specific <br /> regarding the number of vehicles which could be parked in an <br /> area for a specified time. He suggested the Council might <br /> even have to address the question of whether the vehicles <br /> were owned or operated by the homeowners. <br /> In regard to the number of unrelated persons who would be allowed to live <br /> in a residence, Mr. Lofgren suggested the Council might want to specify <br /> that "only a homeowner and three unrelated persons could live in a <br /> residence" because he perceived an owner wouldn' t want to "trash his own <br /> investment." There was general agreement that specifying four unrelated <br /> persons in this manner might provide a satisfactory method of preventing <br /> what Councilmember Makowske had been afraid of. <br /> Council Action <br /> Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Makowske to request the City Attorney to <br /> rewrite the Ordinance along the lines of the ideas the Council had thrown <br /> out that evening and to delay the first reading of the Ordinance until <br /> staff has figured out -a way of letting the residents know when the <br /> • Council would be giving the first reading to the changes. <br /> Motion carried unanimously. <br />