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I Regular Council Meeting 2 July 28, 1992 3 Page 6 4 5 6 7 meantime staff could try to get samples of other 8 municipalities' ordinances dealing with home occupations 9 and find out what their experiences with such ordinances 10 had been. Councilmember Enrooth indicated he would 11 rather have the results of such research before deciding 12 to send it for Planning Commission action. 13 14 Councilmember Fleming said her understanding of the 15 problems the neighbors were having with the mowing 16 business run out of 2704 Pahl Avenue involved not only 17 bringing the equipment home but also maintaining it on 18 the property or in the alley. When Mr. Burt reported 19 working for three and a half months with the renters on 20 that property to get that equipment moved and said he 21 thought his efforts had been successfull, his assumptions 22 were challenged by both Councilmember Fleming and Thomas 23 and Susan Hoban, 2705 Pahl Avenue, who contended the 24 situation had not changed. 25 26 Mr. Hoban indicated he was the spokesman for Randy 27 Ferguson and other neighbors who were unable to attend 28 the meeting that evening. He said the objects of the 29 concerns for that neighborhood' s safety were renters of 30 the home across the street from him, Glen Brown and Jeff 31 Hanson, who operate a mowing business out of 2704 Pahl, 32 park on his side of the street to spite the neighbors and 33 keep two trucks, a car and a trailer which they often 34 maintain in the alley. 35 36 Mr. Hoban had a long list of actions which had been 37 reported to the City police for which he perceived 38 receiving lukewarm responses. The complainant said it 39 had taken four days to get a refrigerator with a door on 40 removed from the alley. Mr. Hoban had pictures showing 41 all three vehicles parked in the right of way next to the 42 alley. He added that .these vehicles were parked that 43 same day on Wilson Avenue, facing the wrong way. The 44 resident indicated he and his neighbors were also 45 concerned about chemicals stored on the premises at 2704, 46 one of which is "Purak" in 100 gallon drums. Mr. Hoban - 47 said Mr. Brown and Hanson wash their vehicles out in the 48 alley two or three times a week leaving pools which sit 49 in the alley for children, birds, animals, etc. to walk 50 through or touch.