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J <br /> • -11- ' <br /> because .the•house:'across• the- street had many, many :cars .and parts of <br /> cars .parked on -the grass . on the front yard; <br /> contended- that, if the price on thathouse has to,-be reduced to sell <br /> it, that would mean its valuation would also go down resulting in <br /> lower taxes for the City; <br /> perceived the need for making the ordinance.-as strong-As possible to <br /> protect the assets of every piece of.' property. in the Village; .but <br /> -warned the ordinance would, be no good if it wasn' t -strictly enforced. <br /> Carol Anderson, 3523 Edward -Street N.E. <br /> reported a family had moved to her block -and allowed two young people <br /> to live in their. downstairs which had resulted in five vehicles, <br /> including two large vans and a pickup truck, being parked in the front <br /> yard; <br /> -added that two of these vheicles were parked the whole winter on the <br /> grass, in an area not even close to the driveway, which had left ruts <br /> in the front yard which still remain; <br /> • <br /> said her- concern was that, although the two extra people have since <br /> moved away, the family might •repeat the same situation again; <br /> -admitted, however, that she felt some sympathy for . those persons who <br /> wanted to store their recreational vehicles in their backyards; <br /> -wondered .if 'the ordinance couldn' t be modified to -allow vehicles like <br /> boats, snowmobiles, and small trailers, but .-not cars, in their back-. <br /> yards; <br /> -said -she recognized that even that might be a problem for corner lots, <br /> however; <br /> concluded--by saying she recognized this ordinance was, needed because <br /> she knew of cases of prospective buyers who had decided not- to move <br /> to St'. Anthony because they saw toomanyabandoned vehicles, etc. <br /> parked on lawns which they viewed as hurting property .values. <br /> The ,Council • reacted totheresidents ' comments as ..follows: <br /> Sundland -said =he :believed the ordinance. had been written in the first <br /> place to- get at some of the incidents 'people were reporting <br /> to the Council; <br /> indicated he- had a particular property in mind when he first <br /> . . : thought .about such an- ordinance but -had been told by the <br /> City Attorney that the problem 'he was concerned about was . <br />