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STAFF REPORT <br /> To: Planning Commission Report No.: VII.5 <br /> From: Kim Moore-Sykes, Assistant City Manager <br /> Date: September 20,2005 <br /> Subject: Zoning Ordinance Amendment-Vehicle Sales Prohibited <br /> Date Application Received: August 16,2005; Planning Commission Review <br /> Property Address: N/A <br /> Zoning District: All <br /> 60-Day Expires: N/A <br /> Background: <br /> Staff have received several complaints recently from residents about all the vehicles for sale at Wiltshire <br /> Park School parking lot. Because this use is not listed as allowable in the Zoning Ordinance for any zoning <br /> district,selling vehicles in this manner is not allowed. Vehicles parked on public property or public right- <br /> of-way would be cited and towed at the owner's expense. Wiltshire Park is considered private property <br /> and as such,the police can only respond if and when there is a call from the school staff. <br /> The Police and the Public Works Departments have been working with the school staff to determine a <br /> resolution to this situation. As a result of Staff discussion,I received a copy of the City of Falcon Heights' <br /> ordinance regarding vehicle sales. This ordinance language was used as an example of a possible ordinance <br /> that the City may adopt to alleviate the situation. This proposed language was sent to the City Attorney <br /> and the Police Department for their comments. <br /> Proposed Text: <br /> Section 926- Restrictions on Vehicle Sales <br /> 926.01 Residential Districts. <br /> Subd. 1 Motor vehicles and recreational vehicles which are permitted within the respective <br /> residential district may be advertised for sale and sold provided the vehicle is owned by the <br /> resident on whose property the vehicle is parked and to whom the vehicle is currently licensed <br /> and is operable. Vehicles that are displayed for sale shall not be parked or stored on public <br /> property or the public rights-of-way within the City of St. Anthony. <br /> Subd. 2. Commercial vehicles shall not be parked in a residential district and advertised for <br /> sale. <br /> 926.02 Non-Residential Districts. <br /> Subd. 1. Motor,commercial and recreational vehicles shall not be displayed "for sale" or <br /> sold within non-residential districts unless the vehicle is owned by the employee of said <br /> business where the vehicle is parked and with the consent of the business owner. <br /> H:\Planning\Staff Reports\2005\092005 Prohibited Vehicle Sales ord amd.doc <br />