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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />March 25, 2025 <br />Page 3 <br />2 Section 3 — This change updates the City's recently adopted natural landscape language to be <br />3 consistent with the even more recently adopted State statutory language from 2024. — Added <br />4 back language to avoid the use of pesticides. <br />5 <br />6 Section 4 — This change also relates to the natural landscapes language, removing the current <br />7 prohibition from planting such landscapes in the right of way, as the City has sponsored these <br />8 types of alternative gardens, and modifying the maximum height of such materials, increasing it <br />9 from 12-128 inches, also consistent with the 2024 state statutory language for managed natural <br />10 landscapes. — Added language establishing any existing gardens not in compliance as legal <br />11 nonconformities. <br />12 <br />13 Section 5 — This change deletes reference to the City's Health Officer, which is not a designated <br />14 office in the city. — Inserted comma to distinguish requirements for three dogs. <br />15 <br />16 Section 6 — This change deletes reference to the City's Health Officer, which is not a designated <br />17 office in the City. — Struck "of the City as superfluous language. <br />18 <br />19 Sections 7 and 8 — This is a component of the Housing Maintenance chapter of the code. Prior <br />20 language dealing with Temporary Storage deleted a section that could have been interpreted to <br />21 accommodate moving containers or "Pods" use, whereas the original intent was to prohibit the <br />22 use of storage and shipping containers and long-term storage structures (usually in commercial <br />23 or industrial areas). This section redefines for temporary storage specific to residential uses, then <br />24 limits size to 128 square feet, whereas industrial shipping containers are usually a minimum of <br />25 320 square feet. — No changes. <br />26 <br />27 Sections 9 and 10 — This section addresses transient merchants and peddlers. The City Code has <br />28 a number of licensing and procedural requirements for such merchants but notes also that any <br />29 such merchant is required to hold a county license. In researching this process, it was noted that <br />30 both Hennepin and Ramsey Counties have extensive licensing requirements for transient <br />31 merchants and peddlers. Staff proposes the deletion of this City licensing/regulatory requirement <br />32 to eliminate overlap and clarify regulatory responsibilities. One existing short section is retained, <br />33 specifying that the intent of the County licensing may not be to limit anyone's legitimate <br />34 exercise of Constitutional rights, including free speech, expression, press, religion, etc. — Added <br />35 a timeframe for solicitors of 7:00 a.m. — 9:00 p.m., which is consistent with current Code <br />36 language. <br />37 <br />38 Councilmember Doolan asked about the hours for solicitation and if 7:00 a.m. — 9:00 p.m. are <br />39 good. She wonders if 9:00 p.m. is too late. Councilmember Jenson stated this was discussed <br />40 previously. Councilmember Randle asked how that would be enforced. He agrees 7:00 a.m. is <br />41 too early and 9:00 p.m. is too late but there is no way to enforce the hours. Chair Webster stated <br />42 it makes sense to be consistent with our neighboring communities. The solicitors should be <br />43 respectful of people's time. Mr. Grittman stated that residents can place a sign on their property <br />44 for no solicitors. <br />45 <br />