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II To: From: Date: Subject: Chair 1 lawn and Planning Commission Members Mike GaflVon, Planning Director August 16, 2001 Zoning Amendment: Hxterior Storage (Boats), Section 10.60, Subd. 13 Public Hearing, 8:00 p.m. List of Exhibits A - Draft Ordinance Amendment B - Artldavit of Publication C - Memo and Hxhibits of Julv 30 A draft amendment of the exterior storage ordinance related to boat sti>rage is attached. The draft language incorporates Planning Commission's comments from the July 31 work session. This draft was in the Council’s August 13 packet as ‘information only' with a request for comments - none received as of this writing. The draft includes text revisions/additions and a summary table. 1 have received no new public comments in reeent weeks. The .August 20 hearing notice was published and posted in the normal manner for code amendment hearings. In addition we sent a news release to the local papers and at least one of them had a notice in the community events section (but listed it incorrectly as Monday August 22). We also requested that the notice he run on Cable Channel 21. I do not have an inkling at this point as to how many people might show up to the hearing. Staff Perspective The building/zoning/planning staff have discussed the draft at length. We have concluded that the draft doesn't make many significant changes from the current code, but it makes screening a higher priority and screening will likely be ver> difficult to accomplish. The existing code allows outside storage of boats over 20' in length as long as they are screened. The draft amendment still requires boats over 20' long to be screened, but establishes standards for screening that w ill be diftlcult to meet. The screening requirement will force residents to become creative, and we can expect to see all sorts of‘contraptions' devised for screening boats. Since fences over 6' high aren't allowed m most places that people will want to store boats, fences aren't a good solution. Vegetative evergreen screening may take some time to grow to a sufficient height, and many lots won't have a site that can be easily screened. Relaxing the screening requirement may help the situation... Enforcing the 10' setback requirement will also be difficult, becau.se we believe there are many situations w here boats have been normally stored nearer the lot line than 10' and meeting the setback at those locations will be impossible. The general expectation that the new ordinance will now be I