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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: Julv 5,2001 Item No.2- Department Approval:Administrator Approval: Name: Michad P. Gaffron Title: Planning Director Agenda Section: Zoning Item Description: Public Hearing - Review of Boat Storage Ordinances Summar>' A Public I Icnring is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at the Monday Jul> 9 Council meeting to take public cominert and consider whether existing ordinances regulating boat storage on residential properties should be rev ised. IfCouncil determines an amendment is appropriate, it could be reviewed at the August Planning Commission meeting and an amendment adopted by Council in late August or early September, so any code revisions would be in place in time for the boat storage season. Public notification of this hearing has included the follow ing: 1) Publication of the standard Public Hearing notice in the Pioneer newspaper; Posting at the City Offices and local Post Offices; Issuance of a press release to the three local papers (as of this writing, the Pioneer had a front page article in the June 30 issue) Announcement running on Lake Minnetonka Cable Channel 21. 2) 3) List of Exhibits A - SktMchcs of current boat storage allowed locations B - Performance Standards: Section 10.60, Subd. 10-13 C - Review of Other Cities’ Exterior Storage Ordinances D - Parking of Recreational Vehicles: Section 9.52 E - “Yard” Definitions. Section 10.02 Current Ordinance, Interpretation and Enforcement The current City ordinance regarding boat storage is 10.60. Subd. 13 which reads as follows: Subd. 13. Exterior Storage in "R" Districts. In all ”R" Districts, all mobile materiab and equipment shall be stored within a building or fully screened so as not to be visible from adjoining properties, except boats and unoccupied trailers less than 20 feet in length, which are not stored for commercial purposes, if stored to the rear of the house and a distance of 10 feet or more from any property line. -L iiSSiS 4