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E ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, JULY 9, 2001 (Storage of Boats and Boat Trailers, Continued) Natalya Cherherskayi at 2480 Casco Point Road stated that besides being unattractive out of water, boats stored in yards are a safety risk. She was recently sitting on her deck and watched as her neighbor's boat trailer rolled off of his property, down a slope and into her yard. She had been gardening in the path of the trailer only the day before. She was concerned that many trailers are not properly blocked and could roll away. Paul Schueller at 1280 Spruce Place stated that the boat length should be changed to 30' and the rest of the ordinance left alone. Tim Panchyshyn at 1280 North Arm Drive stated that the cost of living in Orono is high and if he had to store a boat off -site, he would not be able to afford having a boat, denying him the use of the lake to the same extent as others. He suggested people be neighborly. Bob Albertson at 2100 Shadywood Road stated that he has been boating on the lake for 38 years and always gets the permission of his neighbors before storing his boats on his property. This was the first time in 38 years he'd heard of a problem with boat storage in Orono. • Sansevere stated that the intent of the meeting was to review the ordinance and possibly change it, but the intent was not to eliminate the ability to store boats on residential property. 0 Bill Wolfe at 3255 Crystal Bay Road stated that he would like the ordinance to be less restrictive. Tom Theisen at 4175 Forest Lake Drive stated that he would like to see the ordinance repealed, and he agreed that people should work issues out with their neighbors. Betsy Nusbaum at 3480 North Shore Drive asked for a definition of screening. Gaffron stated that in her situation the storage area would be in the yard between the house and the alley, but that the 10' setback from property lines eliminates much of the yard. Lorraine Kaley at 1395 Brown Road South stated that she also has a lot that does not fit into the examples given, and suggested the ordinance be thrown out, and felt that complaints should not be anonymous so that she could talk to the complaining neighbor. Gabriel Jabbour at 985 Tonkawa Road stated that he feels that requiring off -site storage would hit the people hardest who can least afford it. He also stated that Orono has 33% of Minnetonka's lakeshore, but only allows storage of about 350 boats in its marinas and - - -- 3