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URBAN AFFAIRS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2006
1 CALL TO ORDER
The meeting of the Urban Affairs Committee was called to order at 7 00 p.m. by Chair Shirley Doenng.
Members Present: Barry Berg, Sandy Breuer, Shirley Doenng, Shelley Madore, Sharon Schwartz, and
Pam Sohlberg.
Members Absent: Robin Curran.
Staff Present: Kathy Bodmer, Associate City Planner; Margaret Dykes, Associate City Planner; Sharon
Hills, City Attorney and Tim Miller, Code Enforcement Officer
Guests present: Roger Brandel, 7234 - 144th Court, Apple Valley
2 APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOTION Pam Sohlberg moved, seconded by Shelley Madore, to approve the agenda. The motion
carned 6-0
3 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MARCH 22, 2006
MOTION Sandy Breuer moved, seconded by Barry Berg, to approve the minutes. The motion passed 6-
0
DISCUSSION ITEMS
a. Residential Parking Ordinance Amendments (Final Draft)
Shirley Doenng opened the meeting by stating that staff had made the amendments that were requested
at the last meeting. She asked if there were any questions regarding the final draft ordinance.
Shelley stated that she would have liked to have a clean copy of the ordinance without the strikeouts and
underlines.
Shirley asked if the ordinance contained a provision to allow parking of recreational vehicles within the
13' setback for loading and unloading. Maggie Dykes pointed out that the loading and unloading
provision was placed m Section 155.373(C)(4) on pages seven and eight of the draft ordinance. Maggie
confirmed that the ordinance now states that Class II recreational vehicles and trailers may extend into
the 13' front yard setback for a maximum of 48 hours in a 7 day penod.
Pam asked whether Section 71 17 Late Night Parking would allow for more than six vehicles to be
parked at a residence Maggie explained that this section of the ordinance only deals with the 3.00 a.m.
to 6 00 a.m. portion of the Code. Maggie reminded the committee that on-street parking would only be
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allowed if the driveway is filled with passenger vehicles and not trailers or recreational vehicles. Maggie
stated that a different section of the ordinance would pertain to the number of vehicles allowed at a
residence.
Barry asked whether the ordinance would allow someone driving a motor home to pull off to the side of
the road to nap overnight if one was traveling and became sleepy Staff responded that there was no
provision for that in the ordinance. Shirley stated that she didn't think that this would be an issue for the
City The other members of the Committee concurred.
Sharon Schwartz said that she didn't understand the provision on page five Section 155.373(B)(1)
Sharon Hills stated that it would require that if a person owned a residential property with a home on it
and a vacant lot down the street, all parking would be required to take place on the property where the
home is located.
Roger Brandel, 7234-144th Court asked what the setback was for passenger vehicles. Shirley answered
by saying that the new ordinance would not require a setback for passenger vehicles; a front yard
setback is only proposed for the large Class II recreational vehicles and trailers. Roger said that the
proposed changes to the ordinance would make the situation worse, not better, by allowing the parking
of more vehicles on a residential lot. Roger said that he was concerned about children that might run out
from behind a car He stated that he had contacted his insurance agent who has over 800 policies. Roger
said that the agent had very few families with more than four vehicles on the policy Kathy Bodmer said
that a home with unrelated adults would not have shared insurance policies. Roger asked if the
Committee was giving preference to households with unrelated adults. Shirley explained that the
Committee had looked at ordinances from other cities and studied options for luniting the number of
cars that could be parked on the driveway She stated that the proposed number was a compromise that
the Committee had proposed to try to meet the needs of the Community Shirley stated that the Urban
Affairs Committee was only making a recommendation and that Mr Brandel should present his
concerns at the public hearing before the Planning Commission.
.MOTION Sandy Breuer moved, seconded by Sharon Schwartz to recommend approval of the draft
residential parking ordinance. The motion passed with 5 votes in the affirmative and one negative (Barry
Berg)
MOTION Pam moved, seconded by Shelley to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously
MOTION Shelley moved, seconded by Pam to reopen the meeting. The motion passed unanimously
Maggie Dykes stated that Barry should give a statement to explain his negative vote. She stated that the
Planning Commission and City Council will want to know why he did not support the ordinance
amendments.
Barry stated that he voted to oppose the proposed amendments because he feels that the problem is more
of an enforcement problem than an ordinance problem. He stated that he was not comfortable adding
more regulations when the current ones are not being fully enforced. He said that once a regulation is
put in place by a government entity, it is rarely taken away He was concerned about the erosion of
property owner's rights. He said that until the City enforces the regulations it now has on the books,
enacting more regulations will result m less compliance and more ridicule upon the City Barry said that
he felt that property owner's rights are being eroded and that government needs to proceed with caution
when rt comes to restricting what an owner can do with his property
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He concluded by saying that he would be more comfortable with the proposed ordinance if the Crty had
the ability to issue administrative fines. He said that he did not like the idea of the City issuing
misdemeanor citations for violations of the parking ordinance.
OTHER BUSINESS
a. None
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION Barry moved, seconded by Sharon, to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at
7.20 p.m.
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