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back 10 to 15 feet. Recommendations for paving requirements were as follows: Approaches and <br />drives should be paved, do not require curbing except in new development, give owners adequate <br />time to comply (12 to 18 months) and ensure there is a paved area for customers. Staff is <br />recommending requiring curbing. With regard to parts storage or salvage -the subcommittee <br />recommended that salvage is not permitted by code and should be prohibited; outside storage <br />should be screened where it is allowed, it can be stored on gravel; materials stored cannot exceed <br />the height of the fence and no grass growing between stored items. Abandoned or inoperable <br />vehicles should- be immediately removed. Accumulations of waste should be immediately <br />addressed, junk and debris should be removed, dumpsters should be screened, no storage higher <br />thari fence and they cannot stockpile pallets outside. With regard to temporary signs, the <br />subcommittee recommended going back to requiring a permit for temporary signs, no fee or a <br />nominal fee, and bring a resolution before Council regarding policing of the right-of--way for the <br />State and County Roads. <br />Discussion ensued relating to salvage by description of auto body. All of that could be kept <br />indoors. <br />Ms. Miller reported on how the ordinance would read if the Council votes in favor of the <br />subcommittees recommendations. <br />Councilmember Look commented on how a lot of this "junk" is not visible from Highway 10. <br />Any sort of changes would have to be put forward into the future at this time. He would not <br />want to make businesses go under. <br />Mayor Ramsey stated that we are not recommending putting people through a hardship but it <br />doesn't take a lot of money to clean up junk. If it's cleaned up and looks decent, we will leave it <br />alone. <br />Councilmember Dehen felt too that the main thing is to get. them to clean up their place of <br />business -and agreed that did not cost a lot of money. It may not be totally visible from <br />Highway #10 but there are properties on the back looking at all that stuff. On the south side of <br />Highway #10, you have Riverdale and you can see that junk from there. We were recommending <br />a cleanup versus being really proactive with the other things. He added that with Ramsey Farm <br />and Garden though, they have to do something -there is no paving at all there -only dirt. <br />Councilmember Wise stated there are some customer parking space paved there. <br />Councilmember McGlone inquired about these existing businesses and whether or not there was <br />some grandfathering. <br />Mayor Ramsey stated that most of this stuff has been on the books for 20 years or so. <br />Councilmember Elvig stated that we always run into the problem of case-by-case. It's hard to <br />get everyone to come into compliance. If one does not have to do something, the others think <br />they should not have to do it either. <br />City Council Work Session -May 4, 2010 <br />Page 2 of 13 <br />