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CASE # <br /> PUBLIC HEARING <br /> INTRODUCE CHANGES TO THE SNOWMOBILE ORDINANCE <br /> By: Police Sergeant Jim Way <br />Background: <br /> <br />The Ramsey Police Department and members of City Council have been receiving <br />numerous complaints concerning the use of snowmobiles within the City of Ramsey. The <br />Police Department received 42 complaints during the 2001-2002 winter. The number of <br />complaints is not unusually high, but when you consider that we did not have any snow <br />on the ground for most of the winter, the number of complaints was quite high. The <br />number of complaints appears to be on the rise for all areas of the City but more so in <br />southern half where lots are smaller and the population is greater. <br /> <br />At the request of Mayor Gamec, the Snowmobile Ordinance 6.04 was looked at to see <br />what could be done to help in the overall enforcement in the City and a reduction in <br />complaints. The creation of a Designated Use Area was formulated. This area would be <br />described as the area north of a line traversing the city from east to west at the 15900 <br />block. The ordinance was also rewritten to include all recreational vehicles and restrict <br />their use. <br /> <br />The rewritten ordinance was presented to the entire Council at a work session on April 8, <br />2002. One additional change was made to what was presented to them and that is the <br />hours of operation are changed from 11:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M. for weekday use. <br />Attached to the case is the verbiage for the ordinance showing what's deleted <br />(strikethrough) and what has been added (underlined). Also attached is a final verbiage <br />for to be introduced as an ordinance. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Staff recommends that Council introduce the ordinance that is rewritten and renamed <br />Recreational Vehicle Ordinance and further restricts the use of recreational vehicles in <br />the City of Ramsey. <br /> <br />Council Action: <br /> <br />Motion to introduce the ordinance authorizing the change in Ramsey City Ordinance <br />6.04, renaming the ordinance and further restricting the use of recreational vehicles in the <br />City of Ramsey. <br /> <br />Reviewed by: <br /> <br />Police Sergeant <br />City Administrator <br />Police Chief <br />City Attorney <br /> <br />CC: 05/14/02 <br /> <br />-97- <br /> <br /> <br />