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-2- <br /> <br />I feel thaJt Item #2 would alleviate the concerns about the <br />entire front yard becoming "prepared surface". I feel it is <br />important ~o have vehicles parked on paved surfaces; if for <br />no other reason than it "appears" that the vehicle is <br />actively u~ed. The vehicle is not sitting on the side of a <br />garage, tipped to one side, with weeds growing up past the <br />bumpers, windows out, harboring mice, rats and snakes. This <br />is seen in Ramsey now; in neighborhoods, in subdivisions! <br />I've seen it and so have you. We heard about it at the <br />public hea~ings. <br /> <br />Item #7 makes it very clear what size vehicle can be parked <br />on residential property - "no...vehicles with a Gross Vehicle <br />Weight of ~2,000 pounds or more..." Defined by weight/size I <br />think this is an easier alternative to enforce vs. the <br />screening that we have talked about. I can see the <br />"screening!' becoming a nuisance; i.e., a safety issue, an <br />eyesore, aiproperty line issue. This weight definition would <br />also allow vans to park on private property. <br /> <br />The comment was also made at our joint meeting that this <br />entire ordinance reviewal is a "blue collar vs. white collar <br />issue". T~is ordinance is not about division but about <br />community ~nd the pride we should have in our community and <br />in our neighborhoods and their futures. This ordinance is <br />about how We want our neighborhoods to function safely, <br />cleanly, noiselessly, and also look good ten years from now. <br /> <br />I have several faxed copies of the ordinances from the <br />aforementioned communities I contacted. In reviewing the <br />communities around me and their ordinances relative to this <br />issue, they are ensuring their communities that there will be <br />no junkyards in the future...something Ramsey should do too! <br /> <br /> <br />