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I I I I I PR PARKING Al CASE DPOSED AMENDMENT TO CITY CODE CHAPTER 9: ~ID STORING VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik Background: As you recall, City Council requested that the Planning Commission draft an amendment to City Code that would!establish some criteria or provisions to allow persons to park and store their commercial vehic!es and/or equipment at their homes while maintaining the residential integrity of a neighborhood. Notification: Any resident whc~ has attended any of the City Council or Planning Commission meetings, or written to the Ci~ on this subject, was notified of this case being on the Council agenda. Observations: The Planning C0~mmission met with concemed residents on two occassions and drafted the following langua~: A. In any ReSidential District, inside parking/storage of licensed and/or unlicensed vehicles and equipment, commercial or private, shall be permitted. B. In any ReSidential District, no outside parking/storage of any motor vehicle or equipment shall be pe[rmitted, EXCEPT as follows: [ 1. Ctirrently licensed motor vehicles and one unlicensed motor vehicle, the primary pu~'pose of which is for residential/private transportation use or personal/recreational use may be stored outside provided they are parked on a surface that consists of either bituminous pavement, concrete, con bit or prepared gr~.'vel or another equivalent surface material that has received the prior approval of thd~ City Administrator or his/her designee. 2. F_.q~ipment, the primary purpose of which is for residential/private u'ansportation us~ or personal/recreational use, may be parked/stored outside. COmmercial sh~ roi (a) use motor vehicles and equipment may be parked/stored outside for m-term periods when rendering a service such as loading or unloading or on a tine or regular basis for long terms under the following conditions: The vehicles and/or equipment shall be screened to a degree of 75% opacity, as determined by the City Administrator or his/her designee, from adjacent parcels, public property or rights of way. The vehicles and/or equipment shall be parked/stored only on the side yard or rear yard of the subject property and said items shall be parked/stored only on a bituminous paved, concrete, con bit or prepared gravel or another equivalent surface material that has received the prior approval of the City Administrator or his/her designee.