Agenda - Council - 12/22/1981 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I ! I I I I I I I I I 11-30-81 Lloyd: I had a oomplaint on 33-30-81 from a Mrs. Cunntngham who livew on 155th Ave. Highpoint. She said that snowmobiles and horses use the boulevard areas for operation and riding. Cunninghams have their yard sodded up to the burb line and there is no ditch. The horse riders told her the city told them they could ride alongside the streets. According to 110.075, Sub. 8 that is true for horses. As for snov~ucbiles, the state statute doesn't address~ municipal right-of-ways other than to prohibit operators ~mder the age of lY+ from operating a snowmo- bile on municipal_ streets or highways (includes right-of-way). As to the h,rse issue, we haven' t had a problem in the past due to lack of paved streets and even then most areas were paved wher~ there existed obvious ditches. Usually these ditches were ~ot expressly cared for as lawns. Now how- ever we have some areas where the yards go up to the curb, without ditches, and they are usually well cared for with either sod or seed. Therefore to have horses or snowmobiles cruising on those areas will be upsetting to the home- owner. I'm sure it would be too complicated, if in fact unenforceable, to have an or- dinance apply to some areas and ~ot others so we may have to consider con- fining horses and snowmobiles to the streets only. Tf we do this we can generall2~ beningly neglect enforcement in unplatted, open and unimproved areas where there are no complaints and still have something to use for those who choose t° abuse common sense and property rights, M~be you can toss this around with the council to get their thoughts since they will have to listen to the citizens whatever is decided..