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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />language may be appropriate. One possibility is a requir~~ent that <<~od <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />piles be elevated one foot off the ground on a platform. This is consis- <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />tent with a Minnesota Health Department licensing requirement for mobile <br /> <br />home parks and recreational caJOping areas that stipulates that 1 Uir.ber , <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />pipe, and other building materials be stored at least one foot above the <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />ground. Fire\;Qod "JOuld be included under that requlation. An important <br /> <br />caution about a one foot above the ground requirement is that a platform <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />would have to be guite sturdily built to support: a wood pile. It seems <br /> <br />i <br />II <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />II <br />i <br />il <br />II <br />I <br />il <br />I <br />II <br />I <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />; <br /> <br />il <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />very possible that requiring ~~at piles,be elevated could increase proble~s <br />, <br /> <br />-~ <br /> <br />with wood piles falling over or COllapsing. This measure only seems <br /> <br />appropriate if there is an existing serious pest problem. <br /> <br />Condition d ensures that minimlli~ setback areas are kept clear for <br /> <br />tire, utility, and maintenance access. <br /> <br />. - <br /> <br />condition e is included to address concerns about the aesthetics of <br /> <br />",ood piles. If this is not a concern in gour communi.~y, then this condition <br /> <br />can be removed. If there is any confusion in gour communitg about which <br /> <br />yard is the front gard, for example, the yards of lakefront or riverfront <br /> <br />homes, then this matter should be addressed. <br /> <br />condition f is included to address concerns about how large a wood <br /> <br />pile should be allowed on a lot. If this is not a concern in your co~"unity, <br /> <br />then this condition ca.,., be removed. If a limit to the size of the v;ood <br /> <br />pile is desired in the community, then one of the following two app=aches <br /> <br />is suggested. The first option is to link the anount of Ivood that may <br /> <br />, <br />I <br /> <br />be stored ",ith lot coverage requ:tre:;zents, -That-is,. the area covered by the <br /> <br />stored wood s.~al1 be included in lot coverage re7Uiremen:ts. If tJ:e addition <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />of the wood pile <br /> <br />in lot covec:age calculations causes a violation <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />0:'. <br /> <br />c:;,;'erage I2qt2i~ei!le:rts, L."'1e.'""l..-.the a..'i10ULt of vlc-:;d that is stored <br /> <br />r.:::: . <br /> <br />_""theed. A proble.." with this method is ~at iniividual c,-lC'J.lations <br />