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<br />City Attorney Goodrich noted the individuals in the service have not relinquished their title so <br />the vehicles would be allowed according to the ordinance. <br /> <br />Mr. John Enstrom, 8702 181 st A venue NW, stated on his farm he has two dump trucks and <br />neither of them have license plates. They never go on the road and he cannot legally license <br />these trucks. He would like an exclusion for himself. <br /> <br />Councilmember Dehen explained the vehicles have to be inoperable for the City to take action. <br /> <br />Councilmember Strommen expressed concern regarding the definition of acceptable prairie <br />restoration in item J. She noted her neighbors have grasses that exceed the one foot in height <br />listed that is screening their electric box, and it is nice landscaping. She would not want to <br />discourage people from using native landscaping materials in an orderly fashion because it does <br />not meet this definition. <br /> <br />Councilmember Dehen stated he talked with Police Chief Way and ParkslUtilities Supervisor <br />Riverblood about the scenario he envisioned with prairie grass, which is that more people will <br />utilize it to save water and conserve energy. This is addressed in 5.08.04 0). His concern for <br />future enforcement is the definition, and in whose eyes it is an acceptable prairie restoration <br />project; the homeowner's or the City's. One person could say that their weeds are a beautiful <br />restoration project. He had asked Mr. Riverblood about possible problems where there may be a <br />dispute over someone that wants to keep their bed of weeds that really is not a restoration <br />project. Mr. Riverblood had said they need to define what a prairie restoration project is. <br /> <br />Councilmember Strommen pointed out that all grass exceeding one foot in height is excluded by <br />this ordinance, and there will be a lot of homeowners with their landscaping in violation of this <br />ordinance. <br /> <br />City Attorney Goodrich suggested removing the word 'grass' from the definition. <br /> <br />Interim City Administrator Nelson suggested changing the name of the definition to 'acceptable <br />prairie landscape'. <br /> <br />Council member Elvig stated half of his yard is groomed and half of it is natural by choice. It is <br />natural, and looks nice. He questioned how to distinguish between it looking nice in one yard <br />and someone's grasses coming on to their neighbor's lawn. He suggested there may be a <br />distinction between urban and non-urban. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec pointed out he lives in a rural area and owns about 3 ~ acres with wildlife. <br /> <br />Councilmember Dehen explained his purpose was not to try to push this through, and he sees <br />that there needs to be discussion. They need to address the weed complaints, but not let that rule <br />everything such as prairie restoration. He suggested tabling this aspect of the definitions and <br />having that discussion. <br /> <br />City Council / August 28, 2007 <br />Page 23 of 33 <br /> <br />