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City Council Meeting Minutes June 17, 2008 Page 10 of 14 City Attorney Shea read Ordinance No. 1537, Series 2008. Mayor Sisk opened the public hearing and requested a Staff presentation. Planning Director Wood requested the four emails received relative to Ordinance No. 1537, Series 2008 be made a part of the record. MOTION: Mayor Sisk moved the four emails be made part of the record, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Marsellla. All in favor. Absent: Councilor Dalton. Planning Director Wood explained the City Council initiated discussions relative to the storage and parking of recreational vehicles and trailers on private residential properties. Two study sessions were conducted relative to the subject in 2007, which lead to the repeal of provisions pertaining to the storage and parking of trailers on private residential lots. In March of 2007, the City Council expressed their desire for a new ordinance to address the extent to which private property owners would be able to park and store detached trailers, campers, and boats on private residential lots. The Departments of Planning and Public Safety conducted public meetings and worked with the City Attorney's Office to draft amendments to the Louisville Municipal Code (LMC). The amendments would establish clear and enforceable standards to address the parking of motor vehicles, as well as the parking and storing of recreational vehicles and 1:railers on private property. Ordinance No. 1537, Series 2008 was structured toy incorporate the following principal elements: 1. Sec. 17.20.160. Motor vehicle parking limitations -limits the number of motor vehicles, which can be parked on a private residential lot in areas other than a paved driveway, a garage, or enclosed structure 2. Sec 17.20.165. Parking of recreational vehicles and trailers - A maximum combined total of two (2) recreational vehicles may be parked or stored on a residential lot outside of a fully enclosed structure. No more than one (1) recreational vehicle or trailer may bE; parked or stored in the front yard setback. 3. Section 10.20.050. Prohibited Uses - restates a prohibition against living or sleeping in a recreational vehicle within a public right-of-way. An exception is provided which would allow such activity up to a maximum of fourteen (14) nights within any six (6) month period, with the consent of the residence in which the unit is parked. 4. Sec. 10.20.080 Temporary Uses - includes a section which defines the placement of dumpsters, portable storage containers, and roll-offs on private residential lots. The duration is not 'to exceed thirty (30) days in any 12-month period.