City Council Study Session Agenda and Packet 2008 04 22

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SUBJECT: UPDATE/DISCUSSION -RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND TRAILER DRAFT ORDINANCE DATE: APRIL 22, 2008 Background: In January and March of 2007 the City Council ]held study sessions to discuss issues related to the storage and parking of recreational vehicles and trailers on private residential properties. In May of 2007 the City Council approved Ordinance No. 1511, Series 2007. The ordinance effectively repealed the following provisions adopted into the Louisville Municipal Code in 2002 pertaining to the storage and parking of trailers on private residential lots: ^ No trailer may be parked in the front yard of a residential lot for more than 72 hours. ^ No trailer may be parked on the side yard unless the side yard is enclosed with a privacy fence at least 4 feet in height, and no more than 6 feet in height. ^ The privacy fence cannot obstruct the vision clearance requirements. A draft version of the ordinance approved by Council was reviewed at a regular public hearing of the Planning Commission on March 8, 2007. The record from that meeting reflects that the Commission expressed concerns that if the repeal were approved, the City would not have the ability to enforce restrictions on the parking of trailers on private property. At the March 13, 2007 study session, the City Council expressed their intent that an ordinance should be brought forward 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. Further, the ordinance should address the following criteria: 1. Definition as to the type of unit bein€; regulated. The type of unit may include all motor vehicles and trailers on private property or just those meeting a certain size criteria. 2. Clarification as to the number of vehicles or trailers that may be parked or stored. 3. Where such eligible vehicles or trailers may be parked or stored. 4. Distance between an eligible motor vehicle or trailer to a sidewalk or property line. 5. A requirement that such vehicles or trailers be owned by the homeowner or the tenant. The Departments of Public Safety and Planning at that point started a process, working with the City Attorney's Office, to draft amendments to the Louisville Municipal Code which would establish clear and enforceable standards to address the parkinl; of motor vehicles, as well as the parking and storing of recreational vehicles and trailers on private property. Public Involvement Process: Staff conducted a public workshop on March 6, 2008 to review the draft ordinance. Notice of this workshop was mailed to a list of about 30 stakeholders whom had been involved in the issue commencing in 2007. Comments from the meeting as well as emails received after March 6, 2008 have been forwarded to the Planning Commission in the meeting packet for the Commission's April 17, 2008 special meeting. Notice for that meeting included the standard publication and posting as well as a mailed notice to an updated stakeholders list. Staff will provide to City Council at the study session a summary of the outcome of the upcoming Planning Commission meeting.