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convenience, or general welfare of the neighborhood or the City. That requirement for approval of a conditional use permit remains in the City Code today. In 1998, the conditional use permit was clarified, with the agreement of the owner of Wapiti Park Campground, and the following rules were agreed on: ^ storage sheds with 120 square feet of roof area or less will be allowed; ^ breezeways or screened porches with a maximum of 120 square feet of roof area will be allowed, provided they are constructed to be portable and are not connected to the recreational vehicle; ^ no wood burning appliances will be allowed within vehicles, breezeways, or porches; ^ an emergency plan to remove all structures and vehicles from the floodway upon six hours notice would be submitted for approval; ^ all structures that do not conform to these (1998) rules or that are dangerous would be removed; ^ a minimum 10 foot distance would be maintained between vehicles and/or structures; and ^ no licensed or inoperable vehicles would be allowed. Staff investigations in recent months indicate that there are several storage sheds which exceed the 120 square foot maximum and/or are within 10 feet of a recreational vehicle; that there are a number of screened porches and other additions to recreational vehicles which exceed the 120 square foot in roof area maximum and/or are connected to a recreational vehicle; that there are several unlicensed vehicles and/or vehicles without wheels within the campground; and that there has never been an emergency plan for removal of the structures and vehicles submitted for approval. The most important issue in determining whether Wapiti Park Campground has failed to comply with the conditions set forth in the approval of its conditional use permit is whether the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Section 327.10 through 327.28, pertaining to recreational camping areas and recreational camping vehicles, have been complied with. Minnesota Statutes Section 327.14, subd. 8, provides that "recreational camping area" means any area, whether privately or publicly owned, used on a daily, nightly, weekly, or longer basis for accommodation of five or more tents or recreational camping vehicles free of charge or for compensation. Minnesota Statutes Section 327.14, subd. 7, provides that "recreational camping vehicle", when used in Sections 327.14 to 327.28, includes the following: a. any vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational, and vacation uses; b. any structure designed to be mounted on a truck chassis for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation, and vacation; c. any portable, temporary dwelling to be used for travel, recreation, and vacation, constructed as an integral part of aself-propelled vehicle; and N:\Public Bodies\Ciry Council\Council RCA\Agenda Packet\06-20-2011\CU Wapiti.docx