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City Council Minutes January 20, 2015 Page 6 Councilmember Wagner stated her experience about being raised on a farm, noting she felt a 5' or 20' setback doesn't matter and that animal noise and smell will still exist. She didn't feel it right to require current property owners to install an additional setback fence no matter what the distance. Mayor Dietz expressed his concern with not having a setback and his experience living adjacent to a property where cows came up to his property line. He felt there should be some sort of setback when properties border residential properties. Councilmember Burandt stated people have different preferences with what they want to view in their back yards and some prefer animals. Councilmember Wagner asked if the fence wasn't placed on the property line, how is the property located between the fences being maintained. Counselor Beck stated the city should look very closely at how to enforce current agricultural use in regards to non- conforming properties. He also stated it would be difficult to draft ordinance language to cover every possible property scenario in the city. Councilmember Westgaard proposed to remove the 5' setback in the areas zoned R1 -a; in R1 or RI settings, determine a setback between larger parcels that have agricultural animals and adjoining housing developments. He stated there will be plenty of discussions taking place in the near future about possible rezoning of the northern half of the city, and there is a challenge in crafting language that will cover every possible scenario and exception. Councilmernber Burandt asked to consider removing the requirement of a setback fence if a partition fence in already in place, on adjoining properties that are combined to total 20 acres or more. She also asked to remove all the setbacks if you have a large enough piece of property to warrant a partition fence as identified in state statute on properties that qualify to put up a partition fence in any zoning area. It was the consensus of the council to have staff work with Mr. Beck to determine if language could be drafted. Staff was directed to draft language modifications to remove the setback for properties in the R1 districts, and remove the requirement of a second fence in R1, b, c, and d zoned areas when parcels total 20 or more acres on those properties that qualify to put up a partition fence in any zoning area as identified by state statute. 9.3 Annual Report Mr. Portner presented the staff report. Mayor Dietz provided a history of the annual report presentation and stated although he felt it a valuable piece of information and marketing tool, it no longer served its usefulness, stating the Council receives 'information from staff year -round p 0 V I R I I B T NATUREI