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<br />Item 7. <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br />Michele MCPhersoa1r;;;ector of Planning <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />October 21, 2002 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Canvas/Plastic Accessory Structures <br /> <br />Request <br /> <br />The City Council is asked to provide direction regarding how canvas/ plastic accessory <br />structures should be regulated. <br /> <br />Attachments <br />Photos of Sample Structures <br /> <br />Backvound <br /> <br />Due to the economic cost of temporary canvas/plastic structures (see attached photos), <br />more residents are erecting them. These structures are typically comprised of aluminum <br />frames with canvas or plastic stretched over the top. Some models include walls and doors. <br />One such structure was erected on a lot off of Jackson Avenue, which due to wind, blew <br />into the adjacent neighbor's property. They are also not very aesthetically pleasing, especially <br />in neighborhoods with smaller lot sizes. <br /> <br />Options for Reiulation <br /> <br />The Building and Zoning and Planning staff met on October 14th to discuss regulation of <br />these "structures", The building code is rather vague in regards to what a structure is: <br /> <br />"that which is built or constructed, an edifice or building of any kind or any <br />piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in <br />some definite manner". <br /> <br />Staff concurred that these structures meet the definition within the building code for a <br />structure. There are three options for regulation of these particular structures: <br />