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Resident questions Dayton code after notice about trailers on backyard grass; council tells staff to review enforcement and possible ordinance change
Summary
A Dayton resident told council he received a zoning violation for storing boat trailers and asked whether city code requires paving backyards. Staff cited City Code 100119 and said enforcement is complaint-based; council agreed staff should review the ordinance language and consider options including extensions or an ordinance amendment.
During open forum at the Dec. 10 Dayton City Council meeting, resident Larry Jacobson told the council he had received a zoning noncompliance notice because several trailers were stored on grass in his backyard and asked whether the city required paving backyards to store trailers.
Jacobson said he and neighbors routinely store trailers in backyards seasonally and that the letter's language was unclear about whether a backyard parking area must be surfaced with concrete or an…
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