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Home My WebLink About8A - No Parking Signs on Eagle Creek Ave. & Lakeside Ave. STAFF AGENDA REPORT AGENDA #: PREPARED BY: SA GREG ILKKA, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER CONSIDER PETITION FOR NO PARKING SIGNS ON EAGLE CREEK AVE. SE & LAKESIDE AVE. JUNE 2, 1997 SUBJECT: DATE: INTRODUCTION: The City has received a petition for "No Parking" signs on Eagle Creek Ave. SE & Lakeside Ave. More specifically the request is to install "No Parking" signs until such time as "Resident Only Parking" signs and resident stickers for vehicles are available. See attached copy of the petition. BACKGROUND: This neighborhood petitioned the City in December of 1993 for essentially the same thing. A copy of that petition with the City Engineer's response is also attached. The lakeside of both streets is currently posted "No Parking". The neighborhood is in the vicinity of the CSAH 21 bridge and the Grainwood Crossing public fishing dock. The high usage of these facilities for fishing has caused concern among the residents, particularly because the subject streets are used for parking by fisherpersons. DISCUSSION: The petition raises the question of whether or not the City should have a "Permit Parking Only" policy, and if so, what circumstances or criteria would warrant the creation and posting of such a zone. The following information was gathered from some Cities that have "Permit Parking Only" or similar policies. The petition spokesperson referred me to the City of Minnetonka, he indicated they had a policy of allowing "Resident Only Parking" zones. My discussion with that City indicated there was confusion as to what they had. Their policy allows for temporary permits for parking in residential "No Parking" zones when the requestor has satisfied several criteria. Their zones are not "Permit Parking Only". In a subsequent conversation I was referred to the City of Lakeville, that they have "Resident Only Parking". My discussion with that City indicated they have one such zone in the City near the Antler's Park beach area on Lake Marion. The circumstances 162D0'~ Creek Ave. S.L Prior Lake. Minnesota 55372-1714 / Ph. (612) 447-4230 / Fax (612) 447-4245 AN EQL;AL OPPORTl'NITY' EMPLOYER there are such that the residents along the street have no off street parking and at peak park usage have no where to park. The street department took it upon themselves to post the signs without Council action. The City Attorney referred me to the City of St. Louis Park. They have an unwritten policy which allows for "Permit Parking Only". They will issue permits to residents of single family homes in the vicinity of High Schools, apartment buildings, and similar high parking generators. They have no written policy on this, the Council acts on each request based on staff recommendations, they approve about 20% of the requests. ISSUES: The petitioners request raises several issues including policy questions which are in the perview of the Council. 1) Are there legitimate health, safety, and welfare concerns to warrant establishing no parking restrictions on certain public rights-of-way. Assuming the answer is yes, are there circumstances that justify exempting certain persons from the no parking regulation. Staff is of the opinion that congestion caused by fisherpersons parking vehicles on residential streets near the CSAH 21 bridge and Grainwood Crossing can be addressed by the use of "No Parking" restrictions, similar to the way parking is regulated by section 11-1-5, within 2500 feet of public launch sites. A copy of section 1-1-5 is provided for your information. When Council adopted Title 11-1-5(A) concerning parking around public launch sites it found that the impact of "public launch sites" extended 2500 feet. Perhaps this section needs to be amended to include a reference to public fishing sites. Placing "Resident Only Parking" or "Permit Parking Only" signs along a public right-of-way would set a precedent that absent specific standards and criteria established by the Council would not be administerable. If the Council established a policy (by ordinance) that allowed petitions for "Permit Parking Only" we would anticipate petitions from homeowners in many other areas of the City in addition to the one received. 2) Assuming the Council established permit parking only restrictions, what unique circumstances would warrant designating a particular area "Permit Parking Only" rather than "No Parking"? Some examples of criteria might be the availability of off street parking, street width, proximity to public access or pUblic facilities, etc. SPACE,DOC \ , ALTERNATIVES: RECOMMENDATION: ACTION REQUIRED: SPACE.DOC 3) The Police Department has concerns about the inherent cost to enforce permit parking. Those times when it would need to be enforced the most, ie., weekends/holidays, are already their busiest. Response times to enforce these z:ones could increase to hours. If vehicles were towed the owners would be left without transportation and the Police Department might be forced to become a taxi service for them. The Police Chief does not believe permit parking is in the best interests of the City. The alternatives are: 1. Deny the request in the petition and do not establish a "Permit Parking Only" policy by ordinance. 2. Direct the preparation of a "Permit Parking Only" ordinance for Council consideration and postpone consideration of the petition to a date certain. 3. Table this item until some date in the future. Alternative No.1. The public safety issues that justify posting "No Parking" zones are such that there should be no exemptions. d to approve the recommended alternative. ~ PETITION FOR NO PARKING SIGNS ON EAGLE CREEK AVE SE & LAKESIDE AVE THE FOLLOWING RESIDENTS HEREBY PETITION THE CITY OF PRIOR LAKE TO INSTALL NO PARKING SIGNS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS RESIDENT ONLY PARKING SIGNS AND RESIDENT STICKERS FOR VECHICLES ARE AVAILABLE. '1'11 - )>>1 ~ '1<1-0 - '11 00 ~ (f ~ 1/(jJ() ~}t/1.ep;f()/1AJ OCf-;cc17 fJCj7 -Ntt ~~ &..rniard I~DIIJ (Q~ CII'LkiAVt +20-11110-(,,'771 t;fi~ ~/d/<d ~ 16,010 EAaE C liE" ^liC "I- )0- 'i7 'i"/(h;;;,;:4 ,1L Vd!UN';) !C,I/()O:t1-I;.d,,) +=-~o-'11 <HlYdS f -/ ~ /I/;{':< AR;t~/'/'('~C'././;=". ;f-.:<p - ,,7 11'#'77-:7.",-<-/ Qd a~ /If:{-:{ .-{4/~-Glk 4-Y-(' 7',('-:- ~-V- -,,-7 -5'.1/ 7--.72.>-( r/ UhA~\I~ \\o\\'1l~\., ~\, -:taD 17 '/,/U-;)50Y ~.t ljl./7- ?lc.."1 , . ?d ~ Y Ll) ? rei / b07;J- P'(t. 0//f 5E {I I J It If -Jo..1 } CI(/!. I./)::.L 4 L/O- /l' /!. SECOND PAGE OF PETITION NAME ADDRESS DATE TELEPHONE L/.;4J .97 'It (J - JJ02~ LI))..J ) Cj 7 1-/ '-/0 -l ~II Y i ~/h7 i/Y7-L(o;-~ ~~ 1 N r . I [ '. c.' ~o.-' ~ ~ 0 ~ 0 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ : : ~ m m m m ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ HIGHEST WATER 907.6 IN 1907 LOWEST WATER &83.6 IN 1938 URCES: PRIOR LAKE ASSOCIATION - PRIOR LAKE - SPRING LAKE WATERSHED DISTRICT ! l " - , I____L=_- [Tr I I rr-:-~,....."I<""'n DEe 3 0 199J PETITION WE THE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTIVELY PETITION THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TO PLACE RESIDENTS ONLY PARKING VIOLATORS TOWED ro SIGNS ON EAGLE CREEK AVENUE S. E. FROM LAKESIDE AVE S. E. ,_, SCOTT COUNTY ROAD NUMBER 21, AND IN ADDDITION GIVE AUTHORITY TO THE Prior Lake Police Department to tow uppon telephone request from affected residents. Reasons for this PETITION: 1. NOISE AT ALL HOURS AFTER 9;00 p.m. 2. CONGESTION 3. NON RESIDENT USE OF RESIDENT DRIVEWAYS & PROPERTY (YARDS) 4. BLOCKED DRIVEWAYS 5. DEBRIS - LITTER - ECT. .~. DANGER TO RESIDENT CHILDREN DUE TO TREMENDOUS NUMBERS OF AUTOS NAME ADDRESS DATE TELEPHONE #= if "'0 - 5-.'?:), 5 tv 0- 'I Yo 0 LfJ..jD -1 '1'7 ) i/:~ "'7 ~ 0 - z.... '2 >0 .".,......... , " May 26, 1994 Dear Resident: Due to a recent review by the City of Prior Lake Police Department regarding safety issues and related concerns, it has been determined that posting no parking signs on Eagle Creek Avenue and Lakeside Avenue, as illustrated on the attached drawing, is warranted. Signs will be installed on Friday, May 27, 1994 which will prohibit parking at all times in the areas posted. This is being done, in part, due to the narrow 24 foot width of the roadways. At this time, only one side of the roadways are being posted no parking with the exception of one curve on Lakeside Avenue where posting will be on both sides. If problems surface in the future created by on street parking, consideration will be given for additional posting. If you have questions regarding this matter, call me at City Hall at 447-4230. Sincerely, ~ arry J. Anderson City EngineerlPublic Works Director CITY OF PRIOR LAKE LJAJacj SIGNl.ENG 4629 Dakota St. S.E., Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372-1714 / Ph. (612) 447-4230 / Fax (612) 447-4245 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Ii ,/ \ \ \ :6ee- '--- \. !3795: \...-------- . 1:3.~ \ \. - - - TO BE POSTED NO PARKING " I ~ <.0 ,..., 16 ! 17 J: - i 'D () .) : -- ;5 i - I , I 0 N 2 o ,i 9 ' i <.0 N I 2 I If) 0 0 3" r 2 ~ I 1"\ I() tAD I ~ - - I COLORADO ST. 2 3 i 24: 2 5126 , 27 I 18 19 20 21 22 28 J 0 I" , , , , I , I i 12 ~ 8 I A 110 i I II :3 d I 7 i a : .5 4 3 9 I I e PLEASANT 7 I 123767 / 5 CERT. 1237'36 '1211 .- " .:. 3 '3 ;0 17 '5 <1 13 2 150 210 " 50 : I 1"--' o ,'J' J.j .- 151197 l:1Vj UdY~. UUI II a 111111111"-""11 ,,,...... V' ..."t..........~."..~... offense, such penalty shall apply to a person convicted r oithe same' offense under this Chapter. (Ord. 62-1, 2-5-62; readopted Ord. 72-8, 8-21-72; amd. 1979 Code; amd. 7-10-79) G PARKING RESTRICTED, PUBLIC LAUNCH SITES; IN GENERAL: The City Council of the City has determined that separate parking restrictions and penalty provisions are necessary in the vicinity of public launch sites of public bodies of water in the City due to increased traffic, congestion and public health and safety hazards associated with the launching and retrieval of boats, moving of ice houses and other activities associated with the public access facility. The City Council has determined that extraordinary hazards exist with respect to added pedestrian traffic and motor vehicle traffic with obstructed views associated with ice houses, boats and trailers and general increased risks at such facilities. Therefore, the City Council has determined that increased restrictions and penalties are necessary in order to enforce the regulations for public health and safety reasons and to deter prohibited conduct in order to decrease such hazards and risks to the public safety and welfare in the vicinity of public launch faciilies. ' (A) No Parking, Stopping or Standing Zones in the Vicinity of Public Accesses: The City Council may, by resolution, designate certain streets or portions of streets as no parking or no stopping or standing zones within two thousand five hundred feet (2,500') of public launch sites in the City of Prior Lake. The City Council shall approve by resolution the amount of fines for violation of this section of the ordinance to which these parking restrictions apply. The City Engineer shall mark by appropriate signs each zone so designated and such sign shall indicate the amount of the fine for violating the restriction which shall be imposed upon the violator. The sign shall further indicate that violators' vehicles shall be subject to impoundment and/or towing. (8) Towing/Impoundment: Because of the increased health and safety hazards associated with public access areas in the event the number of vehicles using those accesses at anyone time is not adequately controlled, the City Council has detennined that impoundment/towing is necessary in order to deter violations of the parking restrictions. Therefore, any police officer, consistent with the provisions of Minnesota Session Laws 1989, chapter 256 (Minnesota Statutes 169.041 and Minnesota Statutes 514.18), may have a vehicle removed from the above no parking restricted area to a garage or other place of safety when the vehicle is left unattended and constitutes a violation 01 the no parking restriction. A person who is entitled to possession of an impounded/towed vehicle shall have the right to post-impoundment hearing to determine probable cause to impound the vehicle under this subsection if such person files a written demand for the hearing within five (5) days after impounding, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. The demand shall be made to the City Manager of the City, who shall serve as a hearing officer for such purposes. The hearing shall be conducted within twenty four (24) hours of the written 390 '\ 11-1-5 11-1-7 B) demand thereof unless such person agrees to a later hearing. Not more than seventy two (72) hours after impoundment of a vehicle which has not been redeemed, the City Police Department shall mail a notice to the registered owner of the vehicle, if such may be secured through the license number, at the address provided by the motor vehicle license agency of the state or province in which the vehicle is registered. The notice shall contain the full particulars about the impoundment, the procedure for redemption, and the opportunity for a hearing to test the propriety of the impoundment. Similar notice shall be available at the office of the City Clerk and shall be conspicuously posted at the place of impoundment. If the hearing officer determines that there is no probable cause lor the impoundment under the ordinance, the City shall pay the towing and storage charges and the vehicle shall be released forthwith to the person entitled to possession. In every other case, the vehicle shall be released only when the fees for towing and storage are paid by the person recovering possession. The City Council shall approve by resolution, from time to time, the authorized costs 01 towing and storage of said vehicles. 11-1-B: HANDICAPPED PARKING RESTRICTIONS: No person shall park in, obstruct or occupy with a motor vehicle, any paf1(ing space, on public or private property, designated or signed as handicapped parking, unless said vehicle prominently displays an insignia or certificate issued by the Department 01 Motor Vehicles pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 169.345, subdivision 3, and such vehicle is being used by a handicapped person as defined in Minnesota Statutes section 169.345, subdivision 2. Signs designating handicapped parking spaces shall be presumed to have been placed according to law, unless the contrary is established by competent evidence. Violation of this provision is a petty misdemeanor. Motor vehicles found in violation of this Section may be ordered removed by a member of the Police Department under the procedures set forth in subsection 11-1-5(B). 11-1-7: RULE OF EVIDENCE: The presence of any motor vehicle on any street or other public area when standing or parked in violation of this Chapter is prima facie evidence that the registered owner of the vehicle committed or authorized the commission of the violation. (Ord. 89-03, 10-16-89)