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Home My WebLink About2097-97 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1997/08/04ORDINANCE NO. 20972! CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 10-315 OF THE ST. LOUIS PARK CITY CODE RELATING TO SNOW REMOVAL PARKING RESTRICTIONS 52386 THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: (1) Definition of Street. Street as used in this section shall mean the entire right-of-way, including sidewalks, boulevards, curb and gutter as well as the traveled portion of any City street, alley, highway, thoroughfare, county road, or state highway within the City of St. Louis Park. (2) 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Snow Fall Parking Restrictions. (a) Except as provided in Subparagraph (b) and (c) herein, no person shall park a vehicle on any public street at any time between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. after snowfall of 2" or more has accumulated, until the street has been plowed curb to curb. (b) The City Council will establish by resolution the public streets which are not subject to the 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. snowfall parking ban. The exempted streets will generally be non-residential streets and residential streets without off-street parking. (c) The City Manager or designee is authorized to issue parking permits allowing on -street parking adjacent to the permittee's residence when the 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. snow fall parking ban is in effect. The permits may only be issued to City residents who do not have off- street parking available to them. Each permit will be issued for an identified vehicle and must be displayed in the vehicle. No more than two vehicle permits will be issued for each residential dwelling unit, except as provided in subparagraph (d) herein. (d) In addition to permits authorized in subparagraph (c) herein, the City Council may by resolution authorize the issuance of parking permits allowing on -street parking adjacent to the permittee's residence when the 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. snowfall parking ban is in effect. The additional permits may be allowed by resolution when either the residential dwelling does not have adequate off-street parking or does 52386 not have. any off-street parking and permits for more than two vehicles is determined to be appropriate. The Council shall establish the appropriate fee for these permits by resolution. (3) Obstruction of Street by Private Snow Plowing Removal Prohibited. No person shall deposit any snow or ice, plowed or removed from private property, onto a public street. (4) Parking Interference with Clean -Up Snowplowing. No person shall park any vehicle on a public street within 50 feet of any area of a public street which is unplowed after City equipment has previously plowed snow and ice from other portions of said street, nor otherwise park in such a manner as to interfere with City clean-up snowplowing operations. (5) Off -Street Parking Areas and Private Streets. No person who is an owner or manager of the premises shall allow or permit snow and ice accumulation in an area of required off street parking under the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance or a special permit issued thereunder or private streets established under a special permit in such a manner as to reduce such private street area or the number of parking stalls available for such use, commencing 24 hours after the cessation of snowfall. (6) Special Posted Snow Removal Parking Restrictions. In addition to the 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. parking ban set forth in Subsection (2) herein, the City Manager or designee is authorized to post no parking signs for snow removal along public streets of the City where snow removal operations will require the use of the entire width of the street by snow plowing and removing equipment. Such signs shall be posted at frequent intervals at least four (4) hours prior to the time when snow removal commences on the street so posted, and such signs shall be removed promptly after completion of the snow removal operation. Snow removal shall be done on any street so posted as soon as possible following a lapse of four (4) hours after posting the signs. No person shall park any vehicle, nor leave any vehicle which was parked at the time of posting for a period of more than two (2) hours thereafter, if any block on any street so posted during the time the said signs are posted thereon, and it shall be unlawful for any person other than an authorized representative of the City or Police Department of the City to remove said signs. (7) Snow Emergency. The City Manager or designee is authorized to declare a snow emergency and to impose parking restrictions on City streets as necessary in the event curbside snow accumulations cause streets to become impassable to emergency vehicles or snow removal equipment in conjunction with on -street parking. 2 (8) Towing of Vehicles. In addition to the penalty provision imposed for a violation of this section, vehicles parked on a public street in violation of any provision of this section may be towed and impounded. SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be effective fifteen (15) days after its passage and publication. ADOPTED this 4th day of August , 1997, by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park. ATTEST: C thia Larsen, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: C Attorney .A= 52386 3 CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK By. Gail Dorfman, or REVIEWED FOR ADMINISTRATION: STATE OF MINNESOTA) SS COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) Denis L. Mindak the publisher or authorized agent and Sun -Sailor IJN BurQn�t WribM BurC.ror AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION , being duly sworn on an oath says that he/she is employee of the publisher of the newspaper known as , and has full knowledge of the facts which are stated below (A) The newspaper has complied with all of the requirements constituting qualification as a qualified newspaper, as provided by Minnesota Statue 331 A.02, 331 A.07, and other applicable laws, as amended (B) The printed 'Summary of Ordinance No. 2097-97 which is attached was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published once each week, for o n e successive weeks; it was first published on Wednesday the 13 day of August , 19 97 . and was thereafter ted and published on every to and including the day of , 19 : and printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, which is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of the notice: abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz BY: TITLE: Acknowledged before me on this 13 dayof Aug�(lst City of St. Louis Park (Official )Qublication) CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK HENNEPIN COUNTY MINNESOTA SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 2097-97 AMENDING SECTION 10-915 OF THE ST. LOUIS PARK CITY CODE RELATING TO SNOW REMOVAL PARKING RESTRICTIONS On August 4, 1997, the St Lows Park City Council adopted Ordinance No 2097-97 amending Section 10-315 of the St Lows Park City Code The Ordinance prohibits parking on public street between the hours of 8 00 a m - 5 00 p m after a 'snowfall of 2" or more until the street has been plowed curb to curb' The City Council will establish by resolution streets which are not subject to the snowfall parking ban These streets will generally be non-residen- tial streets and residential streets without off-street park- ing The Ordinance provides for the issuance of parking permits to residents who do not have off-street parking The Ordinance will take effect 15 days after its publication A full pnnted copy of the Ordinance is available for nn- i spection in the Office of the City Clerk. Adopted by the City Council August 4, 1997 /s/Gail A Dorfman I Mayor (Aug 13, 1997)A3/Cty SLP ORD 2097-97 Publisher l��nc,,�,:u<n5•n; aP.:an<.:r.�^.,;�e�+a.:csacaKs<� P r�il�1 L M HEDBLOM t',) T. PUS - MINNE TA `g n;�'"' Ht,Ei'NNEU -;PIN COUNTY f/ Cvnvnist,on !acmes Jan 31, 2000 g RATE INFORMATION (1) Lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space Maximum rate allowed by law for the above matter (3) Rate actually charged for the above matter $ 2 55 per line $ 6 20 per line $ 1 20 per line