HomeMy WebLinkAbout2460-14 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 2014/11/03ORDINANCE NO. 2460-14
CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE RELATING TO SNOW REMOVAL
PARKING RESTRICTIONS, AMENDING
SECTION 30-158 OF THE ST. LOUIS PARK CITY CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 30-158 of the St. Louis Park City Code is amended to read as follows:
(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) 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 when the city declares a snow emergency, until the
snow emergency has been cancelled by the city or the street has been plowed to the
curb.
b. The City Manager or designee is authorized to establish and maintain a listing of the
public streets which are not subject to the snow emergency_ parking ban. The exempted
streets will eenerally be high densitv residential streets without or very limited off-
street parking
C. The City Manager or designee is authorized to issue parking permits allowing on -street
parking in front of the permittee's residence when the snow emergency parkin ban an is
in effect The permits may only be issued to City residents who do not have off-street
parking available to them No more than two no fee vehicle permits will be issued for
each residential dwelling unit.
d. The City Manager or designee may authorize the issuance of up to two additional
parking permits for a fee as set by Council when either the residential dwelling does
not have adequate off-street parking or does not have any off-street parking and the
permits for more than two vehicles is determined to be appropriate. One parking permit
for a caregiver vehicle may be approved in accordance with this section. Each permit
issued under this section will be for an identified vehicle and must be displayed on such
vehicle. Vehicles with permits must be parked in front of the permittee's residence.
(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.
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(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 snow emer eg ncy
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 snow removal 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, of 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) Public Safety Parking Restrictions. The City Manager or designee is authorized 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 coniunction with on -street parking.
(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 take effect fifteen (15) days after its passage and
publication.
ADOPTED this 3rd day of November, 2014 by the City Council of the City of St. Louis
Park.
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October 20, 2014
November 3, 2014
November 13, 2014
affect November 28, 2014
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