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POLICY Hl • 10/13/04 Petition for a permit parking zone on Lindig Street (continued) Although the petition asks for permit parking on the whole street, owners of properties facing the existing restricted parking zone, and owners of lots facing Larpenteur and Fairview were not approached. Signatures were received later from one additional property owner, bringing the number to 20, plus residents of nine of the apartments at 1707 Lindig. There are 26 residential properties that abut Lindig Street. Parking policy requires signatures from 75% of the owners (rounded up), or 20 signatures. Therefore, the petition is valid. Staff study: For some time the City has been aware that non-resident parking was having an impact on Lindig. A 2-hour restricted zone was established in response to the problem. Since then, Staff have informally observed the street to be "parked up" for several hundred feet north of the restricted zone most weekdays. This confirms what residents have reported. Parking is generally available in the northern third of the street. The week of September 20, 2004, Staff counted the parked cars on Lindig at various times during the morning. Cars in the two hour zone and those parked at the north end (beyond the first open stretch of 2 or more unoccupied parking places) were not counted. The counts were: Monday - 17, Tuesday - 22, Wednesday - 15, Thursday 19, Friday 11. • Additional observations: • In the section of street that was heavily parked, there were at most 2 vacant on-street parking spaces available when Staff inspected Lindig. • At no time did Staff see the whole of Lindig parked up. Except during the State Fair and other fairground events, there were always spaces available at the north end of the street, although these are a considerable distance from the homes and apartments at the south end of the street. • Some of the homes have 2-car garages and wide parking aprons, but many homes are older and have limited off-street parking, especially in the section of Lindig that is most affected. • It is difficult for two cars to pass each other where there is parking on both sides. This could be a public safety issue, especially if emergency vehicles need to get to the north end of the street. • All northbound traffic on Lindig must turn around somewhere. Although there is a wide area for turning north of 1783 Lindig, drivers have been observed using private driveways or making 3-point turns in the street to get back out to Larpenteur. r~ U 3a