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FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES _9_ May 5, 2004 Consider annroval of an ordinance amending Chanter 9 of the Falcon Hei hts Cit, code concernm~ vehicle sales (continued) Ms. Pamela Harris, 1865 Snelling Avenue North, and Chairperson of the Planning Commission, said that she is one of the people who complained about this. She objects to having the public road used for the private purpose of selling used cars. The main problem is the safety issue. Also, it is not scenic or bucolic. She described the difficulties with night driving along the narrow service drives that are caused by the parked vehicles and motorcycles. The Planning Commission started by looking at an ordinance that covers the whole City. During the day these vehicles are a problem too. There are usually three cars involved: The cax for sale, the potential buyer's car and the seller's car. In response to a question from Council member Kuettel about the effect on residents, Administrator Worthington said the City issues temporary bags to cover the street signage for people who want to hold garage sales. Only a few residents request the bags. Council member Lindstrom said that when he first saw this he was envisioning the resident who has a used car for sale. He went up and down the frontage roads and saw it was a business. . They don't use little, for sale signs; they have big printed signs in the windshields with all the details. The frontage roads look like used car businesses. Council member Talbot said that as Code Enforcement Officer for Roseville he deals with this everyday. He drives by, notes the telephone numbers on the for sale signs, and calls the owners to tell them to move their vehicles because what they are doing is illegal and he also tells them about the high potential for vehicular vandalism or theft. He doesn't have a problem with banning the sale of vehicles in these high volume areas. He agrees with Council member Lindstrom. They are sophisticated and they are selling cars. Council member Lamb said that he doesn't have any problem with banning the commercial sale of cars. What about the resident who wants to sell their own car and they live on Larpenteur or Snelling? Planning Chair Harris said the original ordinance that was proposed was modified because there are areas where people don't have driveways because they have alleys. Council member Lamb said that he wants to find a way to ban the commercial sale of vehicles on City streets but doesn't want to be discriminatory toward the residents. Mayor Gehrz said that she was concerned about that also. Council member Lamb said the City will be creating two classes of streets: Snelling and its frontage roads, Larpenteur, Hamline, Fairview, Roselawn and Cleveland are one class, and the second class of streets is everything else. The thrust of the ordinance says that you can park in front of your house and that is legal. The ordinance is trying to address the six streets and do something different about them. ~3