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• a demonstration of need. First, need that the adjacent land uses (the university) generate more than the usual traffic associated with a residential area and, thereby, create more pollution which detracts from the neighborhood. Second, need that the property owners require some relief from the parking restrictions that are necessary to relieve the potential blight from automobile congestion in the neighborhood. Petition. In order to assure the city that there is a need for permit parking, the policy requires that residential permit parking be initiated by a petition of property owners. In Falcon Heights, the petition must be signed by 75% of the property owners in a minimum distance of one 600 foot block front (one side of street). The city of St. Paul requires 60% of property owners to sign. Staff review. Once -the petition is submitted to the city with the S 100 fee to cover the cost of processing the application, the staff notifies the petitioners of the upcoming public hearing and publishes a notice. The staff also reviews the request and makes a recommendation on the request and the area to be designated for permit parking. The area considered is, at a minimum, the area petitioned. However, the recommendation may include additional area if it creates a more consistent, understandable and enforceable parking ordinance. Implementation/Permits. If the city council approves residential permit parking • in an area, residents along the designated area only may purchase an annual permit for S10 for a vehicle registered to their address. (S10 for first two permits; $20 for third). No one is required to purchase a permit. The fee is charged to cover the cost of processing the application including a license registration check. It also covers some of the additional, but not measured, costs of having the officers enforce this special parking arrangement for designated property owners. Experience. In 1990 the city adopted permit parking in the Grove neighborhood. Out of 102 households there are 7 households (7%) that currently hold a parking permit. No problems are associated with this policy. C. Petitions requesting permit parking. Area petitioned. In May, 1995 the city received two petitions for residential permit parking on Tatum Street. The petitions were accompanied by a S 100 fee to cover the costs. The S 100 fee covered both petitions because the staff review and notification were done at the same time. The areas that property owners petitioned met the 600 foot block front requirement. These included: • 2