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I. PARKING POLICIES <br />• A. GENERAL <br />The City's parking philosophy is to provide a safe, orderly, and, <br />when possible, convenient parking environment for residents, trade <br />and visitors within the city, while keeping the streets primarily <br />for safe and efficient traffic flow. <br />B. SPECIFIC <br />1. Maintain the streets primarily for safe and efficient traffic <br />flow. <br />2. Maintain the residential character of the City's neighborhoods <br />and the 'small-scale' or 'village' character of the overall <br />City by attempting to alleviate parking conflicts between <br />residential neighborhoods and non-residential uses when they <br />appear; and by utilizing complementaLy new parking facilities <br />when they are necessary. <br />3. Encourage property owners to accommodate parking demands <br />generated by the property by enforcing the parking requirements <br />in the zoning code and working with property owners, residents <br />and/or proprietors when parking problems develop. This is <br />particularly important when redevelopment and new development <br />occur. <br />• 4. Cover the cost of parking administration and enforcement <br />by charging fees to the individuals for these services, whenever <br />possible. <br />5. Adopt temporary parking restrictions when necessary to accommodate <br />the Minnesota State Fair and other special circumstances. <br />6. Consider a variety of on street and off street parking solutions <br />to parking problems including posting restrictions, permit <br />parking, shared parking, parking lots, parking ramps, and <br />re-routing traffic. <br />7. Select the most efficient and the least disruptive solution <br />to a parking problem. <br />II. PROCED~JRES FOR HANDLING PARKING PROBLEMS <br />A. ORIGINATION <br />Parking problems arise when parking demands conflict with fixed <br />amounts of available on and off street parking to produce an <br />unsafe and/or inconvenient parking situation. <br />• B. IDENTIFICATION <br />Parking problems come to the attention of the City when: <br />1. A city official reports a safety problem and/or inconvenience <br />problem. <br />2. A resident(s), proprietor(s) and/or a property owner(s) reports <br />a safety and/or an inconveniece problem. <br />