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Item 1 • 9/28/04 ITEM: Petition for a permit parking zone on Lindig Street. SUBMITTED BY: Deborah Jones, Zoning and Planning Coordinator REVIEWED BY: Heather Worthington, City Administrator Roger Knutson, City Attorney EXPLANATION: Summary: Last spring, residents of Lindig Street in Falcon Heights approached City Staff with concerns about the volume of parking on their street and asked about the possibility of instituting permit parking on Lindig. Permit parking must be initiated by resident petition, as residents were informed in a June 8 letter from City Administrator Worthington. Accordingly, a petition has been submitted by Lindig residents to institute permit parking on all of Lindig on the grounds that the high volume ofnon-resident parking on the street causes a hardship to residents and their visitors. The street frontage proposed for permit parking is more than the minimum 600 feet required to qualify for a permit parking zone. Lindig Street: Lindig is a street extending north of Larpenteur Avenue, between Fairview Avenue and Tatum Street. It has access from Larpenteur Avenue and no outlet at the other end. • Except for the south end of the street (approximately 410 feet from Larpenteur), the width is narrower than average in Falcon Heights. The street was platted in sections, and the right of way is irregular. Approximately 300 feet at the south end of the street is designated as restricted 2- hourparking, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. There are no special parking restrictions north of that zone. There is aturn-around space at the north end of the street on a vacant parcel belonging to the City. On Larpenteur, all parking is prohibited. The existing restricted parking zone was instituted several years ago in response to similar concerns about non-resident parking. While this has proven effective in limiting on-street parking in the signed area, it has essentially pushed the parking north of the 2-hour zone. The existing restricted zone does not include permit parking, which has been a source of concern from the residents in that zone, who are subject to the 2-hour restriction. Petition: The petition was circulated among residents of Lindig north of the existing restricted zone. Of the 24 parcels adjacent to this section of Lindig, one is vacant and belongs to the City, and two are through lots face Fairview Avenue. Of the remaining 21 properties, signatures were obtained from 20 residents, of which 19 were verified as property owners and one as a tenant. One resident could not be contacted. City policy specifies property owners rather than residents, so the petition was turned in with 19 valid signatures. 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. Staff Report: Permit Parking on Lindig September 28, 2004 Page 1 of 3