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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. Comments From Residents: Although they were not included in the petition, residents on the existing restricted zone, including apartment residents at 1707 Lindig, have contacted the City to express their support for the petition and for making the permit zone cover the whole length of the street. Residents often additional homes or apartments at the south end of Lindig informally added their names to the petition. No one has contacted Staff directly to express opposition to permit parking on Lindig. Analysis• • Staff observations support the allegation that non-residents are consistently using Garden Avenue to park for access to the University of Minnesota. • Staff finds that non-resident parking is having an impact on the Lindig residences least able to accommodate off-street parking, creating a hardship for those residents. • The available parking at the north end of Lindig is as far as 800 feet away from residents at the south end, which creates a hardship for residents in lack of parking for their visitors. • Staff Report: Permit Parking on Lindig September 28, 2004 Page 2 of 3