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Item 1 5/27/03 • ITEM: Petition for a permit parking zone on Garden Avenue in Falcon Woods. SUBMITTED BY: Deborah Jones, Zoning and Planning Coordinator REVIEWED BY: Heather Worthington, City Administrator Roger Knutson, City Attorney EXPLANATION: Summary: A petition has been submitted by 12 of the 15 residents of Garden Avenue in the Falcon Woods subdivision of the city to create a permit parking zone on that portion of Garden Avenue (Address numbers 1968 - 2048). The street frontage is more than the minimum 600 feet required to qualify for a permit parking zone. Three residents did not sign. 1958 Garden and 1802 Moore were not included in the petition. Staff has determined that the petition is in order, with 80% of the residents signing. 75% is the required minimum. (Please note that the withdrawal of one signature will lower the percentage to 73.3%, which would remove the petition from consideration.) The reason for the petition is the parking of cars by non-residents during weekdays. It is believed that the cars belong to people who are attending or working at the University of Minnesota. Staff have made observations of the parking patterns on Garden Avenue, including a comparison to nearby streets (Howell, Moore, Prior and Summer), over atwo-month period from March 21 to • May 12, at various times of day. A log is attached which includes resident reports as well as staff observations. The following points summarize staff observations: • Counting both sides of the street, there are approximately 16 available street parking spaces (or more) on the portion of Garden Avenue under consideration here, with additional on-street space on Howell and Moore. • Every residence on this portion of Garden Avenue has a double garage and driveway space for at least 2 cars, giving a total of 4off-street parking spaces per resident. • The number of cars parked on Garden has ranged from zero (on the day streets were swept and the street was posted for no parking) to nine (which included two lawn service vehicles). • Parking counts on Howell, Moore, Summer and Prior ranged from 0 to 5 cars per street during the same period. • During the later part of the observation period (April 14 -May 14), there was an average of 5.3 cars parked on Garden per week day, when observations were made. • Parking was heaviest in front of the houses closest to the pedestrian path leading to the Prior Avenue cul-de-sac to the south. Parking was heaviest in front of 2018 Garden, the house just west of the path entrance. Few cars were parked at the east end of the block. • Parking numbers were highest when the University was in session, supporting the petitioners' assertion that the cars parked on street belong to non-residents associated with the University. U Staff Report: Permit Parking on Garden May 23, 2003 Page 1 of 2