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• The bituminous width of 15th Street is 24 feet with grassed shoulders ranging from approximately 2 to 6 feet in width. • This street section can generally accommodate parked vehicles on both sides of the street while maintaining emergency vehicle access. • The County Park Reserve does not discourage the parking along 15th Street. • The bituminous “hammerhead” turnaround at the eastern terminus was previously restricted parking and should remain “No Parking” to facilitate emergency vehicle turning movements and public works maintenance activities. OPTIONS: 1. Determine that the street conditions and on street parking conditions do not create a threat to public health and safety and, therefore, approve the removal of the signs by moving to revoke Ordinance No. 97-181, relating to Section 1005.04 (1) (Parking Prohibited on 15th Street to Ivy Avenue) to the Lake Elmo Municipal Code, but continue to enforce the previously existing “No Parking” signs for the bituminous “hammerhead” turnaround at the eastern terminus. 2. Do a full fledged parking study of the on street parking to determine if there is heavy parking along this area that creates a potential threat to public health and safety. 3. Determine that conditions on this area of 15th Street may create a possible threat to public health and safety and continue to enforce the no parking restrictions in Ordinance No. 97-181, relating to Section 1005.04 (1). RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the no parking signs be removed and not replaced unless a parking study is completed including a survey of surrounding residents and that a public safety issue be identified. Suggested motion for consideration: Motion: Move to revoke ordinance 97-181 that prohibits parking on 15th Street to Ivy Avenue and direct the staff to remove the ‘no parking ‘ signs in this area, but to leave the already existing no parking signs in the hammerhead area. SUGGESTED ORDER OF BUSINESS: