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Item Pia:2 <br />Meeting Bate: February 7 2005 <br />Type of Business: Discussion <br />Administrator Review: <br />To: Mounds View City Council <br />From: Kristin Prososki, Planning Associate <br />Items Tifle/Subiect: Review Potential Code Amendment Regarding Commercial <br />Vehicles; Special Planning Case 5P-Va�-- <br />Currently, Sections 607.06 and 802.04 of the Mounds View Municipal Code allow commercial <br />vehicles to be parked on a public street for up to two (2) hours per day. This regulation can be <br />difficult and time-consuming to enforce. Staff is seeking input from the Council as to whether or <br />not an amendment to the regulation would be appropriate. <br />Discussion: <br />There are two areas of the Code that regulate outside parking. Section 607.06, Subdivision 2d <br />of the Mounds View Municipal Code states: <br />"No person owning, driving or in charge of any vehicle with a gross weight classification <br />higher than "E° (6,001 — 9,000 pounds) as identified on the license plate and specified in <br />Minnesota Statutes, may cause or permit that vehicle to be parked outside or stand <br />continuously for more than two (2) hours on residential property or public street within a <br />residential zone in the City." <br />Section 802.04, titled Oversize Vehicle Parking, states: <br />"No person shall allow any recreational equipment, recreational vehicle or truck to <br />remain parked on a public street or highway within Mounds View for a period of more <br />than two (2) hours per day." <br />In Chapter 800, a truck is defined as, "A motor vehicle which exceeds a one ton chassis design". <br />It should be noted that recreational vehicles can be parked on residential property, as long as <br />they are parked on an improved surface, such as a driveway. <br />Currently, enforcing the two hour limit typically means responding to a complaint as soon as it is <br />placed, marking the tires of the vehicle to show where it was parked and then coming back two <br />hours later to check if the vehicle is gone. If the vehicle is still parked there, a ticket can then be <br />issued. However, if the vehicle is gone within the two hour limit, but then returns later, the clock <br />must start all over again because Staff would not know how long the vehicle had previously been <br />parked at that location. <br />t, <br />