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MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL PAGE TWO NOVEMBER 27, 1991 4 . Parking One of the greatest complaints that residents have about outdoor concerts is the amount of off-street parking that they generate, especially in residential areas. By having a concert in a parking lot, the host restaurant or bar takes up parking ordinarily used for ciistnmprs, causing the concert-goers to park elsewhere. One possible solution to this problem is to require that a host restaurant or bar provide enough parking for a concert to keep them in conformance to municipal code. For example, if a bar was required to have 75 off-street parking spaces per City Code and ordinarily had 100 spaces available, it could use no more than 25 spaces for its outdoor concert unless it provided for off-street parking at an adjacent business. The adjacency requirement would prevent an applicant from wanting to shuttle patrons from another site, something that would likely result in people simply continuing to park on the City Streets. As a part of their permit approval processes, the Cities of Arden Hills and Spring Lake Park require that applicants find adequate off-street parking for their concerts. Spring Lake Park did not allow on-street parking at all at the last outdoor concert that it approved. One problem that arises from this solution is that Robert's Off 10 and the Bel-Rae Ballroom are not in conformance with the parking code now and could not have outdoor concerts in their lots without finding more parking. The Bel-Rae might be able to find adjacent parking that would meet the concerts ordinance, but because of its 1-ecat onIt—would-be very d f-f-i-e-u-1t or—Robe-r-t's Off 10 to do so. The Mermaid would still be able to hold outdoor concerts, as it has more parking spaces than are required by Code. If the Mermaid wanted to hold a very large concert, there is parking available at adjacent businesses should those businesses be willing to provide them. 5 . Security Security could be evaluated by the Chief of Police prior to the issuance of a concert permit. Because security needs will differ with the type of concert that is being held, the expected attendance, and the time of the year that the concert is to be held, security might best be handled on a case by case basis .