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Item No: 2 Meeting Date: February 7, 2005 Type of Business: Discussion Administrator Review: ____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View City Council From: Kristin Prososki, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Review Potential Code Amendment Regarding Commercial Vehicles; Special Planning Case SP-136-05 Introduction: Currently, Sections 607.06 and 802.04 of the Mounds View Municipal Code allow commercial vehicles to be parked on a public street for up to two (2) hours per day. This regulation can be difficult and time-consuming to enforce. Staff is seeking input from the Council as to whether or not an amendment to the regulation would be appropriate. Discussion: There are two areas of the Code that regulate outside parking. Section 607.06, Subdivision 2d of the Mounds View Municipal Code states: “No person owning, driving or in charge of any vehicle with a gross weight classification higher than “E” (6,001 – 9,000 pounds) as identified on the license plate and specified in Minnesota Statutes, may cause or permit that vehicle to be parked outside or stand continuously for more than two (2) hours on residential property or public street within a residential zone in the City.” Section 802.04, titled Oversize Vehicle Parking, states: “No person shall allow any recreational equipment, recreational vehicle or truck to remain parked on a public street or highway within Mounds View for a period of more than two (2) hours per day.” In Chapter 800, a truck is defined as, “A motor vehicle which exceeds a one ton chassis design”. It should be noted that recreational vehicles can be parked on residential property, as long as they are parked on an improved surface, such as a driveway. Currently, enforcing the two hour limit typically means responding to a complaint as soon as it is placed, marking the tires of the vehicle to show where it was parked and then coming back two hours later to check if the vehicle is gone. If the vehicle is still parked there, a ticket can then be issued. However, if the vehicle is gone within the two hour limit, but then returns later, the clock must start all over again because Staff would not know how long the vehicle had previously been parked at that location.