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Mounds View City Council . Regular Meeting Page Four January 25, 1993 explained that Mr. Simon was in the process of gathering information as part of his request and this information was not available in time for tonight's meeting. Mayor Linke closed the public hearing at 7:28 p.m. MOTION/SECOND: T. Simon, 2840 Meeting VOTE• Linke/Blanchard to Table the Public Hearing for Simon Highway 10, to the February 8, 1993 City Council 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried COUNCIL BUSINESS (CONTINUED) B. Ric Minetor, Director of Public Works/City Engineer, reviewed the revisions made to Ordinance No. 522 Restricting the Deposit of Snow on Street Right-Of-Ways. Comments were received regarding this ordinance from Councilmember Rickaby and were incorporated into the revised ordinance. • Councilmember Rickaby stated that all of the wording that was revised in the ordinance was not her suggestion. Rickaby stated that the way she reads this ordinance is that a property owner could not deposit snow in the right-of-way and she considers the right-of-way the boulevard area. Rickaby stated that this means a property owner could not deposit snow next to the driveway on the boulevard. Rickaby stated that this could cause a hardship for many people. The ordinance states, "...to cause any snow to be deposited in the street, on sidewalks, in any boulevard between the street and the sidewalk, or on private property...". Rickaby stated that if this is true, property owners would have to carry the snow quite a distance from where it is being removed. Rickaby further stated that even with a snowblower it is hard to throw it in the right direction. Rickaby stated that she understands the safety concerns when snow would be piled high at the end of driveways and would cause a visibility problem, however, Rickaby stated that she is also concerned about property owners, especially the elderly, having to lift and carry snow in the cold weather. Rickaby stated that she is opposed to asking citizens to undertake unsafe acts. Ric Minetor explained that this ordinance is concerned mostly with parking lots of multi-family dwellings and commercial businesses. There has been cases where the snow from these properties has been removed and plowed across the street onto private property. Residents have called and complained about this same problem. County Road I is a good example. Public Works has to load out snow because there is not adequate snow storage space on the boulevard area.