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-8- • - thought homeowners should be allowed enough time after the Ordinance is adopted to put in the pavement needed to accommodate the four cars which are allowed; - told the Council that if they decided to restrict parking on the side of homes or in the back yard, it would be no problem for him even with three roommates because he planned on putting a three car garage on the back of his property; however, indicated he wouldn' t want to pave the side until the garage is constructed; stated he recognized that, as a single homeowner, he was a minority, but still contended it would be just as fair for him to rent to three unrelated persons as it would be for a family to rent to two. . Mr. Lofgren then brought up the question of how long guests could park in a driveway by saying he had observed five cars parked in Councilmember Ranallo' s driveway and another on the street, the previous Sunday. He speculated that the City police "could pick and choose who they would ticket after four hours. " Mr. Lofgren indicated that with the restriction the City has on garage • size and the parking ban in the winter, some homeowners have begun to feel "trapped, " however, he added, that with a 30 year mortgage, he intended to stay in St. Anthony and would be "taking pride in his home' s appearance. " Council Response Sundland - reiterated that if the residents put their suggestions into writing, the Council would be better able to con- sider them at the same time they would be expressing their own likes and dislikes of the document Mr. Soth would be preparing for the next Council meeting; said he also perceived the problem the City could have with families with six or seven children where, theo- retically, there could be as many as nine cars parked in a front yard over a period of time; but wondered what response the City could make when those families complained about the hardship the new Ordin- ance imposed on them; told Mr. Lofgren the Supreme Court had ruled that a City had -the right to restrict the number of unrelated per- sons to only two in a single family residence;