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ti <br /> • -15- <br /> -pointed out that there was nothing in the proposed document <br /> they had been provided that evening which allowed temporary <br /> parking for guests and that no standard had been established <br /> for when the Ordinance would be enforced; <br /> -said he would have an "ethical" problem with writing another <br /> Ordinance which the City doesn't intend to enforce. <br /> In regard to the stipulation that vehicles could only be parked on paved <br /> surfaces, the Councilmember said there were some homes in St. Anthony, <br /> like his own, which don' t have any asphalt at all, which he assumed would <br /> be in violation of the law immediately upon passage of the Ordinance. If <br /> the City considered such situations to be grandfathered in, the <br /> Councilmember said, he perceived the Ordinance would be rendered <br /> ineffective for the problems which the Council hoped to address. <br /> The following responses were made to his statements: <br /> Ranallo -said he would have no problem with allowing "defined gravel <br /> driveways" but wouldn' t want people just throwing sand all <br /> over their backyards for parking. <br /> • Soth -perceived the problem with gravel parking areas could be <br /> easily dealt with in the Ordinance but trying to establish <br /> time restrictions might be tough because specifying hours <br /> vehicles could be parked might create enforcement problems <br /> for the police, who would have to drive around marking cars, <br /> etc. <br /> Ranallo -reiterated that another problem with the Ordinance as it <br /> was presented that evening, was that it failed to provide <br /> restrictions against vehicles being parked in backyards. <br /> Sundland -agreed with the City Attorney that setting time limits would <br /> be an unwieldly proposition requiring enforcement on an on- <br /> going basis to keep it consistent; <br /> -perceived that would require more police manpower than the <br /> City could afford; <br /> -wondered if perhaps the Ordinance might not have to be <br /> rewritten in specific terms which only addressed the problem <br /> of parking on lawns. <br /> Makowske -said she could now see where the whole Ordinance might have <br /> to be reworked and suggested the City might want to restrict <br /> parking to only paved or graveled surfaces without being <br /> specific about the number of vehicles; <br /> • -concluded the Ordinance could always be made more restric- <br /> tive later on if it didn' t correct the existing problems. <br />