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Memorandum <br /> <br /> <br />To: Bryan Bear, City Administrator <br />From: Max Gort, Associate Planner <br />Date: April 2, 2025 for the City Council meeting of April 7, 2025 <br />Re: Approve Ordinance Amending the Parking Ordinance <br /> <br />1. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING UPDATE <br /> <br />At its meeting of March 27, 2025, the Planning Commission held a public hearing and <br />considered the proposed ordinance amendments. No one from the public spoke during the <br />public hearing. The Planning Commission discussed the proposed ordinance amendments, and <br />there were a few Commissioners who felt that there should be a determination of how to <br />measure whether a trailer has moved at least three tenths of a mile from its original location. <br />Staff will continue to work internally to determine a method for measuring that distance. <br /> <br />With the recommendation of determining a method of measurement, the Planning Commission <br />unanimously recommended that the City Council approve the ordinance approving <br />amendments to the parking ordinance. <br /> <br />2. BACKGROUND: <br /> <br />City Code currently restricts the amount of time that vehicles and trailers may be parked on any <br />city street to 72 hours, during the months that the winter parking ordinance is not in effect. <br />Section 90-253 (g)(1)(b) currently states that “no person shall park any vehicle or trailer on any <br />street within the city for an excess of 72 hours.” The intent of this ordinance is to allow for <br />reasonable and temporary parking of vehicles and trailers on city streets, while not allowing the <br />public street to be used as long-term storage. The City received complaints relating to boats <br />and trailers being stored on city streets long-term. The current ordinance is not explicit in its <br />intent to prevent long-term storage of equipment on city streets, and the City has found <br />difficulty in enforcing this intent. Additionally, the long-term storage of vehicles and trailers on <br />public streets creates disruptions to maintenance operations such as street sweeping, and in <br />some cases, damage to city streets will occur. <br /> <br />At its meeting of March 3, 2025, the City Council authorized staff to work with the City Attorney <br />on drafting amendments to the Prohibited Parking section of the Parking and Loading <br />ordinance. Within the same ordinance section, there are standards for parking large <br />recreational vehicles. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />G.5