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1f Ordinance Amendment to Winter Street Parking Regulations Section 12-16 of the Chanhassen City Code, 2nd Reading / f $ 1 C I TY 0 F i 1 CHIMBASSEN ,,, 690 COULTER DRIVE • P.O. BOX 147 • CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317 I (612) 937-1900 • FAX (612) 937-5739 fr• , , Acti•ii by City Adnibistfeto7 Inflorsed-- • MEMORANDUM — Rejected DetP I TO: Don Ashworth, City Manager Ode Submitted to Commission FROM: Charles Folch, City Engineer Cl, Dote Submitted to Coma • DATE: May 13, 1993 I SUBJ: Ordinance Amendment to Winter Street Parking Regulations Section 12-16 of the Chanhassen City Code - Second Reading :,..„. • I This is the second reading for this ordinance amendment. Staff bas received no unfavorable response from any Council members or other staff as to this second reading. The ordinance 1 amendment remains unchanged and staff recommends approval accordingly. if ,t Attachment: Staff report and attachments dated AriLl' 29, 1993 I c: Dave Hempel, Assistant City Engineer v Mike Wegler, Street Superintendent 1 Carver County Sheriff's Department 4 • , t ''' ' '...-:.'- Cs -'" r' '''''''', 1 PA . \ ';• - .4:b ., • 1 5 1 iii} s , Kiilfe. • 1 1 1191k t 4111 PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER I , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I-) — C ITYOF i 690 COULTER DRIVE • P.O. BOX 147 • CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317 (612) 937 - 1900 • FAX (612 937 - 5739 MEMORANDUM 1 TO: Don Ashworth, City Manager ' FROM: Charles Folch, City Engineer DATE: April 29, 1993 SUBS: Ordinance Amendment to Winter Street Parking Regulations Section 12 -16 of the Chanhassen City Code 1 Attached is the amended ordinance to the Chanhassen City Code concerning winter parking regulations. The purpose for this amendment is twofold. First of all, in recent years staff has received some public comment ' concerning the definition of a "significant snowfall" event which necessitates snow removal as described in the existing ordinance, Section 12 -16. To address this issue, a plowable snowfall event has been defined in the new amended ordinance to be two (2) inches or more of snowfall accumulated on the street. Secondly, it has been brought to my attention by Street Superintendent Mike Wegler that it is becoming increasingly more difficult ' for the current level of maintenance staff and equipment to be able to plow all local streets by 6:00 a.m. as stated in the existing ordinance. Each year, new development adds additional miles of streets to the City which requires additional maintenance and snow plow responsibility. In order to avoid the necessity for additional staff or ' equipment at this time, the nighttime plowing hours have been adjusted to begin one hour earlier and end one hour later through the night and early morning. The amended ordinance will prohibit parking between 1:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. providing an additional two hours of snow plowing operations. ' This amended ordinance has been discussed and developed with input from both the Public Safety Department staff and the Street Maintenance Department staff and is mutually agreed as being an appropriate amendment to the current ordinance. It is therefore recommended that the City Council approve the first reading of the amended Ordinance Chapter 12, Section 16 concerning winter parking regulations. ktm Attachments: 1. Amended Ordinance. 1 2. Existing Ordinance (Section 12 -16). c: Dave Hempel, Assistant City Engineer ' Mike Wegler, Street Superintendent Carver County Sheriffs Department 1 1 top PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER 1 CITY OF CHANHASSEN CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 1 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE CHANHASSEN CITY CODE CONCERNING I WINTER PARKING REGULATIONS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CTTY OF CHANHASSEN ORDAINS: 1 Section 1. Section 12 -16 of the Chanhassen City Code is amended to read: I 12 -16. Winter Parking Regulations. On- street parking is prohibited between I November 1 and April 1 between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. On- street parking is also prohibited when there is two inches (2 ") or more of snow on a street until the street has been plowed curb to curb. I Representatives of the Carver County Sheriff's Department, Minnesota State Patrol, and Chanhassen Public Safety Department shall have the authority to impound vehicles in violation of this ordinance. I Section 2. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and publication. 1 PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of , 1993, by the City Council of the City of Chanhassen. I AF1'EST: 1 Don Ashworth, Clerk /Manager Donald J. Chmiel, Mayor I (Published in the Chanhassen Villager on , 1993). I 1 1 1 1 1 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC § 12 -17 (b) When a fire lane has been ordered to be established pursuant to this section it shall be marked by a sign bearing the words "No Parking —Fire Lane —by Order of Fire Department" ' or striped in a manner to indicate no parking. When the fire lane is on public property or a public right -of -way, the sign or signs shall be erected by the city, and when on private property they shall be erected by owner at his own expense within thirty (30) days after he has ' been notified of the order. (c) After a sign has been erected in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, no 1 person shall park a vehicle or otherwise occupy or obstruct the fire lane. (Ord. No. 3H, § 11.01, 8 -1 -77; Ord. No. 3-J, § 1, 7- 23 -84) Cross reference— Parking near fire hydrant, § 9 -1. State law reference — Authority to regulate standing or parking, M.S. § 169.04(1). ' Sec. 12-15. Parking or standing of vehicles exceeding specified height. ' No person shall park or permit to stand any vehicle exceeding six (6) feet six (6) inches in height on West 78th Street between its intersection with Great Plains Boulevard and Laredo Drive. (Ord. No. 3H, § 11.02, 8 -1 -77) State law reference — Authority to regulate parking or standing of vehicles, M.S § 169.04(1). ' Sec. 12-16. Snow emergencies. In order to expedite the prompt and efficient removal of snow from the streets of the city, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle or permit it to stand on any street within the city between November 1 and April 1, between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on any day. No person shall park or allow to stand any vehicle on any street within the city when ' snowfall necessitates removal and until such street has been plowed and the snow removed to the edge of the pavement. (Ord. No. 3H, § 11.05, 8 -1 -77; Ord. No. 3 -I, § 1, 10 -4 -82) ' State law reference — Authority to regulate parking or standing of vehicles, M.S § 169.04(1). ' Sec. 12-17. Parking of boat trailers on South Shore Drive, South Shore Court and Hill Street. (a) Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall 1 have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection: Boat trailer means any device used to transport any watercraft when pulled behind any ' motor vehicle. Watercraft means any contrivance used or designed for navigation on water other than a seaplane. 1 (b) Parking restrictions. No person shall park a boat trailer on South Shore Drive, South Shore Court or Hill Street. The city engineer shall mark by appropriate signs each aforemen- .. tioned street. 1 • Supp. No. 1 1 669 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1