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City of Farmington
325 Oak Street, Farmington, MN 55024
(651) 463-7111 Fax (651) 463-2591
www.ci.farmington.mn.us
CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP
2000-2004 Capital Improvement Plan
City-wide Parking Issues
City Hall Council Chambers
Wednesday, October 20, 1999 - 7:00 p.m.
TENTATIVE AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ADOPT AGENDA
3. PROPOSED 2000-2004 CIP
a) Consolidated Capital Projects
b) Parks and Recreation Proj ects
c) Public Works Projects
d) Council Review and Discussion
4. CITY-WIDE PARKING ISSUES
a) Staff Presentation
b) Council Review and Discussion
5. ACTION ITEMS
6. ADJOURN
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City of Farmington
325 Oak Street, Farmington, MN 55024
(651) 463-7111 Fax (651) 463-2591
www.c:t.fannington.mn.us
TO:
Mayor, Councilmembers, City Administrato~
Lee M. Mann, P.E., Director of Public Works/City Engineer
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Proposed Parking Restrictions
DATE:
October 20, 1999
INTRODUCTION
At the October 4, 1999 City Council meeting, a workshop was scheduled to discuss
various parking issues in the City. As the City has grown significantly in the past few
years, the operational difficulties associated with on-street parking, especially during
snow emergencies, have increased.
DISCUSSION
As the City grows, it is imperative that City staff identifies operational issues that impact
productivity and efficiency. In meeting the City's fiscal goals, it may not be possible to
increase staff proportionately to the population and workload increase. More efficient
ways of providing the same level of service need to be implemented. Accordingly, staff
has identified the issue of on-street parking and its interference with snow plowing
operations as an issue that needs to be addressed.
Current Policy/Background
Currently, City Ordinance in regards to on-street parking states the following:
9-1-9 PARKING LIMITATION: No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand on
any street, highway, alley or public parking area within the corporate City limits for a
period of time exceeding seventy two (72) consecutive hours. (5-16-83)
9-1-11 STREET MAINTENANCE: During snow removal operations or street
maintenance operations of the City, no vehicle may be parked so as to obstruct or hinder
the plowing or removal of snow and/or street maintenance operations. In the event that
any vehicle is so parked as to interfere, obstruct or hinder said operations, any police
officer of the City is authorized to provide for the moving or removal of said vehicle. (1-
6-92)
Current practice of enforcement of these ordinances in snow removal situations require
that vehicles be moved off of the street immediately following snowfall. Those vehicles
that remain at the time of plowing are given a warning. Twenty-four hours later, vehicles
that received a warning that still remain are ticketed. Twenty-four hours after ticketing,
vehicles that still remain are towed at the expense of the owner.
This particular process is inefficient and does not effectively keep vehicles from being
parked on the street. While the vast majority of vehicle owners do move their vehicles
after receipt of a warning, the plows have already come through, necessitating a second
plowing operation to finish the job after a snowfall. In addition, some vehicles are
invariably missed during the initial warning process, which requires another enforcement
cycle.
The City has looked at more extensive parking restrictions in the past. On August 5th,
1991, the City Council passed an Ordinance that established an odd - even parking
system between November 1 and April 1 (see attached ordinance). The code was section
9-1-12 (C). Section 9-1-12 (C) was repealed by action of the Council on January 6, 1992
due to negative public response, in particular from the downtown area.
Operational Issues
On-street parking affects the City's snow plowing and to a lesser extent, other City street
maintenance operations. After a snowfall, as City maintenance staff commences the
snow plowing operations, they inevitably encounter vehicles parked in the street. The
plow trucks must then go around the vehicles and come back later to complete the
plowing operation, after the vehicles have been moved or towed, up to forty-eight hours
later. As the City grows, the plow routes become longer and correspondingly, more
vehicles parked on the streets are encountered during plowing operations. Consequently,
overall snowplowing operations will take longer as a result of extended snowplowing and
cleanup time frames.
At some point in time, the amount of time necessary to complete plowing operations will
increase to the extent that additional plow routes will need to be added. The issues
involved with adding a plow route includes an additional plow truck (approximately
$110,000 in current dollars), the space to house it, and the staff to operate it
(approximately $45,000 per year with approximately $3000 - $4000 allocated to the
plowing operation). The City has recently ordered three additional plow vehicles. These
vehicles will be replacing current plow vehicles that will be taken off of plowing duty for
various operating reasons. The City will not be adding additional plow routes upon the
receipt ofthese trucks.
In an ongoing effort to keep the number of plow routes constant for as long as possible,
staff analyzed the efficiency of the City's plowing operation at the time these vehicles
were ordered and determined that the new vehicles would be equipped with "wings".
The wing is the side plow that allows the operator to plow a larger section of street in one
pass and cut back the existing snow pile adjacent to the road to make room for
subsequent snow events and enhance visibility. Currently, the City's motor grader and
front-end loader are the only vehicles that have wings. On most streets, the utilization of
the wing on a plow truck will cut in half the number passes necessary to clear the street of
snow.
With the new plow vehicles being equipped with wings, the time needed to plow the
streets using those vehicles can be accomplished in significantly less time, thus
increasing staff efficiency and delaying the need to add plow routes with the associated
equipment and staff.
However, the current situation where vehicles are parked on the street during plowing
operations eliminates the efficiency that will be gained by having wings on the plows and
consequently increases unnecessarily the amount of time needed to accomplish the
overall snowplowing of the community. For example, as the plow truck approaches a
vehicle parked on the street, not only does the operator have to drive around the vehicle
to avoid it, but also raise the wing before the vehicle and lower it after the operator has
passed the vehicle. This situation forces a second plowing operation and also can
increase the time of the primary operation significantly due to the time it takes to raise
and lower the wing at each parked vehicle. In addition, the potential is increased for
vehicle and equipment damage to both private and public property.
Unnecessary additional time needed for snowplowing increases the overall cost of the
snowplowing operation, takes time away from other maintenance activities, increases fuel
and maintenance requirements for the snowplowing equipment and shortens the life cycle
of the snowplowing equipment.
Other Options
In order to address the operational snow plowing issues outlined above more efficiently,
the City has two options that could be considered. The Council could consider a seasonal
parking ban on all City streets from November 1 through April 15, from 2:00 am to 5:00
am and until the streets are plowed curb to curb after a two-inch or greater snowfall.
Enforcement of this parking ban during this period would be on-going, not just after a
snow fall. At the beginning of each season, starting November 1 S\ there would be a
period of two weeks where warnings would be issued. After that period, vehicles would
be ticketed and towed. This type of policy would require on-going education each year
since the parking ban would be seasonal in nature.
The second option that could be considered is to institute a year-round parking ban, thus
reducing the need for on-going education and increasing the efficiency of other City
street maintenance operations as well.
The negative aspect of either type of parking ban is citizen inconvenience related to the
necessity of finding alternate parking locations. The extent of the inconvenience to the
citizens would vary within different locations throughout the City.
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BUDGET IMPACT
The direct costs involved with implementing an ordinance of this type are related to
educational efforts via written notice and other forms of communication and signage.
The cost associated with communicating this proposed change would be approximately
$300. Eight to ten signs would be placed on roads at the City limits at an estimated cost
of $1000. The total estimated cost to implement the parking ban is approximately
$1300. The costs would be funded out ofthe Road and Bridge Fund.
ACTION REOUESTED
Council consideration for implementation of a seasonal parking ban on City streets
between the hours of 2:00 and 5:00 am and until the streets are plowed curb to curb after
a two-inch or greater snowfall, is recommended. If the Council desires to move this issue
forward, an ordinance would be brought before Council at the November 1, 1999 City
Council meeting for adoption. If adopted, the new ordinance would take effect in mid
November, 1999. Once the ordinance is in effect, enforcement would begin with
warnings issued for violations until December 15, 1999, after which time offenders
would be ticketed and towed.
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Lee M. Mann, P .E.
Director of Public Works/City Engineer
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CITY OF FARMINGTOB
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
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ORDINANCE BO. 091-253
An Ordinance Amending Title 9 - Traffic Regulations - To Create a System for Winter
Parking
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FARMINGTON, MINNESOTA, HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTIOB I: Title 9, Chapter 1 shall be amended
by adding the following after Section
9-1-11 and renumbering the remaining Sections accordingly.
9-1-12: Winter Parking: The City of Farmington, in recognition of the need to
provide orderly and unobstructed snow removal from City
streets, hereby establishes the following conditions and restrictions for winter
parking on City streets:
9-1-12 (a) Definitions:
Vehicle: Every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may
transported or drawn upon a City street.
(b) This section shall not apply to the downtown business district
which is defined as Third Street from Spruce Street to Elm Street
and Oak Street from Second Street to Fourth Street.
(c) Between November 1 and April 1, no vehicle shall be parked on City
streets except in conformity with the following:
1. On all even numbered calendar days, parking is per~tted on the
side of the street with even numbered house numbers.
2. On all odd numbered calendar days, parking is permitted on the
side of the street with odd numbered house nubers.
3. On all City streets with posted parking restrictions on one side
of the street only, parking is permitted on the side of the street
with no posted parking restrictions every day.
(d) Notwithstanding any provisions of this section, all specific parking
prohibitions or restrictions authorized by the City Council either
by ordinance or resolution shall apply in full force and effect.
(e) The Director of Public Works is authorized to post "No Parking" signs
for snow removal along City streets where snow removal operations
require the use of the entire width of the street by snow plowing and
removing equipment. Such signs shall be posted at frequent distance
intervals at least four (4) hours prior to the time when snow removal
commences, and such signs shall be removed promptly after completion
of snow removal operation. Snow removal shall be done on any street
so posted as soon as possible following a lapse of four (4) hours after
posting the signs. It shall be unlawful for any person other than an
authorized representative of the Public Works Department or Police
Department of the City to remove any "No Parking" signs.
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(f) No vehicle shall be parked on City street.s~_in t.he..downtown busi!1ess_
district between the hours of 2:00 A.M. and 5:00 A.M. any day of the year.
(g) Vehicles found parked or stopped on City streets in violation of the pro-
visions of this section will be cited by the Police Department and may be
moved or towed away without notice to the owner. Vehicles so towed may
be claimed by the owner or his representative after payment to the impound
facility of costs and expenses for towing, removing and storage of such
vehicle.
(0) Any person violating this ordinance shall be guilty of a petty'misdemeanor.
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SECTION II: Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 11 shall be
amended by deleting (s~~~ek) as follows:
9-1-11:
Saev Raltwa1; Street Haintenance:
During sftew-~eme.e~-epe~e~~efts-e~ street
maintenance operations of the City, no
be parked so as to obstruct or hinder the p~ew~ft~-e~-~eme.e~-ef-SfteW
operations; in the event that any vehicle is so parked as to interfere,
hinder said operations, any police officer of the City is authorized to
the moving or removal of said vehicle.
vehicle may
maintenance
obstruct or
provide for
SECTION IV: After adoption, signing and attestation,
this ordinance shall be published one time
in the official newspaper of the City and shall be in effect on and after the
day following such publication.
Enacted and ordained the 5th day of August, 1991.
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City of Farmington
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Approved as to form the :sff.v day of
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CLu-O~ , 1991.
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Published in the Farmington Independent on the ~qUu day of
UufJU4L
, 1991.
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