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273569 WHI�E - CI TV CLERK �� IN - FINANCE CITY OF SAINT PATTL Council �� CANARY -DEPAHTMENT LUE -MAY�R File NO. . . in�cnce Ordinance N O. ! CQS�.� . Presented By Referred To Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date An ordinan�e amending Chapter 144 of the St. Paul Legislati•ve Code, entitled, "General Parking Restrictions; �' repealing certain redundant or obsolete sections and clauses and making other corrections; repealing Ghapter 212, entitled, "Parking Lots and Garages; Use of Streets. " THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN: Section �. That Section 144.01 of the St. Paul Legislative Gode, "Stopping on highways, " be and the same is hereby repealed. Section 2. That Section 144.02 of the St. Paul Legislative Code be and the same is hereby amended to read: 144.02. Removal of ille�ally stopped vehicles. Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of any law, sueh officer is hereby authorized to move such vehicle or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same to a position off the paved or improved or main traveled part of such highway. When any police officer finds a vehicle unattended upon any street or hi�hway or upon any bridge or causeway or in any tunnel where such vehicle constitutes an obstruc- tion to traffic, such officer is hereby authorized to pro- vide for the removal of such vehicle and remove the same to �l�e=��t�}e}��-�a�age a place of safekeeping established by law. COUNCILMEIV Requested by Department of: Yeas Nays Butler Hozza In Favor — Hunt Levine Against BY Maddox Showalter Tedesco Form Approved by Cit Attorney Adopted by Council: Date Certified Passed by Council Secretary BY By Approved by Mayor: Date Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council BY BY �`��%� {'��i� . . � 1CQ��..� `�� Page 2. Section 3. That Section 144.03 of the St. Paul Legislative Code be and the same is hereby amended by striking therefrom, in their entirety, clauses 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, and by renumbering clauses 2 and 14, so that said Section 144.03 shall read: 144.03. Sto in or arkin rohibited in certain p�laces. No person shall stop, s and, or park a vehicle exce when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control device, in any of the following places: (1) In front of or within five feet of either side of any public alley, public or private driveway measured from the sides of the alley or driveway perpendicular to the public street, or in such a manner as to block access or egress to or from a public alley, public or private driveway. (2) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping. Section 4. That Section 144.04 of the St. Paul Legislative Code be and the same is hereby amended, in clause (1) thereof, so that the same shall read: (1) No person, firm or corporation operating any public garage shall park vehicles on the streets or alleys adjacent to or in the vicinity of such public garage for a longer period than g0 minutes. Section 5. That Section 144.0� of the St. Paul Legislative Code be and the same is hereby further amended, in clauses (6) and (10) thereof, by striking the figures "132.02 (41)" where the same do appear and substituting, in lieu and in place thereof, the figure "130.02. " Section 6. That said Section 144.0?� is further amended, in clause (12) thereof, by striking the words "Class A, B, C or C-1 Residence District, �� where the same do appear, and substi- tuting, in lieu and in place thereof, ��Class R-1, 2, 3, " ��-C�-� � �� Page 3. or 4, RT-1, 2, or RM-1, 2, 3 District. �� Section 7. That Section 144.05 of the St. Paul Legislative Code be and the same is hereby amended to read: 144.05. One-wa streets. In the event a highway includes two or more seg�ara e roadways and traffic is restricted to one direction upon any such roadway, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of such one-way roadway unless signs are erected to permit such standing or parking. The Ge��ss�e�.e�-e� ��e-Sa�e�3� director of the department of public works is authorized to determine when standing or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any such one-way roadway and to cause signs to be erected giving notice thereof. Section 8. That Section 144.06 of the St. Paul Legislative Code be and the same is hereby amended to read: 144.06. Double arkin . Vehicles shall not stand two or more abreas in any street except as follows: (1) Commercial vehicles, when calling for or delivering parcels or merchandise, may double park for the length of time absolutely and reasonably necessary to load or unload, when access to the curb is blocked by other vehicles at the place of delivery. �Ie;ve�e��-�.e-�e��e3 w�e��e�-ee�e�e��-e�-�e�;-�s��-s�a�.�-�;ve-e�-�e�e-a��ea�� e�-Se�a�-��ee�-a��-P4��.�.eee��-S��ee�-��e�-�e��egg �e��e�a��-�e-��}��ee�.#�-S��ee�#T (2) On streets where parking meters are in operation, commercial vehicles, when clearly so desig- nated, may double park at the place of delivery for the length of time absolutely and reasonably necessary to load or unload, but only when all available space on the same side of the street is filled. Section 9. That Section 144. 10 of the St. Paul Legislative Code be and the same is hereby amended by striking . � � . ��.�� '� Page 4. the words "officer in charge of the Traffic Division" in the second paragraph thereof, and substituting in lieu and in place thereof the words "desk officer. " Section 10. That the first sentence of Section 144.14 ef the St. Paul Legislative Code, pertaining to the designation and marking of taxi stands, be and the same is hereby amended by deleting the words "Department of Public Safety" and substituting in lieu and in place thereof the words "department of public works. " Section 11. That Section 144.17 of the St. Paul Legislative Code, be and the same is hereby amended to read: 144.1'7. Parkin� or stoppin� on the public way. A. No person shall stop, park or drive an automobile, motorcycle, motorized bicycle, truck, tractor, construction equipment, house moving equipment, or vehicular equipment of any kind on, along, or across any public curb, boulevard, or sidewalk within the limits of the City of Saint Paul, l�a�se3�-se��.��3 other than where regular or authorized driveways or crossings are provided for that purpose, except that vehicles equipped with rubber tires ma,y be used on those sa�dewalks not having areaways or otlier sub; structures between November 15 and April 1 for the purpose of plowing and removing snow where such equipment does not exceed a total weight of 4,000 pounds and the axle weight does not exceed. 2,000 pounds. B. When necessary and for good reason, the above prohibition will not apply if permission is obtained in writing from the ee��ee}e�e� director of the department of public works or his authorized representative. C. Any permission secured will be on the condition that suitable precautions are taken to prevent any unnecessary damage to the curb, boulevard or side�ralk and to prevent any injury to persons lawfully using the curb, boulevard or sidewalk. D. Any person who has secured such permission shall bear the cost of repairing or installing the . 1 �' . � � , . �,�. Page 5. sidewalk, boulevard or curb damaged by him, his agents or employees. E. The department of public works shall maintain a file of all such locations where parking is ermitted contrary to law. Section 12. That Section 144. 18 of the St. Paul Legislative Code, Technical-Vocational Institute Parking, be and the same is hereby repealed. Section 13 . That Section 144.20 of the St. Paul Legislative Code be and the same is hereby amended by striking the same in its entirety and substituting, in lieu and in place thereof, the following: 144.20. Parkin� privile�es for the ph.ysically handicapped; special parkin� zones. The director of the department of public works ma.y establish special parkin� zones for the physicall,y handicapped immediatel.y adjacent to their usual place of r�esidence and shall adopt rules and re�ulations to carr.y out the provisions of this section includin� the requirement that applicants ma.y be required to pa.y for all or a part of the cost of providin� the necessar.y si�nin�. Such zones shall be desi�nated and marked by suitable si�ns. No person shall park a motor vehicle in such zone unless such motor vehicle is displa - in� the identifyin� certificate issued by the state of Minnesota for the physically handicapped. WHL7E - C1TV CLERK 1 �'735s9 PINK - FIIVANCE C�UI1C11 �CANARj/ �O�AARTMENT GITY OF SAINT PAZTL File NO. BLUE - MAV�R / � 0 rdindnce Ordinance N 0. r�.� / Presented By Referred To Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date Page 6. Section 14. That Chapter 212 of the St. Paul Legislative Code, entitled, ��Parking Lots and Garages; U�e of Streets, �� be and the same hereby is repealed. Section 9 �j. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days from and after its passage , approval and publication. COUIVCILMEN Requested by Department of: Yeas Nays � ��rnC"rn�dn [n Favor Hozza Hunt �a- � Against BY Maddox Showalter Tedesco ��g ta979 Form Approved by Cit Attor y Adopted by Council: Date r y Certified a by Counci reta BY A By � , • ` SEP 10 1 Approve Mayor for S to Co ncil Apprav by Mayor. �t�i" � 1 K ' �'�� By > �s� S E P 15 t979 l Amendments to C. 144 Proposed ordinance sec. 1 - Repeals 144.01, covered by M.S, i69. 32 2 - Amends 144.02 to replace words inadvertently omitted from last codiYication: ��upon any street or highway or. �t Vehic�es� are now removed to '�a place of safekeeping established by law�� rather than the "municipal garage�� 3 - Strikes certain paragraphs of Sec. 144.03 whieh are �overed by Minn. Stat, i69.34 4 - 144.04, clause (1) prohibition against public garages parking vehicles on the streets or alleys adjacent to the place of business of a public garage for more than 90 minutes. Chapter 212 prohibits such parking absolutely, so that chapter is repealed in a later section, since this clause specifically permits such . p�rking. 5 - 144.04, clauses (6) and (1� to correct misnumbering of a section. 6 - 144.U4, clause (12) (residence districts where rubbish trucks may not be parked or left standing) corrects references to districts as now designated in zoning oYd inance. 7 - Sec. 144.05 amended to place duty of designating parking on one-way streets in director of public works rather than the commissioner of public safety. 8 - Section 144.06 amended to remove absolute prohibition against double parking on certain streets; Public Works Department indicates no need for such absolute prohibition. 9 - Sec. 144.10 amended so that keys found in unlocked vehicle are to be left�'.with the desk �officer rather than the traffic division at the police station. 10 - 144.14 - taxicab stands to be designated by dQpartment of public works rather than department of public safety. 11 - 144.1'7 amended to extend prohibition to motorized bicycles and motorcycles; also, the public works department to maintain a file of certain locations where otherwise illegal parking is permitted by special permit. 12 - ftepeals Sec. 144.18, which is covered adequately by 144.19 13 - Most of Sec. 144. 20 is covered by state statute, and the remainder is reworded. (Minn. Stat, i69. 34) 14 - Repeals obsolete chapter (see Sec. 4 above) . . ,� � * � � . � oM 0�: 32,/1�"15 _ , ��: -�' � , �tev.: 9,��J7 6 " EXFLA'�+t TION OF 1�DMIN IST�tATIVE ORDER�r.� �� , �TE50LUTIONS, AND O Di15tANCES , ,� �� .� _ ,. Date: July 20, 1979 ��. 1 ��9 � ' : ��'S� fip; MAYOR GEORGE LATIMER FR; : City' A�torney gE; Prvposed ordina,nce to amend Chap�er 1�t4 of th� S�. Paul - Legislative Code, "General P�rki�.g Re��ructions'� _ - � ; ACTZON RE4UESTED: , Council action _ , . Pt�RPOSE AND'RP,TIONALE FOR THIS ACTION: ! � Review: <of the Legislative Code s#�ows ob�solet� at�� redundant � sec�ions,� some �overed by state E�tatute, and otY�er eorre e�ion,�,� needed, shown �en de�aii on the attaehed page. � � , �� . .A;TTA:CHMENTS: : Proposed ordinanc�, e�.planation of changes. � � I � lst � �'�� 2nd �� 3rd �� Adopted � � Yeas Nays BUTLER HUNT � �� 2��5s9 � MADD�X \ U SHOWALTER � TEDESC4 � PRESIDENT (HOZZA) � �