06-213A M E N D E D Council File # ' 2,I
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RESOLUTION 4y
41NT PAUL, MINNESOTA
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Presented by
WHEREAS, Council File No. 92-1401 established Residenrial Pemut Parldng in the azea adjacent to or neaz
the Lincoln/Victoria intersecfion, and the residents haue now submitted a petirion to expand residenrial
pernut parldng in accordance with Chapter 168 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code; and
WHEREAS, the Coimcil of the Cily of Saint Paul finds that the aforemenrioned residential area does not
have sufficient off-street parking to safely accommodate the needs of both residents and non-residents. The
Councii further finds the frequent pazking of vehicles in this residential azea by nonxesidents has created
problems of a safety, environmental and aesthetic nature within this residential area; and
THEREFORE, to enhance the quality of ]ife in residenfial areas by reducing noise,lraffic hazards and litter;
to reduce air pollufion and other environmental factors, and to preserve the safety of children and other
pedestrians; to preserve the character of this district as a residenfial district and to protect the residents of
these areas from unreasonable burdens in gaining access to their residences;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE TT RESOLVED, that the following parldng regularions shall be in effect in the
residenrial azea near the Lincoln/Victoria intersection:
1. Except by Permit or unless otherwise posted, "Two Hour Parldng, Area 9" on the following streets:
South side of Crrand Avenue from Milton Street to 180 feet west of Milton Street.
South side of Grand Avenue from 60 feet east of Milton Street to 340 feet east of Milton
Street.
Four permits two permits
2. (�aevehicle ��xii�and et�guest pcnnit will be made available to each household. No pernuts will be
available to owners or employees of commercial or office buildings.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that these parldng regularions will be in effect and enforced 30 days after City
Council approval.
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Action RequesMd:
Establish "Two Hour Pazking Except by Permit, Area 9" on the following streets:
South side of Grand from Milton to 180 ft. west.
South side of Grand from 60 fr. east of Milton to 340 ft. east of Milton.
idations: Appro�e (A) or Reject (R):
Planning Commission
CIB Committee
Crvil Senice Commission
Mil'raling Problem, issues, Opportunity (Who, What, When, Where, Why):
Extension of Area 9 pemut pazking on Lincoln an:d Milton in 2005 no longer allowed residents in several Crrand Avenue aparh�
buildings to pazk on neighboring residential streets. Petition was submitted by owners of apaztments at 888, 894, 902, 908, 928 and
Grand Avenue.
Advanppes MApproved:
Aparbnent residents will be able to pazk within Pernut Pazking Area 9 neaz their residence.
Disadvantages HApproved:
Residents on Milton and Lincoln beriveen Milton and Victoria may not be able to park near the'u property due to the addirional pazking
of the apartment residents.
Disadvanq5�es If NotApproved:
Apartment residents will have to pazk several blocks from their residence.
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Petition to add 888, 894, 902, 908, 928, and 934 Grand Avenue to Zone 9
Residential Permit Parking Area
Prepared by St. Paul Public Works Tra�c and Lighting Division 2-06-06
GeneraiBackground:
Residential Permit Parking was first established in St Paul in 1979 and now
includes twenty-six separate areas that span the City. Two areas initially
included in the residential permit parking program were the areas around the
University of Minnesota St Paul Campus and the William Mitchell College of Law.
The concept was simply to provide relief to these residential areas where the
intensity of the non-resideFltial use in terms of traffic activities, parking demands,
and general accessibility interfered with the quality of life within the residential
area. Essentially, resideniiaf permii parking gives priority for on-street parking in
the abutting residential area to the area residents.
Following is section of Ordinance which describes intent of Ordinance
Sec. 168.01. Declaration of public policy and purpose.
The council of the City of Saint Paul finds that there are residential areas within
the City of Saint Paul which are adjacent to or very near intense nonresidential
uses which do not provide adequate off-street parking. The council further find
that persons employed by or using those nonresidential facilities frequently park
their vehicles on nearby residentiat streets, resulting in serious residentia{
probtems. This parking ordinance regulating parking in designated residential
areas is hereby estabiished in order to protect chi�dren and other pedestrians from
bafily injury and to protect reai and personal property from damage by reducing
hazardous traffic conditions resulting from the heavy usage of these residential
streets by nonresidents or transients; to protect those residential areas from
polluted air, excessive noise, and trash and refuse caused by the entry of such
vehicles; to promote efficiency in the maintenance of those streets in a clean and
safe condition; to preserve the charecter of those districts as residential districts;
to protect the residents of those areas from unreasonable burdens in gaining
access to their residences; and to preserve the general health, safety, welfare and
integrity of those residents and residential areas.
In the twenty seven years the program has been in practice the general growth of
the community has increased significantly however on-street parking has not
increased. Private ramps, lots and garages have been added but the impetus to
use these is tangled in the economics of cost, free versus a fee, and has not
matched the population growth, the increase in number of cars owned by
individuals, or the general healthy growth of enterprise in St Paul. Combine this
with a population that has not yet fully embraced the concept of alternate modes
of travel and you have greater conflicts with and for parking at interface points
between residential and non-residential uses including streets not typically
thought of as residential such as Grand Avenue.
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Area 9:
Area 9 was established in 1993. (See attached map current limits of Zone 9)
The original area and revisions to area are as follows:
Original Area:
Avon — Fairmount to Grand
Victoria — Goodrich to Lincoln
Goodrich — Victoria to Grotto
Lincoln — Victoria to Grotto
Revisions:
Avon — Fairmount to Goodrich (Removed August 1994)
Goodrich — Avon to Grotto (Removed August 1994)
South side of Grand from Avon to 380' west (Added July 1995)
Lincoln — Milton to Avon (Added December 2004)
Milton — Lincoln to Grand (Added June 2005)
Under the original permitted area each resident could obtain up to four vehicle
permits and two guest permits. In July of 1995, approximately 380 feet of south
side of Grand Avenue west of Avon was added to the permit area in front of a
series of multifamily residential apartments. When these apartments were added
to the permit area they were restricted to one vehicle permit and one visitor
permit per household. Then in December of 2004 another segment of Lincoln
was added extending to Milton followed in June of 2005 by extension of the
permit parking area onto Milton.
When the segment along Lincoln and then the segment along Milton were added,
the residents of six multifamily apartments on Grand could no lonqer park on
those streets and so have requested inclusion in Permit Parking Area 9 as they
are now contiguous to the permit area. The six multifamily apartments represent
125 units. The petitions presented are a clear example of the increasing conflicts
over a nominal increase in on-sireet parking spaces, conflicts between types of
residents, single family and multifamily, and conflicts with businesses on streets
where both residential and commercial uses sit side by side.
Under the area regulations each unit could either receive:
. up to four vehicle permits and 2 guest permits of the broader area or
. the one vehicle permit and one visitor permit as applied to the existing
Grand Avenue segment of the Area 9, with "2 HOUR PARKING EXCEPT
BY PERMIT" sig�ing posted o� south side of Grand Avenue in front of the
apartment buildings.
The resulting number of permits issued could be quite large and could have
significant impact on availability of parking. Staff has therefore spent a good
deal of time to better understand current area use, the potential impacts of the
added area and the long-term effects on our residential permit parking policy.
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The Data:
In existing Area 9 there are approximately 255 on-street parking spaces for
approximately 232 households. The number of households is an estimate based
on the County records for single family, multifamily and commercial properties.
When compared with the number of separate households who have been issued
permits, 231 households, the number seems reasonable. These 231 separate
households bought 329 vehicle permits and 331 visitor permits. See Figure 1. It
is immediately clear that there are many more permits purchased than available
on-street spaces. It is also worth noting that most residents purchase permits
with an average household purchasing 3 permits split evenly between vehicle
and visitor permits.
Based on the data in Figure 1 several field reviews were completed at different
times of day and days of the week to get a fuller understanding of the
relationships between parking spaces, households, permits issued, and actual
use including violations in order to estimate the potential effects of adding the
petitioned units.
This data shows that the average on-street parking occupancy rate is 53% on
week nights and week ends or 135 vehicles using 255 spaces and 32% during
week days or 82 vehicles using 255 spaces. See Figure 2. Adding the
petitioned households into Area 9 wil{ add the equivalent of 20 on-street parking
spots although some of these spaces these will also be used by customers of
area businesses. In addition the apartments have about 35 off street spaces
available for use. If the restriction of one vehicle and one visitor permit standard
is applied here the number of permits issued could likely total 125 vehicle permits
and 125 visitor permits. This is based on the assumption that each unit is very
{ikely to follow the purchase pattern of current users. This means the on-street
parking will likely become close to saturated with parked vehicles and these
vehicles will be vehicles from the apartment units. The on-street parking picture
may in fact look like what was seen on Milton and Lincoln before these two
streets were added to the permit parking area.
Recommendations:
It appears feasible to accommodate the apartments within the residential permit
parking area if the permits are limited to one vehicle and one visitor permit per
household, but doing so will likely saturate the on-street parking particularly on
Lincoln and Milton, the most newly added areas to Area 9, as they are in the
closest proximity to the apartments. Here the current on-street spaces are
already about 70% occupied with about 20% illegatly parked. There will be times
where residents of Lincoln and Milton will not be able to park in the vicinity of
their residence or even on their block due to the amount of on street parking. In
general, streets within the permit parking zone will see an increase in parking
occupancy and streets adjoining the permit parking zone may see a reduction in
parking occupancy. Allowing the apartment residents to park within Zone 9 will
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potentially provide more °free" on street parking availability on the streets outside
of Zone 9 to residents and employees/customers of Grand Avenue businesses.
Ctearly the disparity in need fior parking between the larger units and the single
family units creates an imbalance in street use similar to any non-residential use
with higher traffic activities, parking demands, and general accessibility affecting
adjacent street residential areas. Added to this is the fact that apartment living is
less stable than single family so the number of permits is likely to fluctuate more
and be more difficuft to trackimanage as apartment dwelfers move out but do not
necessarily relinquish their permits, apartments are sublet, or roommates share a
single apartment. This may cause some administrative issues and abuse of use
of permits in the area which will have to monitored.
The larger question is whether the 8 apartment buildings on Grand are viewed as
a busPness or a residential property. If the 6 apartment buildings on Grand are
viewed as business, the business of residential housing, and should be treated
as such therefore should be excluded from the residential permit parking area.
Providing off street parking for these units should be the responsibility of the
apartment owner simi{ar to other area businesses. Including the apartments in
Zone 9 will add some "value" to the business at the expense of adjoining
residential properties. If the apartments are viewed as a collection of residential
units, then clearly the availability of on street parking for these residences is
affected by non-residential uses on Grand Avenue as per intent of ordinance and
therefore are eligib{e for inclusion in the Zone 9 permit parking area. Past action
of City Council by adding section of Grand from Avon to 380' west is consistent
with this point of view. It also should be noted there are other multi-unit buildings
within Zone 9 and other permit parking zones citywide.
Public Works has met with the Summit Hill Association and the ad hoc Gra�d
Avenue Parking Task Force to review the information contained in this report.
Both organizations have decided not to take a position on this petition.
In conclusion, if petition approved by City Council, Public Works
recommends the one vehicle permit and one visitor permit system per
househoid be implemented for 888, 894, 902, 908, 928, and 934 Grand
Avenue similar to the existing Grand Avenue segment of the Area 9.
Issuance of 4 vehicle and 2 visitor permits per household for the 125 units
in the Grand Avenue apartment buildings is not recommended. If petition is
approved, there will be 275 on sfreet parking spaces within the entire
Residential Permit Parking Zone 9. If the 4/2 system is approved, there
potentiaity could be an additional 200 to 400 permits issued for the
apartment buildings alone. This will further reduce available parking space
for residents already within the permit parking zone. It is also
recommended "2 HOUR PARKING EXCEPT BY PERMIT" signs be installed
on Grand Avenue in front of 888, 894, 902, 908, 928, and 934 Grand Avenue
This would provide some short term parking in these 20 on street parking
spaces for customers of Grand Avenue businesses.
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