Overnight Parking Ordinance

I do not support this ordinance.

You ask for public comment and post a copy of the amended ordinance without providing any rationale whatsoever for the amendment. Foolish. Why does the city council waste so much time creating rules that it has neither the willingness nor ability to enforce? OPPOSE.

Personally, as a resident who lives off Fairfield Rd near the Birke and the new to come complex off Wayzata Blvd, this proposal is flat out DANGEROUS! Our street is entirely too narrow for parking to be allowed at ANYTIME. Residents shouldn’t be put in danger because these developers prioritize profits over planning parking infrastructure into their properties. OPPOSE!!!!!

No, no, no! Not sure why you would consider this for even a moment.

I think this is a bad idea, that and the garbage can idea.
No street parking, the streets are narrow. Emergency vehicle access problems.. this is a suburb not the big city. Don’t downgrade our city

I oppose this idea. Our streets are too narrow. You should talk to emergency services about this issue, I’m sure they will also disagree with this idea. Minnetonka is a suburb, not a city that is set up on a rectangular block arrangement, with garbage cans between cars. I don’t want the big city ideas downgrading our suburbs

I think this ordinance could be a positive change for the city, as long as it is implemented with the proper restrictions. As others have mentioned, many roads in the city are absolutely too narrow for this to be safe for emergency vehicles/drivers/etc. Some more helpful alternatives could include increasing infrastructure for public transit, cycling, and walking, which would help reduce our dependence on cars (and as an added bonus, it would help us move towards our sustainability goals). Concrete examples of this infrastructure could include frequent and reliable bus service to the majority of the city, or bike lanes which are physically separate from vehicle traffic.

At the same time, I see little to no harm in allowing overnight parking on streets wide enough to accommodate it. If a family has both parents working and at least one child old enough to drive, but can only afford a home with a single car garage/driveway, we should not immediately belittle them for having a third car but being unable to park it on their property. Would you prefer that a young woman have to park in a dark, sketchy parking ramp and then walk home alone at night rather than being able to park on the street within eyesight of her front door? Many multi-family buildings (ie, apartments) also charge exorbitant monthly fees in addition to rent if a tenant wants to park in their lot/garage. Does the city have any power to set caps on those types of fees, such that other parking options are more accessible? I am disappointed in the responses from my neighbors and community members which so clearly showcase their disdain for those in less fortunate financial situations. Your classism is shallow and narrow-minded, and your pride and “aesthetics” should not get to dictate situations which you refuse to consider from another perspective.

I strongly oppose allowing parking on the streets overnight. This is our beautiful neighborhood….not a parking lot and we would like to keep it as that. Our neighborhood has been having so many problems with people parking consistently over the 6-hour limit and overnight and semitrailers parking blocking our already narrow and curved roadway on Jordan Avenue. It is so difficult to see to safely get by the multiple cars parked. We have dog walkers and parents walking their children in strollers that cannot be seen easily with all the parked traffic. In the winter, the snowplow plows around them on the street because they have not moved them and it takes days and sometimes longer before owners of the cars move their vehicles. I am strongly OPPOSED to the proposed ordinance! It is a huge safety and aesthetic issue!

I strongly oppose allowing parking on the streets overnight. Do we care about the esthetic quality of our city and its neighborhoods? The city, especially on the eastern side, is already overlooking residents, who are creating unpleasant and unsightly conditions, and allowing street parking will just add to the decline in quality of living. Wise city leaders created the code in the first place to help keep the quality of neighborhoods. Currently, there are neighbors that consistently park cars on the street for over the 6-hour limit during the day and the overnight parking. This is in a circle that has a center island (tree, grass). When large vehicles like garbage trucks, delivery trucks, and a neighbor with a large truck (uses the circle for a daily turn around????) come through the circle, they can't maneuver the turn in the circle with the cars on the street, so they drive over the center island. At least 2 of the neighbors in the circle care about the center island, controlling weeds, mowing, etc., and don't want it muddy with wheel depressions, all that make mowing and care difficult. It is a very unfortunate idea to even consider changing the ordinance to allow overnight parking!!! OPPOSED!!!!

As very few people in the community would want to see their streets littered with cars and trash bins, I am appaled by the way you are proceeding with this. As if it is not a huge matter. Are you trying to remake the community? - This is a serious issue that needs a thorough discussion and involvement of Minnetonka residents. The deadline to approve this ordinance that nobody asked for apparently set for for June 3rd is too short and as a minimum, needs to be extended to allow a thorough discussion and give us time to prepare and submit a petition.

This is an awful idea, especially when you live near homes that are in two categories. First, those that already have trouble keeping the motorized vehicle limit to 4 vehicles in their driveway. Allowing parking overnight will allow these homeowners to bleed over the 4-vehicle limit and into the street, making our neighborhoods look like junk yards. The second type neighbor where overnight parking will be a problem is those homes that are being used as senior facilities. The homes already clog up narrow neighborhood streets with parking on both sides of the street making vehicular passing difficult. The opportunity for employees to park on the street overnight makes the neighborhood streets look like parking lots. The idea of overnight parking in the summer will devalue the neighborhoods and lower our property values.

I am opposed to this change. Families should consider their garage and driveway space before they add vehicles to their stable. We don't need more cars crowding the streets making it harder for first responders to get through an emergencies and contributing to traffic slowdowns.

I oppose this ordinance and do not see a need for overnight street parking. Our street gets too narrow as it is during the daytime.

Opposed. Streets are crowded and neighbors abuse the present ordinance all the time with trucks and plows. This is poorly-considered and yielding to families who will not make room for residents who crowd the area. For over-night visitors, the issue is valid and police should provide temp allowance. Buy otherwise kill this idea!!!!!

I strongly oppose changing this ordinance. Our residential streets are too narrow to safely accommodate overnight parking (emergency vehicles, visibility, etc.). If there are special circumstances requiring overnight parking (or why was this raised in the first place??), they should require a permit.

I oppose. I live on a narrow street, and a group home is on our block. Employees routinely park on the street, which blocks any large vehicle (i.e. trash trucks, emergency vehicles) from passage down the street. As Minnetonka evolves to more multi-family housing, this ordinance change would create this street blockage issue throughout the city.

I oppose this proposed change. Why is this change begin proposed? I live on Oak Drive Lane and the southern leg of our U shaped street, adjacent to Shady Oak Road has been dealing with overnight parking on a narrow street for years. Between the apartment building on the corner, that apparently does not have enough on-site parking for residents and overnight guests, the house across the street from it on Oak Drive Lane that rents out rooms to several people, and the traffic on Shady Oak Road where people regularly are going 20 miles over the speed limit, the intersection is already dangerous and hard to navigate. I see vehicles parked on Oak Drive Lane in this area at all hours, including moving trucks, service vehicles as well as private cars and trucks. If this proposed change is implemented, it will just make it worse.

Strongly oppose as outside our culdesac we have several pretty sketchy residences who have people coming and going at all hours, and if our street would be opened up to overnight parking it would present significant problems for those of us who specifically chose to build on a street with no overnight parking

I do not support street parking as a city-wide allowance. Many streets are too narrow already and emergency vehicle access would be difficult. Also with narrow and winding or hilly roads, visibility becomes an issue and there could be an increase in accidents. I do support allowing permitted overnight street parking In areas with wide enough streets and a specific need for overnight street parking.

Our neighbors continually violate this current ordinance, and the police have yet to ticket them. Instead of removing the ordinance we should get more aggressive with patrol and citations. Emergency vehicles are 100% unable to enter the neighborhood with cars on the street from out of control high school parties.