The City Council of the City of Duluth amended Article III of Chapter 8 โ Stopping, Standing & Parking, by adding #14 to the ordinance.
Sec. 8-68 Citywide Regulations โ Article III Stopping, Standing, and Parking
In all areas of the city, it shall be unlawful to permit any motor vehicle to stop, stand, or park in any of the following places and locations except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a policeman or traffic control device:
(1) In any intersection;
(2) In any crosswalk;
(3) Upon any bridge or viaduct or approach thereto;
(4) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty (30) feet of a point of the curb immediately opposite the end of a safety zone;
(5) Within thirty (30) feet of a traffic signal, beacon, or sign on the approaching side;
(6) Within twenty (20) feet of any intersection or crosswalk;
(7) At any place where the standing of a vehicle will reduce the usable width of the roadway from moving traffic to less than eighteen (18) feet;
(Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
(9) At any place where the vehicle would block the use of a driveway;
(10) Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest railroad grade crossing;
(11) Within twenty (20) feet of the driveway entrance to any fire department station and on the side of the street opposite the entrance to any such station within seventy-five (75) feet of such entrance when a sign is properly posted;
(12) On any sidewalk or parkway;
(13) At any place where official signs prohibit parking;
(๐๐) ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ (๐๐:๐๐๐ฉ๐ฆ โ ๐:๐๐๐๐ฆ) ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ก๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ-๐จ๐-๐ฐ๐๐ฒ. ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ก๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฌ.
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I think this amendment is absolutely ridiculous and constitutes government overreach. What is the harm in parking a vehicle inside a cul-de-sac next to your own house as long as the vehicle isnt blocking a fire hydrant or preventing anyone elses right of way? These decisions need to be left to the HOA (where applicable), not the city. The City does not own the roads, the People do. We pay taxes to use the roads, that use also constitutes parking on the road that WE pay for. Amendment 14 needs to be removed, or at a minimum, more narrowly defined to meet the requirements of why it was adopted.
On street work truck parking has become rampant in some neighborhoods. I suspect this their way to try to remediate the issue.
This is crazy Iโve been living in Duluth for over 23 years and this never happened that I get ticketed for parking in front of my home. We have 5 cars we park 4 in driveway and have no space to park the 5th in driveway. So we park it in front of the house. I seriously donโt know what to do this is ridiculous.
See if you can have the front road designated as a parking space.
Can someone tell me the reason for this ordinance? And why weren’t homeowners notified by mail? I totally agree with Christopher’s response. This is overreach. Here is another question. We live in a cul-de-sac with one other home. The one time we parked on the street, we got a ticket. We didn’t block anything, there are no fire hydrants or other markings. Our neighbor was parked right next to us and didn’t get a ticket. In fact, several of the cars up the street did not get a ticket. Only our old looking car and one other old looking car. Is there some other reason our cars were picked and others were not? Is this really about how things look and not about safety? Is the City of Duluth now an HOA?