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Melissa Tang
5 years ago

Agreed whole heartedly.

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Shannon Barrett
5 years ago

Some streets are no parking on the alternative side (in front of Sunset Terrace Elementary). This creates an every other day parking nightmare! This also makes people who have to park on the street move their car every day. This is bad for the environment!

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Chuck Willihnganz
5 years ago

Enforcement, not more signs and rules. Work with your community and their needs.

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Jenny Justice
5 years ago

The day I got my ticket, there was no snow in sight and no snow in the forecast. It was also 7:30 in the morning and we were going to be leaving for work in an hour.

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Thomas Soricelli
5 years ago

3702 1st ST NW

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Andrew Ferguson
5 years ago

This law is ridiculous! I live in Country Club Manor. There is absolutely no snow and the street sweepers didn’t come to clean the streets today. It’s not snowing. I pulled my car out of my driveway at 630 am to let roommate go to work at Mayo Clinic today and parked it in front of my house. It’s not snowing. The streets are clear of snow. I have pictures. I got a ticket for $35 dollars. I called and someone and they said that I have to go to a city council meeting to dispute my ticket. I said there is a virus going around I don’t want to go to a city council meeting. She said I can go online and fill out something and they will get back to you. This stupid ticket goes up $5 a week. I know the government works. It would be weeks before someone gets back to me. Stop stealing my money. There is no snow on our street! There wasn’t a street cleaner that came by today!

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Jody Johns
5 years ago

628 2nd AVE NW

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Anonymous
5 years ago

3128 Scanlan Lane NE

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Peter Millin
5 years ago Featured

I support parking restrictions to keep the roads maintained. But moving cars every day from October to May is too much. Restrictions should be in place if snowfall exceeds one inch.

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Sandra Hocraffer
5 years ago

1419 Wilshire Woods Ln NE

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Kevin Lucier
5 years ago

How about no parking for an 4 hour period once a week on each street with the time/day different for each street in a way that is sensible? 4 hours is enough for the streets to be thoroughly cleaned.

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Angela Brown
5 years ago

I agree, use common sense!

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Renee Hess
5 years ago

From the beginning this ordinance has been a huge strain to many citizens in our community. It was passed with very little discussion, certainly those most affected had no idea of the implications to their daily life. We own rental property throughout Rochester. I can tell you that those of lower incomes, living in homes that do not have large parking areas have suffered needlessly because of this ordinance. It has cut parking in half, causing residents to park longer distances from home for 7months out of the year. Requiring the elderly, and those working unconventional work shifts to wake up or leave the comfort of home simply to move their vehicle to the alternate side of the street. Being ticketed for parking in front of your own home on days requiring absolutely no street maintenance is unfair and a needless burden.

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Kevin and Marion Clark
5 years ago

2321 12th Ave NW

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Tony Wilson
5 years ago

120 9th Ave SE #1

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Anonymous
5 years ago

I echo Mr. Bradley’s comments. Other cities have developed a much more efficient way to handle emergency parking for snow removal.

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Anonymous
5 years ago

3641 44th Ave NW

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Richard Vanderbosch
5 years ago

Why inconvenience the masses.declare snow emergency.

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Tom Hess
5 years ago

How about an app, that works in conjunction with public works Dept. That can give us realtime positions of the plow trucks, when their in the neighborhood. With an alert system to let us know when their nearby.

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Cheryl Pipho
5 years ago

This ordinance was a knee-jerk response to an abnormally snowy winter 2yrs ago. Have a normal snow emergency season and enforce it when you do!