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Council Minutes of 9/21/99 believes it was probably more realistic. Councilman Gareau asked the Law Director how the seven day provision carne into being. Law Director Gareau said he believed it started ' with inoperable cars sitting outside at a garage at the corner of Clague and Lorain roads. Council passed an ordinance to make sure that in the future the cars would be operable. Councilman Gareau told Mr. Hreha that, because of an enforcement issue that came up recently, Council did review an ordinance with respect to cars being parked on residential property and made some changes about how that matter would be addressed. Ordinance 99-109 was intended to deal specifically with establishments that repair automobiles. This legislation will give them a little more time to conduct their business. Mr. Hreha said, in his opinion, the old ordinance was more suitable. Yvonne Petrigac, 26653 Sweetbriar Drive, addressed City Council on Ordinance 99-123 which calls for "No Parking" signs on Sweetbriar Drive. She does not believe the signs are needed and expressed concern because the residents on the street were not contacted for their input. Mrs. Petrigac has lived there for 31 years and there has not been a problem-the residents know where they can and cannot park. Recently a young couple moved in and received tickets for parking on either side of the street because of confusion over the fact that the fire hydrants cross over to the opposite side of the street in that area. But that has been the only problem in all these years. Mr. Nashar said he went out to investigate the area last week. Because the road is on an "s" curve at that particular site and the water line from the fire hydrant crosses over from one side to the other, the city Traffic Engineer felt it would be appropriate to change the ordinance. A "No Parking" sign will be posted on the fire hydrant side on the south side of the street with an arrow in an easterly direction. Another sign will be put on the north side pointing in a westerly direction. The Police Chief feels this solution is proper and will make it clear where parking is and is not permitted. Mrs. Petrigac said the signs that are already there are sufficient and again reiterated that she felt the residents should have been contacted. Councilman Limpert said he feels that this ordinance rectifies the situation. He is not concerned about the residents who have lived there knowing where they can and cannot park. However, it seemed to be a problem of informing the police. The original proposal of no parking on both sides of the street was unworkable and unfair, but this positioning of the signs takes care of the problem. Mr. O'Grady asked if the issue could not have been solved through the police issuing warnings on that particular street. Mr. Nashar said the committee felt this solution would make it easier for police officers and residents to understand where the no parking areas are. Law Director Gareau noted that the reason for the confusion on this street is that there are fire hydrants on both sides of the street. In order to resolve that issue, people need to be put on notice where they can and cannot park. Otherwise, because of the law that says no parking on the fire hydrant side, people would not be able to park on the street at all. Mrs. Petrigac asked if someone could come out and talk to the residents. Mr. Limpert said he had spoken to some of the residents a number of months ago but would be happy to go out and stop at every house in the area. Robert Perrell, 23902 Gessner Road, said that there are a lot of speeders on Gessner. He would like to see more police patrols. Mr. Nashar said he would talk to the Safety Director about this problem. 9