Adopt Resolution #26-053 Approving On-Street Parking Restrictions Around Skyline Apartments

On July 9, 2024, the City Council approved the Skyline on Sunwood development, a mixed-use building with 133 apartments and approximately 13,700 square feet of retail space. The building has a U-shaped design with enclosed parking and a surface lot in the courtyard of the U. The parking lot is not intuitively located for visitors to the site. Retail space customers will find it far more convenient to park on the adjacent streets close to the front doors of the businesses.

The problem, as noted in 2024, is that the employees of the businesses will also find those on-street spaces convenient for themselves. Likewise, people with partial or all-day meetings at City Hall's public meeting rooms find those spaces convenient. Staff noted that no businesses were identified at that time and staff would come back to Council once users were known to propose a limited-duration parking plan for the streets around Skyline on Sunwood.

A salon has signed a lease for the space fronting Center Street and has applied for building permits. An office user and quick-serve restaurant user are seriously looking at two other spaces, though leases have not been signed. The building's owner, PSD, has stated that the prospective tenants know of the potential for limited-duration parking. City staff conferred with representatives from PSD and the salon to determine an appropriate time limit for parking that will align with the business's customer's needs. Below are the proposed parking restriction time limits for all street segments surrounding the Skyline Apartments.  It should be noted these parking restrictions are being seen as a first step. Additional discussion on appropriate time limits for parking on other streets may come forward as the building fills up.

Center Street (Sunwood Drive to 145th Avenue)
East Side - 2-hour parking restriction
West Side - No parking restriction

Sapphire Street (Sunwood Drive to 145th Avenue)
East Side - No parking restriction
West Side - 2-hour parking restriction

Sunwood Drive (Sapphire Street to Center Street)
Both Sides - 2-hour parking restriction

145th Avenue (Sapphire Street to Center Street)
Both Sides - No parking restriction

Similar to all public streets in the city of Ramsey, on-street parking is prohibited between 2:00 am and 6:00 am daily.

Other streets in the vicinity are already signed no parking or commercial loading zone only. The Police Department will be responsible for monitoring spaces as well as responding to complaints to issue parking citations or warnings. 

Council approved parking restriction signs will be furnished and installed by Public Works staff along approved street segments on existing streetlight posts and new sign posts at an estimated cost of $3,000. 

Staff recommends adopting Resolution #26-053.