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--� only received calls regarding overflow parking and parking in front of mail boxes. Concerns from residents have decreased over the years, but the City still does receive occasional calls and emails regarding park and ride lots. 5.4 During the review of the application, the Development Review Committee (DRC) had only one issue that was presented to the group, which was that the buses that are loading/unloading at the St. Michael's Lutheran Church site should do so off of County Road B—that is, at a location either on the church premises or along one of the three local roads that surround the church. The feeling is that the park and ride facilities already increase traffic levels, and buses stationed in the County Road B right-of-way only add to the congestion and potential confusion. 5.5 Similar to past years, the City does receive a limited number of calls and emails regarding vehicles partially blocking driveways and mail boxes, or occasional noise- related issues. One particular issue that arose and that was discussed between the City Planner and Police Chief was instances of vehicles illegally parking at intersections. This situation can make maneuvering very difficult and obstruct site line. Since the initial nvTEx�Nt usE approval for the park and ride lots, the City has always monitored the situation and worked with the State Fair to resolve any issues that arise, with the exception of prohibiting overflow parking on City streets. That said, the City Planner and Police Chief believe that this situation needs to be monitored more closely in the coming years and if infractions (e.g., parking in front of driveways or mail boxes or too close to intersections and fire hydrants) continue to occur, additional measures such as no parking signs may be required at specific locations. 5.6 Regarding the concern of overflow parking, the notion of limiting street parking to one side of a street (or prohibiting on-street, overflow parking altogether) has been discussed in the past; while it seems like a reasonable suggestion, there isn't a practical way to enforce such a limitation. If fair-related parking is allowed only on one side of the street, it becomes difficult to determine whether vehicles parked on the other side of the street belong to fair-goers or to neighborhood homeowners or their guests. And if on-street parking is prohibited during the fair, the prohibition functionally translates as "you can't ride the bus if you don't park in the lot;" in this case it would become difficult to differentiate between nearby homeowners who walk to the site and other folks who may have driven and parked a few blocks away, putting neighborhood residents in the position of either having to drive to the site or being turned away with everyone else. 5.7 Section 1009.03D of the City Code specifies that three specific findings must be made in order to approve a proposed nv7'ER�Nt usE: a. The proposed use will not impose additional costs on the public if it is necessary for the public to take the property in the future. This is generally intended to ensure that particular interim use will not make the site costly to clean up if the City were to acquire the property for some purpose in the future. In this case, the park and ride facility is a temporary intensification of the use of existing parking lots and Planning Division staff believes that the �NTER�1vt usE would not have any negative effects to the properties involved that would occur from the normal use of the parking lots over the long term. b. The proposed use will not creute an excessive burden on parks, streets, and other public facilities. Overflow, on-street parking certainly does affect the streets PF07-017 2011 Renewal RPCA 110211 Page 3 of 5