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City of r AMES, Iowa
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(515) 232-6210
JOHN R. KLAUS
City Attorney
R. MICHAEL HAYES
Ass It. City Attorney
May 27 , 1977
Honorable Lee Fellinger , Mayor and
Members of the City Council
For the City of Ames , Iowa
In Re : Ordinance to Regulate Parking On Apple Avenue And
A Portion of Peach Lane in the Old Orchard Mobile
Home Park
Dear Mayor Fellinger and Council Members :
About two years ago , the City of Ames accepted a deed to
what is called Apple Avenue and a portion of Peach Lane in
the 0ld Orchard Mobile Home Park . These areas are not con-
sidered city streets but are classified as public places .
The reason for taking a deed to these areas was to provide
access to the extreme southern tip of South Riverside Drive
after a railroad crossing was closed in exchange for the
opening of a new railroad crossing at the point where South
16th Street crosses South Riverside Drive .
Recently the City Manager and I have been advised by the
management of the Old Orchard Mobile Home Park that they
have been experiencing difficulty in enforcing the parking
rules , which all tenants of the park agreed to , on Apple
Avenue and that portion of Peach Lane that was deeded to the
city. The management of the park contends that the people
who they experienced this trouble with maintain that since
it is a public place the mobile home park has no legal right
to regulate their parking. The management of the mobile
home park would like the city to enforce parking regulations
on Apple Avenue and that portion of Peach Lane that has been
deeded to the city as a public place . The parking regulations
that they desire to have enforced are set out in a proposed
ordinance which I have prepared and included herewith .
Respectfully submitted,
John R . Klaus
City Attorney
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