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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10051 d , AN ORDINANCE 110.1100 AN ORDINANCE Relating to and regulating the use and occupation of and the conduct of persons in and upon the streets, parks and other public places of the City of Port Angeles; Prohibiting dan- gerous traffic on portions of certain streets Yroviding penalties for the violation theredf. THE CITY COMMISSION 0' THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This ordinance is declared to be an exercise of the police power of the State of Washington and of the City of Port Angeles for the public safety, comfort and convenience, and its provisions shall be liberally construed for the accomplish- 411 vent of that purpose. Section 2. It shall be one of the duties of the Police De- partmentof the City of Port Angeles and the Police Officers there- of to keep the streets and sidewalks and public places of the City of Port Angeles open for the free, convenient and unrestricted use and passage of traffic and keep the sidewalks fully clear of loiter- ers so that pedestrians may go back and forth conveniently without Annoyance. No crowds shall be permitted to congregate at any point in front of any property either on the sidewalks or streets in such a manner as will inconvenience traffic. Section 3. Except when witnessing a lawfully conducted parade, entertainment or meeting, it shall be unlawful for any persons to collect in crowds in the street or on the sidewalks, and it shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to disperse when one of a crowd so gathered, upon being requested so to do by any policy officer of the City of Port Angeles. _ Any person, who shall be one of such a'dcrowd, who shall re- fuse to separate therefrom or to remove himself at the request of any police officer, shall be gtilty of a misdemeanor. • • \- Section 4. Persons gathered on the street or sidewalk to witness any parade, entertainment or meeting shall at all times observe the request of police officers handling traffic in the vicinity and any person refusing or wilfully disregarding the request of such police or - traffic officer shall: be. guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully attract the attention of persons by signs, acts or spoken words and cause them to congregate on a street or sidewalk or any public place, and any person performing such an act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 6. It shall be unlawful for any person to stand or loiter on any street or sidewalk or public place in such a manner as to obstruct traffic thereon. -Section 7. It- shall' be-tmlawful - for- any person to loiter in or be upon any public school gSound or grounds during school hours to the annoyance of any teacher, official, employe or pupil of any school. Section S. Any person desiring to conduct a street meeting on the streets, sidewalks or in any public place in the City of Port Angels, shall make written application to the Chief of Police for permission to hold such meeting. The applioation shall be upon form provided ad shall set forth the date desired, the approximate period of time which the meeting will consume and its purpose and the names of the persons who will conduct the same. The application shall be submitted to the Department of Public Safety and if granted, the Mayor an Chief of Police shall issue a permit designating the time and place of such meeting. Such meeting shall be conducted in ac- cordance with the terms of the permit. Any failure to conduct such meeting in aacordance with the terms of the permit or failure to comply with any of the provisions of this section by any person shall constitute a misdemeanor. _2- Section 9. Any street meeting held under permit must be con- ducted in an orderly manner and under the supervision of the City Police. Any disorder at such meeting shall be sufficient cause for a termination of the same and speakers and others conducting the meeting shall, in the event of such disorder and upon request of the City Police, terminate such meeting, and thereupon any per- sons or crowds attending the same shall be required to disperse. Failure of any person conducting the meeting to terminate the same, or failure of any of the crowd attending the same to disperse upon the request of a police officer, shall constitute a misdemeanor. Section 10. It shall be unlawful for any person to hold, con- duct or participate in any street meeting oh the streets or side- . walks or iti any park or other public place in the City of Port An- geles without having secured written permission to hold or conduct such meeting from the Mayor and the Chief of Police of the City of Port Angeles, in accordance with the provisions of the ordinances of the City of Port Angeles relative thereto. Section 11. It shall be unlawful for any person to lay out or expose any kind of poison, or leave exposed any poisoned food or dtink for man, animal or fowl, or any fluid or substance what- ever wherein or whereon there is or shall be deposited or mingled any kind of poison or poisonous or deadly fluid or substance whatsoever, in any public place, or to aid or abet any person in so doing. - Section 12. It shall be unlawful for any person to place, or cause to be placed, any flower container or similar article, on the outside sill or plate of any window, which is directly above or projects over the line of any public place, without a guard of wood or wire securely fastened across said iindow. Section 13. It shall be unlawful for any person to place, set up, keep or maintain any booth, stand, table, box, board, shelf, vehicle or other object for the purpose of selling, giving away or • distributing therefrom any article or thing, or exhibiting any animal, bird, curiosity, device, or thing, or advertising anything whatsoever, in any public place; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as in anywise affecting any public place or por- tion thereof lawfully set apart as a public market or for carnival or celebration purposes with the approval and under the supervision of the City Commission. Section 14. Italiall be unlawful for any person, owning or occupying any property abutting upon or contiguous to any public place, to allow or permit any earth, rock, stones, trees, logs, stumps or other substances to cave, fall, crumble, slide, accumu- • late or be otherwise deposited from any such premises, upon any public place, or having been so deposited,, to be or remain thereom. Section 15. It shall be unlawful for any person to leave un- guarded any excavation within fout feet of any street or other public place, or to fail to maintain the lateral support of any such public place. Section 16. It shall be unlawful for any person to place, or cause or suffer to be placed, by any person in his employ or under his control, any merchandise or wares of any nature on any sidewalk in front of or alongside of his place of business for the purpose of dis- play or for any other purpose, except while in the actual course of receipt or delivery, or to use any portion of any sidewalk for the purpose of measuring, packing or weighing goods for sale. Section 17. It shall be unlawful for any person to place or permit any firewood, coal, chattels, or merchandise in any public place, except while removing the same into or out of the premises adjoining such public place, or to keep any bunker or box for the storage of wood, coal, chattels, or merchandise, in any public place. Section 18. It shall be unlawful for any person to play ball or throw any ball to and fro.on any paved street, or throw stones or other missiles in any public place. Section 19. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or deposit,. in any public place, any broken glass, crockery, nails or any substance whatever whereby the feet of horses or other animals, or the tires of automobiles or other vehicles, may be injured. Section 20. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or flow or allow or permit to be thrown or to flow, upon any public place, any water or other liquids which cause a noxious dffluvia or any filthy water, or to permit any flow of water, except natural streams, from premises under his control, on or over any public place. Section 21. It shall'be_unlawful for any person to throw or deposit, or cause to be thrown or deposited, on any public place, any coal, hair, shreds, rags, manure, shells, ashes, garbage, paper or other refuse matter, or any solids or liquids, animal or vege- table matter, or any substance whatever. Section 22. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw an any sidewalk any vegetable or fruit, or other substance, liable to . cause any person injury, or to throw upon or into any public place, or in any gutter, any kitchen refuse, paper, sweepings or other substance liable to close up or choke any gutter, or to permit any accumulation of snow or ice upon any planked or paved sidewalk in front of any premises owned or occupied by him. Section 23. It shall be unlawful to cast, deposit, or sweep any dirt, rubbish or litter of any kind from any building, alcove, entrance thereto or sidewalk in front thereof into any street or alley. Section 24. It shall be unlawful to tie or picket any animal so that the same may go upon any public place. -5- • • • Section 25. TRAFFIC LIMITED ON CERTAIN STREETS: The follow - ing classes of traffic and types of vehicles are restricted and pro hibited from using the following portions of streets in the City of Port Angeles, to wit: /a- Eight Street Bridges and Peabody Bridge. No vehicle weighing more than 6000 pounds, with or without load; no logging, lumber or timber trucks with trailers; no vehicles w; more than eight feet wide or more than twelve feet high shall be permitted to.go upon or across the bridges on Eight Street over Tumwater and Valley Street Gulches, or the bridge on Peabody Street over Peabody Gulch at any time. (b) No vehicles weighing more thin 24000 pounds, with or without load; no logging, lumber or timber trucks with trailers; no vehicles with load more than eight feet wide or twelve feet high or sixty feet long shall be operated over the following streets or portions of streets, to wit: Lincoln Street between Boulevard and Front Streets; First Street between Peabody and Oak Streets; Front Street between Lincoln and Oak Streets; Provided, however, that logging trucks without load and with trailer close - coupled shall be allowed to travel east on First Street at a speed not to exceed fifteen miles„-- per hour. (c) Persons desiring to transport loads over the portions streets mentioned in Subsection b of this section, which loads weigh in excess of 24000 lbs. or are " more than eight feet wide or twelve feet high or sixty feet iii length, including truck or vehicle; and all persons desiring to transport houses, donkey en- gines, gas shovels, cranes, concrete mixers and other loads of unusual length, bulk or weight over any street in the City, shall apply to the Department of Streets and Public Improvements for permission to move such loads. The Street Department shall de- termine if it is possible to move the load without damage to the of streets and shall thereupon, with the aid of the City Police Department, designate a route into and through the City and such moving shall be done under the supervision and with the cooperation of the Street Department and Police Department. SeCtioii 26: If any provisions of thdsordinance or its-appli- cation to any persons or circumstances shall be held invalid, such holdings shall not affect the remainder of the ordinance or its application to other persons or circumstances. Section "27. Any person guilty of a violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance or of failure to observe any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanbr and shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed One hundred Dollars • and imprisonment in the City Jail for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 28. This ordinance shall be in full force and ef- fect from and after thirty days after its lawful passage, ap- proval and publication. Passed first reading by the City Commission June 13, 1934. Passed second reading by the City Commission ''June 13, 1934. Passed third reading and finally passed and adopted by the City Commission June 27, 1934. Approved and signed by the Mayor Junk :27 , 1934. Attest: . et %, , '(.4.'--LV(4-,/41- .. City Clerk, Approved as to .f-a� m: City Attorney. Published: Mayorl • • rr 4••• 4" c!° tS t 1 4'• ■ •-•—troipbeirsikeii■