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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1499• ORDINANCE NO. /1/% AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles relating to park- ing, and amending an existing section of the Code of the City of Port Angeles, and adding thereto a new section. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES as follows: Section 1. Section 17.37 is hereby amended to read as follows: "17.37 INSTALLATION AND CONTROL GENERALLY. The Chief of Police is hereby authorized and directed to install or place parking meters in the Parking Meter Zones. Such parking meters shall be placed upon the curb alongside of, or next to, individual parking places to be designated as hereinafter provided. Each parking meter shall be placed or set in such manner as to show or display 11 by a signal that the parking meter space adjacent to such meter is, or is not, legally in use. Each parking meter shall be in- stalled and so adjusted and set to display a signal showing legal parking during a period of twelve (12) minutes upon and after the deposit therein of a one cent coin of the United States, and show- I ing legal parking during a period of sixty (60) minutes upon and after the deposit therein of a five cent coin of the United States. (Provided that rates for the City Parking Lot shall be set by Sec- tion 17.36(c). Each said meter shall be so set, adjusted and arranged, that at the expiration of said legal parking time it will indicate by a mechanical operation that the lawful parking period has expired." Section 17.38 is hereby amended to read as follows: "17.38 PARKING METER SPACES, ESTABLISHMENT AND USE. The Chief of Police shall place lines or marks on the curb or on the street about or alongside of each parking meter to designate the parking (space for which said meter is to be used, and each vehicle parked alongside of any parking meter shall park within the lines or • • markings so established. It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle across any such line or mark or to park said vehicle in such a way that the same shall not be within the area so designated by such lines or markings." Section 17.39 is hereby amended to read as follows: "17.39 DEPOSIT OF COINS, WHEN VEHICLE CONSIDERED IN VIOLATION. I Between the hours of 9 :00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M. on all days, except Sundays, New Year's Day, Lincoln's Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, when any vehicle shall be parked in any space alongside of or next to which a parking meter is located, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, said vehicle shall, upon entering said space, immediately deposit in said meter a five cent coin of the United States for the maxi- mum legal parking time of sixty (60) minutes, or a one cent coin of the United States for a legal parking time of twelve (12) minutes, and put the meter in operation. Provided that: rates 1 for parking in the City Parking Lot shall be as designated by Section 17.36(c). If said vehicle shall remain parked in said parking space beyond the legal parking time, which shall be desig- nated by a sign or signal of said parking meter showing illegal sparking, such vehicle shall be considered as parked overtime, and the parking of a vehicle overtime, or failure to put said meter in operation, shall be a violation of this ordinance and be punished as hereinafter set forth." Section 17.42 is hereby amended to read as follows: , "17.42 CITATION FOR VIOLATION - CONTENTS; PLACEMENT. It shall be ,I the duty of the Chief of Police to keep account of all violations of this ordinance: "(a) The number of each parking meter which indicates that the vehicle occupying the parking space adjacent to such parking meter • • is or has been parked in violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance. "(b) The State license number of such vehicle. II II "(c) Any other fact, a knowledge of which is necessary to a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending such viola- tion. "(d) To attach to such vehicle a notice that it has been parked in violation of this ordinance and instruct the owner or operator to report at the Police Station of the City of Port Angeles in regard to such violation." Section 17.31(d) is hereby amended to read as follows: "17.31(d) ADJACENT THEATRES. Beginning at a point on the South curb line of First Street fifty (50) feet Westerly of the South- west corner of First and Lincoln and thence running Westerly along said curb line a distance of thirty - seven (37) feet. No cars or vehicles of any kind shall be parked in this zone." Section 17.31(f) is hereby amended to read as follows: 1 "17.31(f) BUS DEPOTS AND BUS STANDS. "Beginning at a point on the West curb line of Lincoln Street and a point one hundred and fifty (150) feet North of the North margin of Front Street and running thence Northerly a distance of fifty (50) feet. "Beginning at a point on the South curb line of Front Street and a point two hundred (200) feet East of the East margin of Laurel !Street and thence running Easterly a distance of forty -four (44) IF feet along said curb line. "No cars or other vehicles of any kind shall be parked at any time in said zones, except for loading and unloading." Section 17.32 is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 17.32 COMMERCIAL PARKING ZONES DESIGNATED. "Beginning on the South side of the alley between Front Street and First Street and on the West margin of Lincoln Street for a II distance of twenty -four (24) feet. "Beginning at a point on the South curb line of First Street and a point two hundred (200) feet West of the West margin of Oak Street and thence running Westerly a distance of fifty (50) feet along said curb line. "Beginning at a point on the South curb line of First Street and a point one hundred fifty (15) feet East of the East margin of Oak Street and thence running Easterly a distance of twenty i(20) feet along said curb line. "Beginning at a point on the South curb line of First Street one hundred twenty -five (125) feet West of the West margin of Lincoln Street and thence running Westerly a distance of thirty (30) feet." Section 17.30 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1 "17.30 PROHIBITED PARKING. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control device, in any of the following places: 1. On a sidewalk or parking strip. 2. Within an intersection. 3. Within fifteen (15) feet of an intersection. 4. On a crosswalk. 5. Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection. 6. In front of a public or private driveway or within five (5) feet of the end of the curb radius leading thereto. 7. Upon any bridge. 8. At any place official signs prohibit stopping. 9. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the 1 edge or curb of a street. 10. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic." • • Paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 17.36 are hereby amended to read as follows: "17.36 ZONES DESIGNATED. "(a) The following described portions of the following named streets are hereby designated and established as one hour parking meter zones: First Street from Lincoln Street West to Cherry Street. Front Street from a point 200 feet East of Lincoln Street West to 50 feet West of Oak Street; thence West on Front Street on the South side only to Cherry Street. Lincoln Street from Railroad Avenue South to Sixth Street. Laurel Street from Railroad Avenue South to First Street. Oak Street from Front Street South to the alley between First and Second Streets, except the East margin of Oak Street between First and Second Streets. "(b) The following described portions of the following named streets are designated and established as two hour parking meter I zones: First Street from Peabody Street West to Lincoln Street. Oak Street from Railroad Avenue South to Front Street." Section 17.31(b) is hereby amended to read as follows: "17.31(b) TWO HOUR ZONE. First Street from Peabody Street East to Ennis Street day or night shall be two (2) hour parking. Sixth Street 150 feet East of Lincoln Street. Sixth Street 150 feet West of Lincoln Street." Section 17.26 is hereby amended to read as follows: "17.26 MANNER OF PARKING GENERALLY. Parking on the various streets of the City of Port Angeles shall be designated as follows: "Within the City of Port Angeles all cars left on the street ;shall be either angle parked or parallel parked as provided in this and other ordinances of the City of Port Angeles. • "Parallel parking shall be with the car parked or placed paral- lel with the curb and not to exceed fifteen (15) inches therefrom. "Angle parking shall be with the right front wheel of the car resting against the curb and with the car at an angle of thirty (30) degrees from the curb." Section 17.31(g) is hereby amended to read as follows: "17.31(g) NIGHT PARKING LIMITS. Night parking - 2:00 A.M. to 5:00 A.M. On Lincoln Street between Railroad Avenue and 8th Street, on Laurel Street between Railroad Avenue and First Street, on Oak Street between Railroad Avenue and alley between First and Second Streets, on First Street between Peabody Street and Cherry Street, on Front Street between Lincoln Street and Cherry Street. "Between 2:00 A.M. and 5 :00 A.M. NO CARS or vehicles shall be left standing or parked. Includes all zone parking. All cars parked in violation of the provisions of this chapter may be im- pounded." Section 17.30(e) is hereby amended to read as follows: "17.30(c) On a railroad crossing or immediately adjacent to a railroad track so as to obstruct a train from passing." Section 17.18 is hereby amended to read as follows: "17.18 DUTIES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. The Police Department of the City shall perform the following duties with regard to per- sons violating the provisions of this chapter: "(1) It shall accept designated bail from and issue receipts to such violators as are permitted and desire to forfeit bail. "(2) It shall accept designated bail from and issue receipts to all persons who must, or wish to be, heard in Court, enter the time of their appearance on the Court docket, and notify the arresting officer and witnesses, if any, to be present. • • "(3) It shall keep an easily accessible record of all bail for- feitures and violations of the parking ordinances of this City of which any person has been charged, together with a record of the final disposition of all such alleged offenses. Such record shall be so maintained as to show all violations and the total. Said record shall accumulate during at least a one year period and from that time on the record shall be maintained complete for at least the most recent one year period. "(4) If a violator of the parking restrictions of this ordi- nance does not appear as provided herein, the Police Department (shall send to the owner of the motor vehicle to which the notice was affixed, a notice informing him of the violation, and warning him that he will be held responsible for the appearance of the offender. "(5) If any person who has received a notice or summons as (provided herein, fails to appear within seven (7) days after the receipt of such notice or summons, or if any person refuses to de- posit bail, as provided herein, or if any person who has received (notice of one (1) violation of the parking provisions of this ordinance fails to appear within seven (7) days after the last of said notices has been given him or affixed to his vehicle, as pre - (scribed herein, the Police Department shall forthwith have a com- plaint filed against him and secure and issue a warrant for his arrest." Section 2. There is hereby added to Section 17.29 a new :subdivision to read as follows: SCHOOL ZONES: On the North side of 4th Street immediately in front of the Roosevelt Junior High School and between the two driveways entering from 4th Street to the school grounds. "c" Street South from 8th Street for a distance of three hundred (300) feet on the East curb line. 4 • • Chase Street South from 12th Street to 13th Street on the West c urb line. From the alley between 10th and llth Streets North on Oak for a distance of seventy -five (75) feet on the East curb line. Section 3. COLORS TO INDICATE ZONES. Red paint on curb shall indicate no parking at any time. White paint on curb line shall indicate hotel zone. Yellow paint on curb line shall indi- cate loading and unloading areas and commercial zones. Green paint on curb line shall indicate fifteen (15) minute zones. Section 4. CHURCH LOADING AND UNLOADING. The Chief of Police shall set aside a zone for loading and unloading in front of or adjacent to a church. Such zones to be created upon the re- quest of the church. Section 5. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, 1 firms or corporation to erect, paint or provide any parking sign or, markings unless authorized by City Manager and /or Chief of Police. Section 6. It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, 'park or leave standing any vehicle whether attended or unattended, upon the paved, improved or main traveled portion of any City Street. Section 7. No person shall move a vehicle not owned by such person into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such a distance as is unlawful. Section 8. It shall be unlawful to permit a motor vehicle Ito stand unattended with the ignition keys in the vehicle or the ignition switch left in the starting position. Section 9. The operator of any parked vehicle shall look (lout for and yield to oncoming vehicles the right of way before opening the vehicle doors on the main traveled roadway side of 'the vehicle. Section 10. All motor vehicles parked on the streets of the City of Port Angeles and in City Parking Lots shall be in operating condition, excepting vehicles that may have broken down while in normal use. Section 11. All motor vehicles parked on the streets of II the City of Port Angeles shall be parked on the right hand side of the street facing the direction of travel and within fifteen (15) inches of the curb line. Section 12. It shall be unlawful for any person to stand Hor.park any vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle or load thereon projects into a street for a distance of more than eight (8) feet from the curb. { Section 13. It shall be unlawful for any person to stand or park any vehicle in any alley of the City, except for loading or unloading, which must be done without delay. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles and approved by its Mayor at a regular meeting of the Council held on this 3rd day of January, 1963. Attest: 1 /9• VA.. City Clerk Approved as to form: / PUBLISHED: J /4A/VA ') /G /91- -3 Mayor 1