HomeMy WebLinkAbout2250ORDINANCE NO. om? fTD
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles
defining handicap parking zones, regulating
the use thereof, providing for City permits
for the use of handicap parking zones,
providing penalties for the violation of the
Ordinance, and amending Sections 7 and 9 of
Ordinance 2016, Section 1 of Ordinance 2105,
and adding new sections to Ordinance 2016.
Section 1. Section 9 of Ordinance 2016 and Section 1
of Ordinance 2105 are each amended to read as follows:
Restricted parking zones designated pursuant to Section
7 of this ordinance, and the allowed use of each
restricted zone are as follows:
(A). No Parking Zone - no vehicle, except an
authorized emergency vehicle, shall park, stand, or
stop in a no parking zone.
(B). Loading Zone - no vehicle shall park, stop, or
stand in a loading zone, except for the purpose of, and
only for such period of time as necessary for,
expeditious loading or unloading of a commercial or
passenger vehicle. In no case shall the stop for
loading or unloading of articles or materials or
passengers exceed 15 minutes in time.
(C). Taxi Zone - no vehicle, other than a for -hire
vehicle properly licensed by the City of Port Angeles
shall stop, stand, or park in a taxi zone.
(D). Police Zone - no vehicle, other than one upon
official police business shall stop, stand, or park in
a police zone.
(E). Bus Stop - no vehicle shall park, stop or stand
in a bus stop, except a bus, either to lay over in an
operating schedule, or while waiting for, loading, or
unloading passengers; provided that such bus provides
regularly scheduled service within the jurisdiction of
the local authority.
(F). Handicap Parking Zone - no vehicle shall park,
stand, or stop in a handicap parking zone, unless it
displays a legally issued handicap decal, handicap
license plate, or handicap permit.
Section 2. Section 7 of Ordinance 2016 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
(A). The chief of police and the director of public
works, or the city manager if they cannot agree, are
hereby authorized and required to establish limited
time, restricted, and parking meter zones on City
streets and parking lots. Such zones shall be defined
and marked in accordance with the requirements of RCW
46.36.060.
(B). Handicap parking zones shall be located and
designated as required by Chapter 70.92 RCW.
Section 3. There is hereby added to Ordinance No. 2016
a new section as follows:
Section 11.1 - Violations - Penalty - Handicap
Parking Zone.
(A). It is a traffic infraction for any person to park
a vehicle in a handicap parking zone, without a special
license plate, card, or decal, as provided for in RCW
46.16.380 or without displaying a proper permit as
provided for in Section 11.3 of this Ordinance. A
person charged with a violation hereof shall not be
determined to have committed an infraction if he
produces in court or prior to the court appearance the
special license plate, special card, special decal or
permit required hereunder or demonstrates he was
entitled to the same at the time of being ticketed.
(B). Any unauthorized use of the special card, special
decal, special license plate, or permit provided for in
RCW 46.16.380 or Section 11.3 of this Ordinance is a
traffic infraction.
(C). The penalty for any infraction under this section
shall be $25, not including statutory assessments.
Section 4. There is hereby added a new section to
Ordinance 2016 as follows:
Section 11.3 = Local Handicapped Permits.
1. Any person who submits satisfactory proof to the
Port Angeles Police Department that he or she has lost
both of his or her lower extremities, or has lost the
normal or full use thereof, or is so severely disabled
as to be unable to move without the aid of crutches or
a wheel chair, or has lost both hands, or who suffers
from lung disease to such an extent that forced
expiratory respiratory volume, when measured by
spirometry, is less than one liter per second, shall be
entitled to receive a special permit issued by the Port
Angeles Police Department, which shall be left in the
vehicle in a conspicuous place, bearing distinguishing
marks, letters, or numerals, indicating that the
vehicle is being used to transport such disabled
person.
2. Each application for a local permit shall be
accompanied by a fee of $5.
3. Such permit shall allow the vehicle in which it is
displayed to be parked in any handicapped parking zone
in the City of Port Angeles, so long as the vehicle is
engaged in the transportation of the person designated
on the permit.
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4. Such permit shall be valid only within the City
limits of the City of Port Angeles, and shall so state
upon the face thereof.
5. Such permit shall be valid for the time period
stated on the face of the permit, which shall be based
upon an estimate of the duration of the disability as
stated in the report of the physician.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect as
provided by law.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
at a regular meeting of said Council held on the /.-d day of
cz4 _ e, , 1983.
ATTEST:
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Marian C. Parrish, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
raig L. 4iller, City Attorney
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