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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2735ORDINANCE NO. 2735 AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, amending the Parking Ordinance to reflect changes in State law and holiday parking enforcement dates and to increase parking fines, amending Ordinance 2451 and Chapter 10.20 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code, and repealing Ordinance 2728. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DOES HEREBY RDAIN as follows: Section 1. Ordinance 2451 and Chapter 10.20 of the Port ngeles Municipal Code are hereby amended by amending Section 0.20.050 as follows: 10.20.050 Local Handicap Permits. A. Any person who submits satisfactory proof to the Pew ngcic3 Policc Dcpartmcnt that he or she has lost both of his or cr lower extremities, er has lest the nermal or full use thcrcof, •r is so scvcrcly disabled as to be unable to move without thc aid crutchcs or a wheel chair, er has lost both hands, or who uffcro from lung disease to such -an extcnt that forced cxpiratory olumc when measured by spiromctry, is less than onc liter per Port Angcics Police Department, which shall bc left in thc vchicle in a conspicuous place, bearing distinguishing marks, letters, or numerals, indicating that thc vehicle is lacing used to transport Such dioablcd person. B. Cuch permit shall allow thc vehicle in which it i3 dioplaycd to bc parked in any handicap or limited timc parking zone in thc City of Port Angeles, sa long as thc vchicic is engagcd in thc transportation of thc person designated on thc permit. C. Such permit shall bc valid only within thc City limit: of the City of Port Angeles and shall so state upon thc face thcrcof. D. Only onc such permit shall bc issued for any disability and shall be valid for thc timc period stated on the facc of thc permit, which shall bc based upon an cstimatc of the - 1 - �il uration of the disability, as evidenced by the proof submitted c Section 2. Ordinance 2451 and Chapter 10.20 of the Port ngeles Municipal Code are hereby amended by amending Section 0.20.060 to read as follows: 10.20.060 General. Manner of Parking and Restrictions hereon. A. Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other raffic or in compliance with law or the direction of a police •fficer or official traffic control device t -1-it shall be unlawful or any person to stop, stand, or park a vehicle within the City in iolation of any of the provisions of RCW 46.61.570, RCW 46.61.575, CW 46.61.590, or RCW 46.61.600, which include, but are not limited , the following: 1. No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle: a. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped parked at the edge or curb of a street, otherwise known as 'double parking ", whether or not any person remains inside of the ehicle; b. On a sidewalk, sidewalk area, or street lanting strip; c. Within an intersection; d. On a crosswalk; e. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb r within thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite he ends of a safety zone, unless official signs or markings ndicate a different no parking area opposite the ends of a safety one; f. Alongside or opposite any street excavation r obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct raffic; g. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure pon a highway or within a highway tunnel; h. On any railroad tracks unless such right -of- - 2 - way has been vacated or posted for legal parking; i. At any place where official signs prohibit ;topping. 2. No person shall stand or park a vehicle, whether ccupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a assenger or passengers: a. In front of a public or private driveway or ithin five feet of the end of the curb radius leading thereto; b. Within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant; c. Within twenty feet of a crosswalk; d. Within thirty feet upon the approach to any lashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic control signal ocated at the side of a roadway; e. Within twenty feet of the driveway entrance =o any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy -five feet of said entrance when properly sign - posted; or f. At any place where official signs prohibit standing. 3. No person shall park a vehicle, whether occupied 1r not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while e actually n a ed in loading or unloadin g property or passengers: a. Within fifty feet of the nearest railroad crossing, unless such area has been posted for legal parking; or b. At any place where official signs prohibit parking. 4. No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his or her control into any such prohibited area or away from a Curb such a distance as is unlawful. B. In all other areas which are subject to the terms of this Chapter, parking shall be in accordance with lines drawn on the pavement or signs posted at the curb, pursuant to PAMC 10.20.040. C. 1. No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle 3 hall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the ngine, locking the ignition, removing the key, and effectively etting the brake thereon and, when standing upon any perceptible rade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the street. 2. Any officer coming upon an unattended motor ehicle which has keys left in the ignition shall lock the gnition, remove the keys, and promptly deliver them to the offices f the Port Angeles Police Department for safekeeping. A parking icket shall be issued and a notation made thereon tho Y c ` o tating the location of the keys. D. No person shall park a vehicle on a City street or in City parking lot in either of the circumstances listed below. ny police officer is hereby authorized to provide for the removal, t the owner's expense, of any vehicle parked in violation of the ollowing provisions: 1. If the vehicle is inoperable and /or under repair; owever, vehicles that have broken down while in normal use are llowed to remain for a period not to exceed 48 hours for emergency epairs if not on the traveled portion of the roadway; or 2. If the vehicle is parked on a City street for an nreasonable period of time, which for the purposes of this 'ubsection, shall be more than fourteen consecutive days. E. The occupant(s) of any parked vehicle shall look out or and yield the right -of -way to oncoming vehicles before opening door on the main traveled roadway side of the vehicle. F. It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, park, or eave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon he traveled portion of any City street. G. It shall be unlawful for any person to stand or park :ny vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle or load thereon •rojects into a street for a distance of more than eight feet from he curb. H. It shall be unlawful for any person to stand or park :ny vehicle in any alley of the City, except for loading or tnloading, for a period not to exceed fifteen minutes. I. It shall be unlawful for any person to stand or park any vehicle that is unlicensed or not currently licensed on any City street, parking lot, or alley. J. It shall be unlawful for any person to stand or park a vehicle on any City street for the purpose of repair or lubrication, unless the Director of Public Works is satisfied that he repair or lubrication will not foul City streets and a Right- of-Way Use Permit is obtained prior to commencing work. K. It shall be unlawful for any person to park or store ny non - motorized vehicle, trailer, or other conveyance on any City treet in excess of twenty -four hours. L. It shall be unlawful for any person to stand or park vehicle in such a manner that it prevents a legally parked ehicle from leavin g an adjacent space. P ace. Section 3. Ordinance 2451 and Chapter 10.20 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code are hereby amended by amending Section 10.20.070 to read as follows: 10.20.070 Restricted Parking Zones. A. "No Parking Zone" - No vehicle, except an authorized emergency vehicle, shall park, stand, or stop in a no parking zone as delineated by red curb marking and /or appropriate signs. B. "Loading Zone" - No vehicle shall park, stop or stand in a loading zone designated by yellow curb marking and /or appropriate signs, except for the purpose of, and only for such period of time 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 designated by yellow curb marking and /or appropriate signs. D. "Police Zone" - No vehicle, other than one upon official police business, shall stop, stand, or park in a police zone designated by green curb marking and /or appropriate signs. 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 with the jurisdiction of the City authority. F. "Handicap Parking Zone ". 1. 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 46.16.381 or without displaying a proper -perm-it-as provided for in PAMC 10.20.050. A person charged with a violation hereof shall not be determined to have committed an infraction if he or she produces in court or prior to the court appearance the special license plate, special card, special decal, or permit required hereinunder or demonstrates he or she was entitled to the same at the time of being ticketed. 2. Any unauthorized use of the special card, special decal, special license plate, or permit provided for in RCW 46.16.381 or PAMC 10.20.050 is an infraction. Section 4. Ordinance 2451 and Chapter 10.20 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code are hereby amended by amending Section 10.20.090 to read as follows: 10.20.090 Limited Time Zones - Use & Violations. A. Between the hours of 9 A.M. and 6 P.M. on all days of the year except Sunday, New Year's Day, Lincoln's BirthdayMartin Luther King Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day immediately following Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day, no vehicle shall be parked in a limited time zone in violation of the terms of this Chapter. B. It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle in a limited time zone for a period exceeding the maximum time for parking. Section 5. Ordinance 2451 and Chapter 10.20 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code are hereby amended by amending Section 10.20.130 to read as follows: 10.20.130 Designation of City Parking Lots. The following City parking lots located at the addresses listed below and the property contiguous thereto are designated as limited time zones provided, however, that in addition to the days specified in PAMC 10.20.090, the limited time zone restrictions of this Chapter shall not apply in City parking lots from Thanksgiving Day through December 31: Lot No. Address A 216 West Front Street, south side of Front Street, between Oak and Cherry. B 117 East Front Street, north side of Front Street, between Lincoln and Laurel. C 124 West Front Street, south side of Front Street between Laurel and Oak. D 121 West Front Street, north side of Front Street, between Oak and Laurel. E 132 East Railroad Avenue, south side of Railroad Ave., between Lincoln and Laurel. F 115 East First Street, north side of First Street, between Lincoln and Laurel. G 105 North Lincoln Street at the corner of First and Lincoln Streets. Section 6. Ordinance 2451 and Chapter 10.20 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code are hereby amended by amending Section 10.20.140 to read as follows: 10.20.140 Violations - Penalties A. Any person who violates or fails to comply with any of the requirements of PAMC 10.20.100, Limited Time Zones, is guilty eshall be deemed to have committed an infraction and shall be punishcd by a fineassessed a penalty of tweFive ($2.5) Dollars. B. Any person who violates or fails to comply with the requirements of PAMC 10.20.080(A), No Parking Zones, i3 guilty of hall be deemed to have committed an infraction hcrcof and shall be punishcd by a fincassessed a penalty of Ten $10) Dollars. C. Any person who violates or fails to comply with the rovisions of PAMC 10.20.080(F), Handicap Parking Zone, is guilty shall be deemed to have committed an infraction and iction thcrcof shall be punishcd by a fincassessed a penalty_ of ifty ($50) Dollars. D. Any person who violates or fails to comply with any ther provision of this Chapter, or who counsels, aids, or abets ny such violation or failure to comply, is guilty ofshall be seemed to have committed an infraction and shall be assessed a enalty of Ten ($10) Dollars. E. Any person who receives a Notice of Parking Infraction d fails to respond within fifteen (15) days to such Notice shall e assessed an additional penalty of Twenty -Five ($25) Dollars. Section 7 - Repealer. Ordinance 2728 is hereby repealed. Section 8 - Severability. If any provisions of this rdinance, or its application to any person or circumstances, is eld invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance, or application of the rovisions of the Ordinance to other persons or circumstances, is t affected. Section 9 - Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take ffect five days after the date of publication by summary. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at regular meeting of said Council held on the 5 1993. I 1- TTEST: e kyJ. an, C 'ty Clerk day of January, /1. - W Itr raig D. ft utson, City A torney UBLTSHED: January 10, 1993 •01 (3y Summary) - 8 - Summaries of Ordinances Adopted by the Port Angeles City Council on January 5. 1993 Ordinance No. 2733 This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles amends the solid waste rates by establishing corrected rates for the collection of refuse in non - City -owned containers, amends Ordinance No. 2317, as amended, and Chapter 13.54 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code. The rates are effective as of January 1, 1993. Ordinance No. 2734 This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles establishes regulations pertaining to clearing, grading, filling, and drainage in the City of Port Angeles and creates Chapter 15.28 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code. Ordinance No. 2735 This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles amends the Parking Ordinance to reflect changes in State law and holiday parking enforcement dates and to increase parking fines, amends Ordinance 2451 and Chapter 10.20 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code, and repeals Ordinance 2728. Ordinance No. 2736 This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles establishes a risk management and safety program, specifies policies and procedures therefor, and creates a new Chapter 2.68 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code. The full texts of the Ordinances are available at City Hall in the City Clerk's office or will be mailed upon request. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. These Ordinances shall take effect five days after the date of publication of these summaries. Publish: January 10. 1993 Becky J. Upton City Clerk if