Chapter 10.40
STREET CLOSURE TO TRAFFIC

Sections:

10.40.010    Closure – Authorized.

10.40.020    Closure – Notice.

10.40.030    Violation – Penalty.

Stat. Ref.: For provisions authorizing cities to close or restrict the use of city streets, see RCW 46.44.080; for provisions making RCW 46.44.080 applicable to code cities, see RCW 35A.46.010.

10.40.010 Closure – Authorized.

Whenever the condition of any City street or any part thereof is such that for any reason its use or continued use by vehicles or by any class of vehicles will greatly damage such City street or will be dangerous to traffic thereon or the same is being constructed, altered, repaired, improved or maintained in such a manner as to require that such City street or any portion thereof be closed to traffic by all vehicles or any class of vehicles for any period of time, the Street Superintendent is authorized to close the City street to travel by all vehicles or by any class of vehicles for such a definite period as he shall determine. (Ord. 1149 § 1, 1973).

10.40.020 Closure – Notice.

Before any City street is closed to all vehicles or any class of vehicles, a notice of the date on and after which the City street or any part thereof shall be closed and the definite period of such closing and whether it shall be closed to all vehicles or to vehicles of a particular class or classes shall be published in 1 issue of a newspaper of general circulation in the City, and a like notice shall be posted on or prior to the date of publication of such notice in a conspicuous place at each end of the City street; provided, that no City street or portion thereof shall be closed sooner than 3 days after the publication and the posting of the notice herein provided for; provided, however, that in cases of emergency, the Street Superintendent may without publication or delay, close City streets temporarily by posting notices at each end of the closed portion thereof and at all intersecting City streets, and such closures shall be immediately effective. (Ord. 1149 § 2, 1973).

10.40.030 Violation – Penalty.

Any violation of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine of up to $300.00, or by imprisonment for up to 90 days or by both such fine and imprisonment, and in addition, shall be liable in a civil action for any damages to such City street as result of disregarding such closing and using such City street or portion thereof with any vehicle or any class of vehicle to which the same is closed. (Ord. 1149 § 3, 1973).