Chapter 10.20
STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING1
Sections:
10.20.020 Posting of signs--Generally.
10.20.030 Traffic engineer--Designated--Duties.
10.20.050 Trailers and recreational vehicles.
10.20.010 Definition.
For the purposes of this chapter, a motor vehicle is deemed parked when stopped at the curb or edge of a roadway as provided by law, whether or not such vehicle is occupied by any person. (Ord. 410 §3, 1959).
10.20.020 Posting of signs--Generally.
Parking on all streets within the city shall be limited in time, or restricted for certain purposes, or prohibited as posted, when posted or marked with signs authorized by the city. (Ord. 410 §5, 1959).
10.20.030 Traffic engineer--Designated--Duties.
A. Pursuant to the authorization provided by RCW 46.90.260, the city engineer is designated as traffic engineer for the city and is authorized to delegate such authority as he deems appropriate to the city supervisor or such other designee as the city engineer deems appropriate in relation to the performance of the duties authorized by and/or imposed upon the engineer by this section and pursuant to the appropriate provisions of the Revised Code of Washington.
B. In carrying out the studies and in preparing the regulatory provisions and other provisions under this section, the traffic engineer, and/or his designee, shall consult, prior to making any such determination, with a committee composed of the following officers or employees of the city:
1. Chief of police;
2. Fire chief;
3. City clerk-treasurer;
4. City supervisor; and
5. One or more members of the police committee of the city council designated by said committee.
C. After consultation with the committee designated pursuant to subsection B of this section, the traffic engineer or his designee shall, consistent with provisions of this code, the Model Traffic Ordinances, and other applicable ordinances or law:
1. Determine upon what streets or portions thereof that vehicles shall be angle parked or parallel parked and shall indicate the same by marks or signs placed on such streets or portions thereof;
2. Determine the location of and establish the time limit regulations for parking in particular areas;
3. Prohibit at certain times, or entirely, or shorten the time during which vehicles may be parked in locations where traffic tends to congest or wherein uncontrolled parking will constitute a hazard to pedestrian or motor travel;
4. Establish such parking zones or parking meter zones and the time limits for parking therein as may be deemed appropriate and, upon authorization by the city council, install, maintain and operate the parking meters therein.
D. No regulation, provision or restriction established by the traffic engineer or his designee shall be considered to be in effect until the proposed regulation, provision or restriction shall have been submitted formally, whether in writing or verbally, to the members of the city council. In the event that the city council, at its next regular meeting, does not reject, modify or postpone by specific action the proposed regulation, provision or restriction, then that regulation, provision or restriction shall take effect upon the date established by the traffic engineer or his designee. In the event that the city council takes one of the above actions, it shall not take effect until such date and only in such form as is provided, by subsequent formal action of the council; provided, that in the event that the traffic engineer or his designee reasonably deems it necessary for the immediate protection of life or property or to prevent injury to any person to immediately impose a regulation, provision, or restriction, he may do so, citing in the document wherein the regulation, provision, or restriction is contained, the reasons for the emergent nature of the imposition, and such regulation, provision, or restriction shall take effect immediately upon proper posting of signs. Any such regulation, restriction, or provisions shall be reported to the city council at its next regular meeting for the purpose of having the same approved, modified, or disaffirmed by resolution of the council. (Ord. 666 §§1--4, 1978).
10.20.040 Stop signs.
The placement of stop signs is authorized and directed as follows:
As to the intersection of:
A. Waldrip Street and 7th Street, on Waldrip Street so as to require any and all traffic entering into the intersection from either the east or the west to come to a stop prior to entry into or through the intersection.
B. Eaton Street and 7th Street, on Eaton Street so as to require any and all traffic entering into the intersection from either the east or the west to come to a stop prior to entry into or through the intersection.
The traffic control devices map of the city shall be amended to reflect the placement of the signs authorized and directed pursuant to this section. (Ord. 995 §§1, 2, 1998).
10.20.050 Trailers and recreational vehicles.
A. Except as allowed by the provisions of Ordinance No. 1061, now codified in part in Sections 15.36.065, 17.04.035, 17.08.010, and 17.08.020, neither a trailer, whether designed for utility or commercial transportation purposes, nor a recreational vehicle, including, by way of representation and not limitation, motor homes, fifth-wheeler trailers, camp trailers, and pickup trucks upon which campers are mounted, shall be parked upon any public right-of-way for more than seventy-two consecutive hours. For the purpose of calculation of a violation of this section, it shall be deemed to have been so parked if it is parked for that period within any one-thousand-two-hundred-foot consecutive portion of the right-of-way. Removing of the unit from that area for a period of less than twelve hours shall not constitute a break in the time calculation in determination of a violation.
B. Commercial vehicles, including those defined as a combined vehicle pursuant to the provisions of RCW 46.04.130, as now existing or hereafter amended, having more than a single rear axle, shall not be parked upon the public right-of-way located within an area zoned R-1 or R-R except for such period of time as may be necessary to allow loading or unloading of materials transported by or to be transported by the vehicle in question.
C. At no time shall the vehicle be parked in such a manner as to reduce the area of the right-of-way available for motor vehicle travel to less than fifteen feet in width.
D. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon a finding of committed, be subject to citation and punishment pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.28.010 as a Class 1 civil infraction and the vehicle subject to impoundment pursuant to the provisions of RCW 46.55.085; provided, that if in the opinion of the officer the vehicle's location constitutes a risk of danger to the life and property of the citizens, impoundment and removal may be ordered immediately. (Ord. 1089 §1, 2008).
For statutory provisions concerning the prohibition of stopping, standing and parking in certain areas, see RCW 46.61.570.