Chapter 9.08
Parking Regulations
Sections:
9.08.010 Traffic engineer designated--Authority.
9.08.020 Consultation with committee required.
9.08.030 Parking regulations--Establishment.
9.08.040 Parking regulations--Submission to city council required--Action.
9.08.050 Additional citations for parking violations.
9.08.070 Unpaid traffic violations.
9.08.080 Designated parking map.
9.08.100 Parking restrictions--Presumptions and penalties.
9.08.110 Director of public works to designate on-street handicapped parking.
9.08.120 Trailers--Recreational vehicles--Commercial vehicles.
9.08.010 Traffic engineer designated--Authority.
Pursuant to the authorization provided by RCW 46.90.260, the city engineer is designated as the traffic engineer for the city and is authorized to delegate such authority as he deems appropriate to the director of public works in relation to the performance of the duties authorized by and/or imposed upon the engineer by this chapter and pursuant to appropriate provisions of the Revised Code of Washington. (Ord. 1034 §1, 1977).
9.08.020 Consultation with committee required.
In carrying out the studies and in preparing the regulatory provisions and provisions under this chapter, 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) Director of public works;
(3) A member of the city staff appointed by the mayor;
(4) One or more members of the city council appointed by the city council. (Ord. 1211 §1, 1985: Ord. 1034 §2, 1977).
9.08.030 Parking regulations--Establishment.
At the consultation with the committee designated pursuant to Section 9.08.020 of this chapter, the traffic engineer or his designee shall, consistent with the provisions of this code, the Model Traffic Ordinance, and other applicable ordinances or law:
(1) Determine upon what streets or portions thereof the vehicles shall be angle parked, as distinguished from parallel parked, and shall indicate the same by marks or signs placed in such streets or portions thereof;
(2) Determine the location of and establish the time-limit regulations for parking;
(3) Prohibit, at certain times or entirely, or shorten the time during which vehicles may be parked in locations where traffic tends to congest;
(4) Establish such parking zones or parking meter zones and the time limits for parking therein, and upon authorization by the city council as a body install, maintain and operate parking meters therein;
(5) Make recommendations on such other traffic-related matters as may be referred to it by the mayor or the council. (Ord. 1211 §2, 1985: Ord. 1034 § 3, 1977).
9.08.040 Parking regulations--Submission to city council required--Action.
No regulation, provision or restriction established by the traffic engineer or his designee shall be considered to be in effect until the proposed regulations, direction or restriction shall have been submitted formally to a regularly scheduled meeting of the city council. In the event that the city council takes no action, then the regulation, restriction or provision shall take effect upon the date established by the traffic engineer or his designee. In the event the city council takes action, it shall not take effect until such date and in only such form as is approved by subsequent formal action of the council. (Ord. 1034 §4, 1977).
9.08.050 Additional citations for parking violations.
(a) In the event that an authorized employee or officer of the city issues a parking citation or notice to a vehicle as a result of violation of the parking regulations of the city and thereafter returns and the vehicle continues to be in violation of the regulations, the officer shall be authorized to:
(1) In the event the vehicle violation is as a result of violation of time limits, an additional citation may be issued so long as a time period greater than the restricted time within the zone has elapsed since the issuance of the prior citation;
(2) In the event of any other violation of the parking regulations, an additional citation may be issued so long as more than fifteen minutes has elapsed since the issuance of the prior citation.
(b) No provision of this section shall in any way limit the officer's ability to provide for the removal of the vehicle when such removal is authorized by law or the interest of safety requires such removal. (Ord. 1309 §1, 1991).
9.08.060 Violation--Penalty.
Notices of violation which shall be deemed to be infractions, as defined under the Model Traffic Ordinance, shall be subject to issuance to any person or upon any vehicle which is parked in violation of the parking regulations of the city as they may from time-to-time be established. Penalties, upon a finding of committed, shall be as follows:
(1) Forty dollars plus any applicable state-imposed assessment for any violation of the parking regulations of the city, including but not limited to RCW 46.61.560, except for those violations covered in subsection (2) of this section;
(2) Overtime parking:
(A) Twenty dollars for the first citation issued in any particular day,
(B) For a second violation and subsequent violations issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.08.050 of this chapter for a multiple violation: thirty dollars. (Ord. 1482 §1, 2005: Ord. 1480 §1, 2004: Ord. 1402 §1, 1998: Ord. 1309 §2, 1991).
9.08.070 Unpaid traffic violations.
To the extent allowed by law, the clerk-controller of the municipal court shall report all unpaid traffic violations to the department of licensing when an individual vehicle has two or more parking violations outstanding and unpaid. (Ord. 1309 §3, 1991).
9.08.080 Designated parking map.
There shall be maintained with the clerk-controller of the municipal court a designated map reflecting the official parking restrictions and limitations within the city. That map shall be deemed to be the official control for determination of such restrictions. It shall be subject to modifications, additions, or amendments from timeto-time as provided by Section 9.08.030 of this chapter, subject to approval as provided in Section 9.08.040 of this chapter. (Ord. 1309 §4, 1991).
9.08.090 Parking permits.
(a) In the event the parking regulations of the city prohibit parking for two hours or more within the front of a dwelling unit, then an inhabitant of that dwelling unit shall be eligible to receive for his or her vehicle a parking permit which shall authorize that vehicle to park upon the public right-of-way in the vicinity of the dwelling unit without being deemed in violation of parking time limits established for the area; provided that the following restrictions shall apply:
(1) The permit shall not be issued if the chief determines that the dwelling unit has off-street parking reasonably available to it; or
(2) In the event the dwelling unit and the inhabitants thereof have already received two such parking permits, no additional permits shall be issued.
(b) It shall be the responsibility of the holder of a parking permit to notify the police department in the event the vehicle to which the permit is issued is no longer utilized by that inhabitant. (Ord. 1309 §5, 1991).
9.08.100 Parking restrictions--Presumptions and penalties.
The following presumptions and penalties shall apply in the enforcement of the restrictions imposed by the parking provisions of this code:
(1) A showing that a vehicle was found parking in any on-street parking space within said time limited parking zone at a time longer than is authorized for that zone, after it was previously noted in the same or any other on-street parking space within that zone, within any consecutive eight-hour period, shall constitute a prima facie presumption that the vehicle has been parked in violation of this code.
(2) If a vehicle is found, pursuant to this section, parked within the same time zone designated herein for a second or subsequent consecutive time period, that finding shall constitute the infraction of chain parking and result in a penalty of twenty-five dollars.
(3) Any violation of parking restrictions not based upon time limits, including, by way of example and not by way of limitation, handicapped and loading zones, shall be subject to the infraction penalties established by the applicable statute or court rule. (Ord. 1387 § 2, 1996).
9.08.110 Director of public works to designate on-street handicapped parking.
The director of public works, after consultation with the model traffic ordinance committee, shall have the authority to designate on street handicapped parking spaces located upon the public rights-of-way. Those sites designated shall be marked by appropriate signing and, upon their designation, shall be included upon the parking control map of the city and shall be subject to enforcement by the police department. (Ord. 1387 § 4, 1996).
9.08.120 Trailers--Recreational vehicles--Commercial vehicles.
(a) Except as specifically allowed by the provisions of the Model Traffic Ordinance, adopted by reference in Section 9.04.011, or the specific provisions of Title 17 of this code, 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, R-2, R-3, or RR except for such period of time as may be necessary to allow loading or unloading of materials transported or to be transported by the vehicle in question.
(c) At no time shall a 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 1.08.010 of the Municipal Code 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. 1528 §1, 2009).