026-20 - Ordinance - Parking on Public Streets, Amending Section 10.12.270 and 10.12.500 of the POMCoRDtNANCE NO.025-20
AN ORDTNANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHTNGTON, RELATTNG TO
PARKING ON PUBIIC STREETS; AMENDING SECTION LO.t2.270 AND 10.12.500 OF
THE PORT ORCHARD MUNICIPAL CODE, AND ESTABTISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, WAC 308.330.270 authorizes the City to adopt regulations to prohibit,
regulate or limit stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in the City; and
WHEREAS, Port Orchard Municipal Code (POMC) Section 10.12.080(1) authorizes the
City Council to from time to time, establish parking prohibitions and restrictions on portions of
certain specified streets; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it in the best interest of the City of Port Orchard to
periodically reviewand update such regulations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council chose to codify the parking regulations in order to aid the
public in its ability to access and review said regulations; and
i; WHEREAS, specific revisions to POMC Section I0.12.27O, Stopping, standing and
parking, and POMC Section L0.12.500 Parking prohibited at all times, are hereby proposed by
staff; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the proposed amendments and believes it to
be in the best interests of the City to enact the proposed amendments; now, therefore,
THE CtTy COUNCTL OF THE CtTy OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHTNGTON, DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section IO.L2.27O of the Port Orchard Munici pal Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
LO.L2.27O Stopping, standing and parking.
L) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law
or the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, no person shall:
(a) Stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the
roadway.
(b)Stop, stand, or park a vehicle:
(i) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge of a curb of a
streeU
(ii) On a sidewalk, curb, or street planting strip;
(iii) Within an intersection;
(iv) On a crosswalk;
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(v) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing,
or parking would obstruct traffic;
(vi) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway
tunnel;
(vii) On any railroad tracks; or
(viii) ln the area between roadways of a divided highway including crossovers.
(c) Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or
discharge a passenger or passengers:
(i) ln front of a public or private driveway or within five feet of the end of the curb radius
leading thereto;
(ii) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
(iii) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk;
(iv) Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or
traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway;
(v) Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of the
street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance when properly
posted; or
(vi) Within L5 feet of a clearly visible mailbox which is located directly adjacent to
cu rbside or right-of-way.
(d) Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and
while actually engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers:
(i) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.
(2) lt shall be unlawful for any person to reserve or attempt to reserve any portion of a
highway for the purpose of stopping, standing, or parking to the exclusion of any other like
person, nor shall any person be granted such right.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a
two-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels parallel to and
within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or as close as practicable to the right edge of the right-
hand shoulder.
(4) Except when otherwise provided by this section, every vehicle stopped or parked
upon a one-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked parallel to the curb or edge of the
roadway, in the direction of authorized traffic movement, with its right-hand wheels within 12
inches of the right-hand curb or as close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand
shoulder, or with its left-hand wheels within 12 inches of the left-hand curb or as close as
practicable to the left edge of the left-hand shoulder.
(5) Subsections (1) through (4) of this section do not apply to the driver of any vehicle
that is disabled in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and
temporarily leaving the vehicle in such position. The driver shall nonetheless arrange for the
prompt removal of the vehicle.
(6) Violation of this section is a Class A parking infraction.
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SECTION 2. Section 10.1-2.500 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
10.12.500 Parking prohibited at alltimes.
When signs are erected by the city engineer giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle
at any time upon any of the streets or parts of streets described as follows:
1. Ada Street:on the north side of Ada
Street, in front of 825 Ada
Street.
2. Advantage Avenue:
3. Andasio Loop SE:
4. Arnold Avenue E.:
5. Arnold Avenue E
6. Bay Street
7. Bay Street:
on the west side of the
north 350 feet of roadway
and on the left-hand side,
as the traffic flows, of the
remainder of the street.
on the outside curb along
the entire loop.
along the west side of
Arnold Avenue E., from
the Lawrence Street
intersection, to the
northeast towards Bay St.,
100 feet.
along the east side of
Arnold Avenue E., from
the Bay Street
intersection, to the south
66 feet,
on both sides, from the
traffic signal on SR 166
(Bay/Maple Street) for a
distance of 200 feet
northeast of Guy Wetzel
Street.
at the intersection with
Wharf Street (Mitchell
Point), along the outside
radius of the existing road
as delineated by the
established guard rail.
on the south side fromB. Bay Street
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9. Bay Street:
1-0. Bay Street:
L1. Bay Street:
L2. Becky Avenue:
1-3. BethelAvenue
14. Cedar Canyon
1-5. Chanting Circle SW:
16. Chatterton Avenue SW
1-7. Chowchilla Way:
18. Dallas Street:
Tracy Avenue, westerly for
a distance of 200 feet.
on the north side, from
the DeKalb Street
pedestrian pier westerly
for 7O feet and in front of
501 Bay Street.
at the southwest corner of
the intersection with
Arnold Avenue E., from
the point of curvature to
the point of tangency of
the curve radius.
on the south side from
Dekalb Street, 130 feet to
the east.
on both sides of street,
from Dallas Street south to
dead end.
on the west side from the
driveway at 1L30 Bethel
Avenue, 245 feet north.
on both sides of the street
within 1-00 feet of the
Tremont Street right-of-
way.
on both sides of street,
from Old Clifton Road 260
feet. Then on the east side
to Chanting Circle. Then
along the inside curb of
the remaining part of
Chanting Circle.
on the west side of street.
on the south side of street.
on the right-hand side, as
the traffic flows.
on both sides from Cline
Avenue easterly to dead
19. DeKalb Street:
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20. DeKalb Street:
21-. DeKalb Street
22. DeKalb Street:
23. Donna Street
24. Egret Street:
25. Fiscal Street:
26. Fantail Place
27. Farragut Avenue
28. Forest Park Street
29. Glenmore Loop:
30. Glenwood Road SW
3L. Grebe Way:
32. Guy Wetzel Street
end.
on the south side, from
Sidney Avenue westerly
for a distance of L00 feet.
on the north side, from
Tracy Avenue easterly to
the end of DeKalb Street.
on the south side, from
Mitchell Avenue to the
east side of Tracy Avenue.
on the south side of street
on the south side of the
street.
on the south side of the
street.
on the east side of the
street.
on both sides, from
DeKalb Street to Morton
Street; except, on the east
side, l-60 feet north of
DeKalb Street.
On both sides of the
street.
on the inside radius of the
entire loop.
on the north side, from
Sidney Road 350 feet
west.
on the north side, from
Siskin Circle to Swift
Avenue.
on both sides from Bay
Street to Perry Avenue.
on both sides from Olney
Avenue to Glenmore Loop
and the north side from
Glenmore Loop to west
33. Huntington Street
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34. Jabirin Way
35. Koda Circle:
36. Landis Ct. SW
37. Lazuli Street:
38. Lippert Drive:
39. Lloyd Parkway:
40. Lowren Street
4l-. Lumsden Road:
42. Lone Bear Drive:
43. Longview Avenue:
44. MitchellAvenue:
45. Murrelet Avenue
46. Pickford Place SW
47. Plisko Avenue
end terminus.
on the north side of street.
along fire lanes where
marked/posted.
on the northeast side
on the south side, from
Wigeon Avenue to Siskin
Circle.
on both sides, from
Pottery Avenue to
Advantage Street.
on both sides from SW Old
Clifton Road to Lumsden
Road.
on the right-hand side, as
the traffic flows on the
one-way portion of the
street.
on both sides of the street,
on both sides from Feigley
Road to 100 feet west of
Chatterton Avenue SW.
on east side of street.
on both sides, from Bay
Street to Kitsap Street.
on both sides, from Old
Clifton Road to Siskin
Circle.
on the left-hand side as
the traffic flows on the
street, from SW Colbert
Way to end of cul-de-sac.
on both sides, from
Mitchell Avenue to Mile
Hill Drive.
on the inside radius of the48. Prospect Street:
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49. Pottery Avenue
50. Retsil Road:
51. Robert Geiger Street
52. RockwellAvenue:
53. Ross Street
54. Sage Court:
55. Sage Street
56. Seattle Avenue:
57. Sherman Avenue:
58. Sidney Avenue:
curve between Robert
Geiger Street and
Frederick Avenue.
on both sides of the street,
within 1-00 feet of the
Tremont Street right-of-
way.
on the west side, from the
north corporate limits to
the south property line of
982 Retsil Road.
other than official city
vehicles, parking is
prohibited at all times
along the south side, from
Bay Street to Prospect
Street.
on both sides, from Bay
Street to Kitsap Street.
on the south side of the
400 block.
on both sides of street.
on both sides from Pottery
Avenue east for a distance
of 70 feet and on the left-
hand side, as the traffic
flows, on the remainder of
the street,
on the east side, from Bay
Street southerly for a
distance of 82 feet.
on the east side of the
L200-1300 block from the
dead end 980 feet north.
on the west side from Bay
Street to Prospect Street.
on the inside curb of Siskin
Circle throughout the
circle.
59. Siskin Circle:
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60. Snowridge Avenue:
61-. Sprague Street:
62. Sroufe Street
63. Strathmore Circle SW:
54. Sweany Street
65. Sweany Street
66. Swift Avenue
67. SW Colbert Way:
68. SW Old Clifton Road
69. SW Stanwick Way
70. Tremont Place
7l-. Tremont Street
on the left-hand side, as
the traffic flows on the
street.
on the right-hand side, as
the traffic flows on the
one-way portion of the
street.
on the south side, from
Sidney Avenue to Portland
Avenue.
on outside of circle
traveling either direction.
on the north side, from
Cline Avenue westerly for
a distance of 340 feet.
on the south side, from
Sidney Avenue westerly
for a distance of 200 feet.
on west side, from Siskin
Circle to Lazuli Street.
on left-hand side of street
as the traffic flows, from
Pickford Place SW to
Chatterton Avenue SW.
on both sides from
Chanting Circle SW to
Campus Parkway.
on the right-hand side of
street as the traffic flows,
from Lone Bear Drive to
Pickford Place SW.
on both sides of street
from 233 Tremont Place
driveway to end of road
gua rd ra il.
on both sides of the street,
within 100 feet of Pottery
Avenue right-of-way.
on both sides of street72. Warbler Way:
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73. Warbler Way
74. Wilkins Drive:
75. Lot 4
ATTEST:
from Old Clifton Road to
Siskin Circle.
from Siskin Circle to curve
(park) on south side and
on east side from curve
(park)to Grebe Way.
on both sides, from the
west terminus, eastward
350 feet.
all of Lot 4, as defined in
POMC 10.1_2.580,
Saturdays from 5:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., from April
1st through October 31st.
SECTION 3. Authorization for Posting Signs. The City Engineer is hereby directed to post
the signs as required and as a result of the amendments of Section 1O.L2.270 AND 10.12.500,
after passage of this Ordinance, before the Effective Date.
SECTION 4. Severability. lf any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or
phrase of this ordinance is declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this ordinance.
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect five (5) days
after posting and publication as required by law. A summary of this Ordinance may be
published in lieu of the entire ordinance, as authorized by State Law.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Orchard, APPROVED by the Mayor and
attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this L3th day of October 2020.
Robert Putaansuu, Mayor
It
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Brandy Rinearson, MMC, City Clerk
SEAL
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APPROVED AS TO FORM SPONSORED BY:
Charlotte A. Archer, City Attorney
PUBLISHED: October L6, 2020
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 2L, 2020
Scott Diener, Councilmember