018-18 - Ordinance - Amending Chapter 10.12 Parking, Standing and StoppingORDINANCE NO. 018-18
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, RELATING TO
PARKING ON PUBLIC STREETS; AMENDING SECTIONS 10.12.010, 10.12.500 AND
ADDING A NEW SECTION 10.12.640 (PARKING OF CERTAIN TRAILERS AND SEMI
TRAILERS) OF THE PORT ORCHARD MUNICIPAL CODE, PROVIDING FOR THE
POSTING OF SIGNS AND FOR SEVERABILITY, AND ESTABLISHING 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 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 review and 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
WHEREAS, staff has inspected and verified the parking conditions, including signage, at
each of the locations described and seeks to modify the regulations so that the regulations
correctly reflect the true conditions; now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1, Section 10.12.010 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
10.12.010 Definitions.
(1) "Bicycle" means every device propelled solely by human power upon which a person or
persons may ride, having two tandem wheels either of which is 16 inches or more in diameter,
or three wheels either of which is more than 20 inches in diameter. (RCW 46.04.071)
(2) "Bus" means every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than 10 passengers and used
for transportation of persons, and every motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used
for the transportation of persons for compensation. (WAC 308-330-109)
(3) "Bus stop" means a fixed portion of the highway parallel and adjacent to the curb to be
reserved exclusively for buses for layover in operating schedules or while waiting for, loading,
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or unloading passengers; provided, that such bus provides regularly scheduled service within
the jurisdiction of the local authority. (WAC 308-330-112)
(4) "Crosswalk" means the portion of the roadway between the intersection area and a
prolongation or connection of the farthest sidewalk line or in the event there are no sidewalks
then between the intersection area and a line 10 feet therefrom, except as modified by a
marked crosswalk. (RCW 46.04.160)
(5) "Department" means the department of licensing unless otherwise specified in this chapter.
(WAC 308-330-121)
(6) "Director" means the director of licensing unless the director of a different department of
government is specified. (WAC 308-330-123)
(7) "Holidays" include the first day of January, commonly called New Year's Day; the third
Monday in January, commonly called Martin Luther King Jr. day; the third Monday of February,
being celebrated as the anniversary of the birth of George Washington; the thirtieth day of
May, commonly known as Memorial Day; the fourth day of July, being the anniversary of the
Declaration of Independence; the first Monday in September, to be known as Labor Day; the
fourth Thursday in November, to be known as Thanksgiving Day; the twenty-fifth day of
December, commonly called Christmas Day; and any other day specified by ordinance by the
city of Port Orchard to be a holiday. Whenever any holiday falls upon a Sunday, the following
Monday shall be a holiday. (WAC 308-330-127)
(8) "Legal owner" means a person having a security interest in a vehicle perfected in
accordance with Chapter 46.12 RCW or the registered owner of a vehicle unencumbered by a
security interest or the lessor of a vehicle unencumbered by a security interest. (RCW
46.04.270)
(9) "Loading zone" means a space reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading
or unloading of property or passengers. (WAC 308-330-133)
(10) "Motor vehicle" shall mean every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is
propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails.
(RCW 46.04.320)
(11) "Official time standard" means, whenever certain hours are named, standard time or
daylight saving time as may be in current use within the jurisdiction of the local authority. (WAC
308-330-136)
(12) "Park or parking" means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise
than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading
property or passengers. (RCW 46.04.381)
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(13) "Passenger loading zone" means a place reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles while
receiving or discharging passengers. (WAC 308-330-151)
(14) "Planting strips" means that portion of a highway lying between the constructed curb, or
edge of the roadway, and the property line exclusive of the sidewalk area. (WAC 308-330-154);
(15) "Police or police officer" includes the police officers of a city, a town marshal, or the sheriff
and his/her deputies of a county, whichever is applicable, but when the term sheriff is used in
this chapter, it shall only mean the sheriff. (WAC 308-330-157)i
(16) "Police chief or chief of police" includes the police chief or chief police officer of a city, a
town marshal, or the sheriff of a county, whichever is applicable, but when the term sheriff is
used in this chapter, it shall only mean the sheriff. (WAC 308-330-160)
(17) "Police department" includes the police department of a city or town or the sheriff's office
of a county, whichever is applicable, but when the term sheriff is used in this chapter, it shall
only mean the sheriff. (WAC 308-330-163)
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|(18) "Private road or driveway" includes every way or place in private ownership and used for
travel of vehicles by the owner or those having express or implied permission from the owner,
but not by other persons. (RCW 46.04.420)
(19) "School bus zone" means a designated portion of the highway along the curb reserved for
loading and unloading school buses during designated hours. (WAC 308-330-169)
(20) "Service parking" means the use of a parking meter space while rendering service in
cleaning, painting, adjusting, or making minor repairs or replacements in or to buildings or
building equipment or to public utilities. (WAC 308-330-172)
(21) "Sidewalk" means that property between the curb lines or the lateral lines of a roadway
and the adjacent property, set aside and intended for the use of pedestrians or such portion of
private property parallel and in proximity to a public highway and dedicated to use by
pedestrians. (RCW 46.04.540)
(22) "Stand or standing" means the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise
than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging
passengers. (RCW 46.04.555)
(23) "Street" means a "city street." (WAC 308-330-175)
(24) "Taxicab" means a motor vehicle for hire used for the transportation of persons or
compensation, and not operated exclusively over a fixed route or between fixed termini. (WAC
308-330-178)
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(25) "Taxicab stand" means a fixed portion of a highway set aside for taxicabs to stand or wait
for passengers. (WAC 308-330-181)
(26) "Tow truck operator" means a person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation which,
in its course of business, provides towing services for vehicles and automobile hulks. (WAC 308-
330-184)
(27) "Traffic division" means the traffic division of the police department of the local authority,
or in the event a traffic division is not established, then said term whenever used in this chapter
shall be deemed to refer to the police department of the local authority. (WAC 308-330-187)
(28) 'Trailer or semi-trailer" includes every vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn
by a vehicle, motor vehicle, or truck tractor and so constructed that an applicable part of its
weight rests upon or is carried by such motor vehicle, but does not include a municipal transit
vehicle or recreational vehicle.
(29) "Vehicle" includes every device capable of being moved upon a public highway and in,
upon, or by which any persons or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public
highway, excepting devices moved by human or animal power or used exclusively upon
stationary rails or tracks. (RCW 46.04.670)
(30) "U-turn" means turning a vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction on the same
roadway. (WAC 308-330-190) (Ord. 1650 § 2, 1996).
SECTION 2, Section 10.12.500 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
10.12.500 Parking prohibited at all times.
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.
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
Advantage Avenue:2.
Andasio Loop SE:3.
Arnold Avenue E.:4.
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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 guardrail.
on the south side from Tracy
Avenue, westerly for a
distance of 200 feet.
on the north side, from the
DeKalb Street pedestrian pier
westerly for 70 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 both sides of street, from
Dallas Street south to dead
end.
on both sides of the street
within 100 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
Arnold Avenue E.:5.
6. Bay Street:
7. Bay Street:
8. Bay Street:
9.Bay Street:
10. Bay Street:
11. Becky Avenue:
12. Cedar Canyon:
13. Chanting Circle SW:
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remaining part of Chanting
Circle.
on right-hand side of street as
the traffic flows.
on the south side of street.
on the right-hand side, as the
traffic flows.
on both sides from Cline
Avenue easterly to dead end.
on the south side, from
Sidney Avenue westerly for a
distance of 100 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, 160
feet north of DeKalb 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
14. Chatterton Avenue SW:
15. Chowchilla Way:
16. Dallas Street:
17. DeKalb Street:
18. DeKalb Street:
19. DeKalb Street:
20. DeKalb Street:
21. Donna Street:
22. Egret Street:
23. Fiscal Street:
24. Fantail Place:
25. Farragut Avenue:
26. Glenmore Loop:
27. Glenwood Road SW:
28. Grebe Way:
29. Guy Wetzel Street:
30. Huntington Street:
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Avenue to Glenmore Loop
and the north side from
Glenmore Loop to west end
terminus.
on the north side of street.
along fire lanes where
marked/posted.
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 SW Stanwick Way.
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 south side of street.
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 the
curve between Robert Geiger
Street and Frederick Avenue.
on both sides of the street,
within 100 feet of the
31. Jabirin Way:
32. Koda Circle:
33. Lazuli Street:
34. Lippert Drive:
35. Lloyd Parkway:
36. Lowren Street:
37. Lumsden Road:
38. Lone Bear Drive:
39. Longview Avenue:
40. Mitchell Avenue:
41. Murrelet Avenue:
42. Orlando Street:
43. Pickford Place SW:
44. Plisko Avenue:
45. Prospect Street:
46. Pottery Avenue:
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Tremont Street right-of-way.
on the west side, from the
north corporate limits to the
south property line of 982
Retsil Road.
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 of the 1200
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.
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.
47. Retsil Road:
48. Rockwell Avenue:
49. Ross Street:
50. Sage Court:
51. Sage Street:
52. Sherman Avenue:
53. Sidney Avenue:
54. Siskin Circle:
55. Snowridge Avenue:
56. Sprague Street:
57. Sroufe Street:
58. Strathmore Circle SW:
59. Sweany Street:
60. Sweany Street:
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61. Swift Avenue: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 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 guardrail.
on both sides of the street,
within 100 feet of Pottery
Avenue right-of-way.
on both sides of street 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 10.12.580, Saturdays
from 5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
from April 1st through
October 31st.
62. SW Colbert Way:
63. SW Stanwick Way:
64. Tremont Place:
65. Tremont Street:
66. Warbler Way:
67. Warbler Way:
68. Wilkins Drive:
69. Lot 4:
SECTION 3. Section 10.12.640 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code is hereby added to
read as follows:
10.12.640 Parking of certain trailers and semi-trailers.
No trailer or semi-trailer shall be parked upon any city street unless the trailer or semi-trailer is
attached to a vehicle by which it may be propelled or drawn. In case of accident, such trailer or
semi-trailer may be moved to the side of the street, and if a good and sufficient red signal is
displayed at both ends of the trailer or semi-trailer during the hours of darkness, such trailer or
semi-trailer may be permitted or allowed to remain for a period not exceeding twenty-four
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hours pending removal, except that such trailer or semi-trailer shall not remain upon any
portion of a city street where standing or parking is limited or prohibited for a period longer
than is necessary to effect its removal.
SECTION 4. Posting Signs. The City Engineer is hereby directed to post the signs as
required and as a result of the amendments to Section 10.12.500, after passage of this
ordinance, before the Effective Date.
SECTION 5. Severability. If 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 6. 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 10th day of July 2018.
Robert Putaansuu, Mayor
!*•>ATTEST:,,
: seal :•i 13 ".o' £Brandy Rinearson, MMC, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:SPONSOR: <•
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aron Cates, City Attorney Scott Diener, Councilmember
July 20, 2018
July 25, 2018
PUBLISHED:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
NOTICE OF CITY OF PORT ORCHARD
ORDINANCE
The following is a summary of an Ordinance approved by the Port Orchard City Council at their regular Council
meeting held July 10, 2018.
ORDINANCE NO. 018-18
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, RELATING TO
PARKING ON PUBLIC STREETS; AMENDING SECTIONS 10.12.010, 10.12.500 AND
ADDING A NEW SECTION 10.12.640 (PARKING OF CERTAIN TRAILERS AND SEMI-
TRAILERS) OF THE PORT ORCHARD MUNICIPAL CODE, PROVIDING FOR THE
POSTING OF SIGNS AND FOR SEVERABILITY, AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
Copies of Ordinance No. 018-18 are available for review at the office of the City Clerk of the City of Port Orchard.
Upon written request, a statement of the full text of the Ordinance will be mailed to any interested person without
charge. Thirty days after publication, copies of Ordinance No. 018-18 will be provided at a nominal charge.
City of Port Orchard
Brandy Rinearson
City Clerk
Published: Friday, July 20, 2018