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Home My WebLink About020-25 - Ordinance - Parking, Standing, and StoppingDocusign Envelope ID: 9223E457-0CAC-4F0E-BE4E-E703048DE989 ORDINANCE NO. 020-25 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, RELATING TO PARKING, STANDING, AND STOPPING; AMENDING SECTIONS 10.12.500, 10.12.510, AND 10.12.520 OF THE PORT ORCHARD MUNICIPAL CODE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; 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 areas of the City; and WHEREAS, in accordance with that authority, the City's regulations for this topic are codified at Port Orchard Municipal Code (POMC) Chapter 10.12, including regulations for parking lots owned and operated by the City of Port Orchard; 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 of Port Orchard recently completed the Marina Pump Station upgrades, and will be reopening the waterfront parking lot — Lot 1 — that was impacted by the project; and WHEREAS, in response to requests from downtown merchants, the City will reinitiate the monthly parking pass program for downtown merchants to utilize designated parking stalls by purchased passes between the hours of 4 a.m. and 10 a.m., Monday through Saturday; and WHEREAS, staff audited the existing regulations and identified necessary amendments to address the reinitiation of parking pass program and address existing issues with permit parking; 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 CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Amendment. Port Orchard Municipal Code Section 10.12.500, Parking time limited on certain city parking lots, is amended to read as follows: 10.12.500 Parking time limited on certain city parking lots. (1) The city parking lots are identified as follows: Docusign Envelope ID: 9223E457-0CAC-4F0E-BE4E-E703048DE989 Ordinance No. 020-25 Page 2 of 4 (k) Lot 1, which lies between Orchard and Frederick Streets, on the north of Bay Street. Parking in Lot 1 shall be allowed for a maximum period of four hours, except for stalls marked for thirty -minute load/unload only, and those marked for monthly merchant parking pass parking only, subject to POMC 10.12.520(2). (n) Etta Turner Park, which lies north of the Bethel Avenue/Bay Street Roundabout. Parking shall be allowed for a maximum of four hours. (2) Parking restrictions in Lots 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 shall be enforced on a 24 -hour basis, except Saturday, Sunday and federal holidays. Parking restrictions in Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 shall be enforced on a 24 -hour basis, except Sunday and federal holidays. Except as otherwise set out in this Chapter, no person having control over a vehicle may park such vehicle beyond the time limit permitted by official signs. *** SECTION 2. Amendment. Port Orchard Municipal Code Section 10.12.510, Parking Passes, is amended to read as follows: 10.12.510 Parking passes. Parking passes are established for city parking lots defined in POMC 10.12.500 and are subject to sales and use tax defined in RCW 82.14.020(3). (1) Daily Contractor's Parking Pass. A contractor's parking pass shall be $8.00 per day per parking space per 24 -hour period. A valid contractor's parking pass authorizes the contractor to park in Lot 1, other than stalls marked for thirty -minute load or unload only, for the duration of the day identified on the pass, subject to all other applicable parking regulations. The purpose of this pass is to accommodate a temporary need of parking, as determined by the city engineer. (2) City Employee Parking Pass. Each employee may receive one employee parking pass at no cost to the employee upon request to the finance department. The pass must be relinquished to the city on the employee's last day of employment or at any time upon request by the city. (3) Monthly Downtown Merchant Parking Pass. A downtown merchant parking pass is available to documented business owners, and their documented employees, whose business and place of employment is located in the downtown Port Orchard area between and including the 500 and 1300 blocks of Bay Street and the north and west side of Prospect Street. Downtown merchant parking passes will require the payment as designated in subsection (3)(a) of this section in United States currency and may be purchased from the city finance department. Downtown merchant parking passes are nonrefundable. (a) Monthly downtown merchant parking pass rates are as follows: $35.00. Docusign Envelope ID: 9223E457-0CAC-4F0E-BE4E-E703048DE989 Ordinance No. 020-25 Page 3 of 4 SECTION 3. Amendment. Port Orchard Municipal Code Section 10.12.520, Parking Passes — Rules, is amended to read as follows: 10.12.520 Parking passes — Rules. The following rules apply to the use of city parking passes as defined in POMC 10.12.510 as follows: (1) Posting of Passes. Passes for merchants, city employee, and contractor's passes must be affixed to the bottom portion of the hangtag provided and then hung from the rearview mirror located on the vehicle's front windshield. If no rearview mirror exists, the hangtag shall be placed face up on the middle of the dash and made clearly visible from outside of the front of the vehicle. It is the responsibility of the pass holder to place the parking pass as described above. (2) Stalls Reserved 4:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Designated parking stalls in Lot 1 will be marked to allow parking only by a contractor's parking pass or monthly downtown merchant parking pass between the hours of 4:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., except Sunday and federal holidays. Pass holders may park in these designated stalls on a first -come, first serve basis, without being subject to the applicable time limit, however, pass holders are subject to all other applicable parking regulations. After 10:00 a.m., the designated stalls become open to all users and regular time limits apply. (2) Enforcement. The city -issued parking pass allows the specified vehicle to park in a city - designated parking lot. Except as otherwise set forth in this Chapter, the parking pass does not allow the vehicle to park in excess of the posted hours or be exempt from any posted parking rules in any other location. Violation of this section is a Class A infraction. SECTION 4. Authorization to Post Signs. The City Engineer is hereby directed to post the signs as required by this Ordinance and as a result of the amendments herein upon the effective date of this Ordinance. 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 18th day of November 2025. Docusign Envelope ID: 9223E457-0CAC-4F0E-BE4E-E703048DE989 Ordinance No. 020-25 Page 4 of 4 �.Signed by: I°oti Maaltsuu Robert Putaansuu, Mayor ATTEST: Brandy Wallace, MMC, City Clerk ,��ti�tirttirrrrrr�ri,� ��``4P�R P�4?",,, -_ • SEA AS TO FORM: itv'd t V Charlotte A. Archer, City Attorney PUBLISHED: December 1, 2025 EFFECTIVE DATE: December 6, 2025