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ORDINANCE NO. 012-26
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, RELATING TO
PARKING, STANDING, AND STOPPING; AMENDING SECTIONS 10.12.460 AND
10.12.500 OF THE PORT ORCHARD MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD NEW PARKING
PROHIBITIONS AND TO ESTABLISH THE BAY STREET LOT; PROVIDING 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 areas of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City's regulations for parking, standing, and stopping are codified at
POMC Chapter 10.12; and
WHEREAS, POMC 10.12.050(1) authorizes the City Council to establish parking
prohibitions and restrictions on streets and alleys, which are codified at POMC 10.12.460; and
WHEREAS, staff have identified additional streets requiring parking prohibitions for
public safety and circulation; and
WHEREAS, the City has leased a paved parking lot at 620 Bay Street and must add that
facility to POMC 10.12.500; and
WHEREAS, the City Council now wishes to amend POMC 10.12.460 and 10.12.500; now,
therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 10.12.460 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
10.12.460 Parking prohibited at all times.
(1) When signs or markings are installed 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. Advantage Avenue: 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.
2. Amherst Way SW: on both sides of the street.
3. Andasio Loop SE: on the outside curb along the entire loop.
4. Arnold Avenue E: along the west side of Arnold Avenue E, from the Lawrence Street intersection, to
the northeast towards Bay Street, 100 feet.
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5. Arnold Avenue E: along the east side of Arnold Avenue E, from the Bay Street intersection, to the
south 66 feet.
6. SW Ashwood Street: on both sides of the street.
7. Bay Street: at the intersection with Wharf Street (Mitchell Point), along the outside radius of the
existing road as delineated by the established guardrail.
8. Bay Street: on the south side from Tracy Avenue, westerly for a distance of 200 feet.
9. Bay Street: on the north side, from the DeKalb Street pedestrian pier westerly for 70 feet and in front
of 501 Bay Street.
10. 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.
11. Bay Street: on the south side from DeKalb Street, 130 feet to the east.
12. Becky Avenue: on both sides of street, from Dallas Street south to dead end.
13. Bethel Avenue: on the west side from the driveway at 1130 Bethel Avenue, 245 feet north.
14. SW Bigler Way: on the south side of the street.
15. Bittern Lane: on both sides of the street from McCormick Village Drive to Wandering Way.
16. SW Blackburn Lane: on the south side of the street.
17. Bristol Lane SE: on the east side of the street.
18. SW Cardiff Street: on the south side of the street.
19. Castleton Road SW: on both sides of the street.
20. Cedar Canyon: on both sides of the street within 100 feet of the Tremont Street right-of-way.
21. Chanting Circle SW: 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.
22. Chatterton Avenue SW: on the west side of the street.
23. Chowchilla Way: on the south side of the street.
24. SW Colbert Way: on left-hand side of street as the traffic flows, from Pickford Place SW to Chatterton
Avenue SW.
25. Currant Lane SW: on the west side of the street.
26. SW Clyde Alley: on both sides of the alley.
27. Crestoner Drive SW: on the west side of the street.
28. Dallas Street: on the right-hand side, as the traffic flows.
29. DeKalb Street: on south side from Cline Avenue easterly to dead end.
30. DeKalb Street: on the south side, from Sidney Avenue westerly for a distance of 100 feet.
31. DeKalb Street: on the north side, from Tracy Avenue easterly to the end of DeKalb Street.
32. DeKalb Street: on the south side, from Mitchell Avenue to the east side of Tracy Avenue.
33. Donna Street: on the south side of street.
34. Donnegal Circle SW: on both sides of the street.
35. Egret Street: on the south side of the street.
36. Explorer Avenue: on the inside radius of the street.
37. Fantail Place: on the east side of the street.
38. Farragut Avenue: on both sides, from DeKalb Street to Morton Street; except, on the east side, 160
feet north of DeKalb Street.
39. SW Fielder Place: on the west side including the cul-de-sac.
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40. Fiscal Street: on the south side of the street.
41. Forest Park Street: on both sides of the street.
42. SW Fenton Alley: on both sides of the alley.
43. Glenmore Loop: on the inside radius of the entire loop.
44. Glenwood Road SW: on the north side, from Sidney Road 350 feet west.
45. Great Glen Road SW: on the south side, from Telford Way SW easterly for a distance of 200 feet; and
on the west side to SW Alava Court.
46. Great Glen Road SW: on the east side, from SW Alava Court to Gleneagle Avenue SW.
47. Grebe Way: on the north side, from Siskin Circle to Swift Avenue.
48. Guy Wetzel Street: on both sides from Bay Street to Perry Avenue.
49. Hales Court SW: on both sides of the street.
50. Hibiscus Circle SW: on the outside radius of the entire circle.
51. Huntington Street: on both sides from Olney Avenue to Glenmore Loop and on the north side from
Glenmore Loop to west end terminus.
52. Houghton Alley SW: on both sides of the alley.
53. Jabirin Way: on the north side of street.
54. Keppel Loop SW: on both sides of the street.
55. Kinross Road SW: on the east side of the street.
56. Koda Circle: along fire lanes where marked/posted.
57. SW Kerbin Lane: on the south side of the street.
58. Ladd Court SW: on both sides of the street.
59. Landis Court SW: on the northeast side.
60. Lawrence Street: on both sides of the street.
61. Lazuli Street: on the south side, from Wigeon Avenue to Siskin Circle.
62. Limerick Drive SW: on both sides of the street.
63. Lippert Drive: on both sides, from Pottery Avenue to Advantage Street.
64. Lloyd Parkway: on both sides from SW Old Clifton Road to Lumsden Road.
65. Lone Bear Drive: on both sides from Feigley Road to 100 feet west of Chatterton Avenue SW.
66. Longview Avenue: on east side of street.
67. Lowren Street: on the right-hand side, as the traffic flows on the one-way portion of the street.
68. Lumsden Road: on both sides of the street.
69. Locham Road SW: on the east side including the cul-de-sac.
70. SE Markwick Road: on both sides of the street.
71. Marymere Road SW: on the south side, between Telford Way SW and Marymere Road SW.
72. Marymere Road SW: on the west side, from SW Alava Court to Great Glen Road SW.
73. Mitchell Avenue: on both sides, from Bay Street to Kitsap Street.
74. Murrelet Avenue: on both sides, from Old Clifton Road to Siskin Circle.
75. SW Muller Lane: on the north side of the street.
76. SE Nordmann Loop: on the outside curb of the entire loop.
77. Novak Drive SW: on the inside radius from Chatterton Ave SW / Landis Ct SW to the end of the
cul-de-sac.
78. SW Old Clifton Road: on both sides from Chanting Circle SW to Campus Parkway.
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79. Olivine Drive SW: on both sides of the street.
80. SW Overlake Drive: on both sides of the street.
81. SW Pendleton Way: on the south side of the street.
82. Perry Avenue: on the west side of the street.
83. SW Perth Place: on the south side of the street.
84. Pickford Place SW: on the left-hand side as the traffic flows on the street, from SW Colbert Way to
end of cul-de-sac.
85. Plisko Avenue: on both sides, from Mitchell Avenue to Mile Hill Drive.
86. Pottery Avenue: on both sides of the street, within 100 feet of the Tremont Street right-of-way.
87. Prospect Street: on the inside radius of the curve between Robert Geiger Street and Frederick
Avenue.
88. Retsil Road: on the west side, from the north corporate limits to the south property line of 982 Retsil
Road.
89. Rockwell Avenue: on both sides, from Bay Street to Kitsap Street.
90. Ross Street: on the south side of the 400 block.
91. SW Rustler: on the north side of the street.
92. Sage Court: on both sides of street.
93. Sage 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.
94. Seattle Avenue: on the east side, from Bay Street southerly for a distance of 82 feet.
95. SW Sedge Street: on the north side including the cul-de-sac.
96. Sherman Avenue: on the east side of the 1200-1300 block from the dead end 980 feet north.
97. Sidney Avenue: on the west side from Bay Street to Prospect Street.
98. Siskin Circle: on the inside curb of Siskin Circle throughout the circle.
99. Snowridge Avenue: on the left-hand side, as the traffic flows on the street.
100. Sprague Street: on the right-hand side, as the traffic flows on the one-way portion of the
street.
101. Sroufe Street: on the south side, from Sidney Avenue to Portland Avenue.
102. SW Stanwick Way: on the right-hand side of street as the traffic flows, from Lone Bear Drive
to Pickford Place SW.
103. Strathmore Circle SW: on outside of circle traveling either direction.
104. SW Sunnyside Street: on the south side of the street.
105. Sweany Street: on the north side, from Cline Avenue westerly for a distance of 340 feet.
106. Sweany Street: on the south side, from Sidney Avenue westerly for a distance of 200 feet.
107. Swift Avenue: on west side, from Siskin Circle to Lazuli Street.
108. Talus Loop SW: on the inside radius of the street.
109. Trace Drive SW: on the east side from Crestoner Dr SW to and including the culdesac
110. Telford/Thornhill area: on the south side from Telford Way SW westerly 370 feet; then on
the east side for 2,000 feet south; then on the north side for 340 feet west to Trace Drive SW.
111. Wandering Way: on the outside radius of the street.
112. Warbler Way: on both sides of street from Old Clifton Road to Siskin Circle.
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113. Warbler Way: from Siskin Circle to curve (park) on south side and on east side from curve
(park) to Grebe Way.
114. Waverly Road SW: on the west side of the street.
115. Wilkins Drive: on both sides, from the west terminus, eastward 350 feet.
116. Alleys between Crestmont Drive SW and Talus Loop SW: on both sides of the alleys.
(2) Violation of this section is a Class A infraction.
SECTION 2. Amendment. Section 10.12.500 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
10.12.500 City Parking Lots.
(1)The city parking lots are identified as follows:
(a) Lot 2, which lies between Frederick Street and Sidney Avenue, north of Bay Street. Parking in Lot
2 shall be allowed for a maximum period of four hours, including two car charging stalls limited to four hours
maximum, and one motorcycle stall.
(b) Lot 5, which is all parking spaces on City Hall property (first floor entry). Parking in Lot 5 shall be
for City Hall ADA parking patrons and official vehicles only. The police chief or their designee may authorize
deviations to this policy for Lot 5, if necessary. No monetary charge.
(c) Lot 6, which is all parking spaces abutting the landscaped area at the southwest corner of the
intersection of Bay Street and DeKalb Street (Bayside Plaza). Parking in Lot 6 shall be allowed for a maximum
period of two hours. No monetary charge.
(d) Lot 7, which is all parking spaces located on the library property. Parking in Lot 7 shall be limited
to library staff only. Access to Lot 7 and parallel parking stalls via the adjacent parcel to the south pursuant to
easement AF# (8903310122). No monetary charge.
(e) Lot 8, which lies east of City Hall, north of and adjacent to Prospect Alley (between Kitsap Street
and Prospect Street). Lot 8 is for designated city vehicles and city employees via pass Monday through Friday.
No monetary charge.
(f) Lot 9, 720 Prospect Street, which lies east of Lot 8, north of and adjacent to Prospect Alley
(between Kitsap Street and Prospect Street). Lot 9 is for designated vehicles and city employees via pass
Monday through Friday. No monetary charge.
(g) Lot 10, which lies on the east side of McCormick Village Drive between SW Old Clifton Road and
SW Yarrow Street. Parking in Lot 10 shall be allowed for a maximum period of four hours, enforced on a
24 -hour basis.
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(h) Paul Powers Park, which lies north and east of the public works department "south shed" located
at 2051 Sidney Avenue. Paul Powers Park parking is limited to dawn -to -dusk parking only.
(i) Van Zee Park, which lies south of Tremont Street and west of Sidney Avenue, located at 300
Tremont Street. Van Zee Park parking is limited to dawn -to -dusk parking only.
(j) Rockwell Pocket Park will be limited to two-hour parking from dawn to dusk.
(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 30 -minute load/unload
only, and those marked for monthly merchant parking pass parking only, subject to POMC 10.12.520(2).
(I) Lot 3, which is the five rows of parking and the row of waterfront parking west of Harrison Avenue
and east of and parallel to the library's easternmost exterior wall. Parking in Lot 3 is Port Orchard Marina
parking, subject to city enforcement via an interlocal agreement between the city and the Port of Bremerton.
Parking in Lot 3 shall require a paid parking pass issued by the Port of Bremerton except for stalls posted for
four-hour parking with no monetary charge.
(m) Lot 4, which is all parking which lies east of Parking Lot 3 and Harrison Avenue and west of the
Marina Park. Parking in Lot 4 is Port Orchard Marina parking, subject to enforcement via an interlocal
agreement between the city and the Port of Bremerton. Parking in Lot 4 shall require a paid parking pass
issued by the Port of Bremerton except for stalls posted as two-hour or four-hour parking with no monetary
charge.
(n) Etta Turner Park, which lies north of the Bethel Avenue/Bay Street Roundabout. Parking shall be
allowed for a maximum of four hours.
(o) Bay Street Lot. Bay Street Lot consists of the paved parking lot located at 620 Bay Street, Kitsap
County Tax Parcel No. 4650-009-001-0005, leased by the City of Port Orchard for parking purposes. Parking in
Bay Street Lot shall be limited to designated city vehicles and via pass administered by The City of Port
Orchard Monday through Friday 6AM-6PM, with general public parking permitted after 6PM M -F and
weekends 6PM- midnight. The landlord retains the right to use five unreserved parking spaces.
(2) Parking restrictions in Lots 2, 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.
Parking restrictions in Bay Street Lot shall be enforced Monday through Friday, except Saturday, Sunday, and
federal holidays, during which general public parking is permitted.
(3) The parking of oversize vehicles is prohibited in Lots 1, 2 and 10, and Paul Powers Park, Van Zee Park, and
Rockwell Pocket Park. Oversize vehicles are defined to include:
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(a) Any single vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, or any
vehicle towing a vehicle not in excess of 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating;
(b) Any single vehicle less than 26,001 pounds GVWR, or any vehicle towing a vehicle in excess of
10,001 pounds GVWR, including vehicles which are placarded for hazardous materials or designed to
transport 16 or more persons, including the driver, or delivery vans;
(c) Any vehicle registered as a recreational vehicle or trailer for the primary use of transporting the
owner's family members or guests or their possessions for nonbusiness purposes; and
(d) All other motor trucks, tractors, trailers, buses, house trailers, semi -trailers, farm machinery and
equipment having a load capacity in excess of one and one-half tons, or a length in excess of 19 feet, or width
in excess of seven feet.
Exception. This prohibition shall not apply when temporary parking is necessary for the preservation of life or
property; for example, fire or other emergency vehicles; or when necessary in order for the operator of an
oversize vehicle to load or unload; provided, however, that while loading and unloading, the operator of the
large vehicle shall take precautions appropriate to the circumstances to insure that the oversize vehicle is
visible to other vehicles using the street, including but not limited to the oversize vehicle must be properly
attended and marked, front and rear, with a traffic cone or other similar device; the oversize vehicle must be
parked in a manner as to cause only a minimum obstruction to the regular flow of traffic; and the oversize
vehicle's flashers, front and rear, must be turned on and operating.
(4) Violation of this section is a Class A infraction. (Ord. 029-22 § 1 (Exh. A); Ord. 049-22 § 4; Ord. 005-23 § 3;
Ord. 017-23 § 1 (Exh. A); Ord. 019-23 § 3; Ord. 032-23 § 3; Ord. 010-24 § 2 (Exh. A); Ord. 020-24 § 1; Ord. 003-
25 § 1; Ord. 020-25, 11/18/2025)
SECTION 6. 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 amendment of POMC Sections
upon the effective date of this Ordinance.
SECTION 7. 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 8. 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 28th day of July 2026.
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PUBLISHED: July 31, 2026
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 5, 2026