1427 - Ordinance - Residential Parking Permit SystemORDINANCE NO. 1427v
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT
ORCHARD REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1381
AND ESTABLISHING A RESIDENTIAL
PARKING PERMIT SYSTEM FOR RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOODS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD,
WASHINGTON, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Ordinance No. 1381 of the City of
Port Orchard is hereby repealed.
Section 2. Purpose The purpose of this
Ordinance is to establish a residential parking permit system
to facilitate residents parking on public streets near their
homes and to further authorize the City Clerk or his designee
to issue parking permits as specified in this Ordinance.
Section 3. Definitions
A. RESIDENTIAL AREA shall mean an area
contiguous to public right-of-way which is zoned either
Residential Low, Residential High or Multi -Family 20.
B. COMMUTER VEHICLE shall mean a licensed
vehicle parked in a residential area which is not owned or
leased by a resident of that residential area.
C. RESIDENTIAL VEHICLE shall mean a licensed
vehicle parked in a residential area which is owned or leased
by a resident of that residential area.
D. RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT shall mean the
parking permit validated and issued by the City of Port
Orchard allowing a resident to park within one block of their
residence with privaleges as specified in this Ordinance.
E. GUEST PERMIT shall mean a fourteen day permit
validated and issued by the City of Port Orchard for the
vehicle of a person visiting a resident who is eligible for a
residential parking permit.
F. COMMUNITY EVENT PERMIT shall mean a one day
permit validated and issued by the City of Port Orchard for
participants of a public community event held in a
residential neighborhood, such as a civic, church or school
meeting or conference.
Section 4. Residential Parking Permits
A. The City Clerk or his designee shall develop
written procedures to issue and enforce residential parking
permits, in accordance with the following guidelines:
1. Eligible recipients for a residential
parking permit shall be persons residing
in residential areas designated by Council
action in the form of a Resolution.
2. There shall be no fee for the permit. The
permit shall be valid until December 31,
1989 as long as the same owner retains
ownership of that residential vehicle for
which the permit was issued and that owner
resides in the residential area. After
December 31, 1989, permits are renewable
in five (5) year intervals.
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B. The City Clerk or his designee shall
determine eligibility for a residential parking permit.
Eligibility is established by a person or persons complying
with the following:
1. That person owns or leases the residential
vehicle.
2. That person reside in a residential area
which is identified by the Council as
being affected by commuter vehicles.
Section 5. Guest Parking Permit
A. Guest Parking Permits shall be available to
guests of residents who are eligible for a Residential
Parking Permit. This permit shall be valid for a fourteen
day period. There shall be no fee for a Guest Parking
Permit.
Section 6. Community Event Parking Permit
A. Community Event Permits shall be available
for participants of a Public Community Event, such as school,
civic or church meeting or conference which is to be held in
a residential neighborhood. There shall be no fee for a
Community Event Permit. The Community Event Permit is to be
issued for a specific day and specific event. The organizers
of a specific community event may apply for Community Event
Permits on behalf of their participants.
Section 7. Permit Parking Privileges
A. A vehicle on which is displayed a valid
parking permit as provided for herein shall be permitted to
be parked in the residential permit parking area for which
the permit has been issued without being limited by the
posted time limit. Said vehicle shall not be exempt from
parking restrictions or prohibitions established pursuant to
authority other than this ordinance. All other motor
vehicles parked within a residential permit parking area
shall be subject to the posted time restrictions.
B. A parking permit shall not guarantee or
reserve to the holder thereof an on -street parking space
within the designated residential permit parking area.
Section 8. Penalty Provision
A. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this
ordinance for a person to falsely represent himself as
eligible for a parking permit or to furnish false information
in an application therefor to the Office of the City Clerk.
B. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this
ordinance for a person holding a valid parking permit issued
pursuant hereto to permit the use or display of such permit
on a motor vehicle other than that for which the permit is
issued. Such conduct shall constitute an unlawful act and
violation of this ordinance both by the person holding the
valid parking permit and the person who so uses or knowingly
displays the permit on a motor vehicle other than that for
which it is issued.
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C. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this
ordinance for a person to copy, produce or otherwise bring
into existence a facsimile or counterfeit parking permit. It
shall further be unlawful and a violation of this ordinance
for a person to knowingly use or display a facsimile or
counterfeit parking permit in order to evade time limitations
on parking applicable in a residential permit parking area.
A violation of this ordinance shall constitute a
misdemeanor. Upon conviction, a person shall be punished by
a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00).
Section 9. Revocation of Permit The City Clerk
is authorized to revoke the parking permit of any person
found to be in violation of this ordinance and, upon written
notification thereof, the person shall remove such permit
from the automobile. Failure, when so requested, to refuse
to surrender a residential parking permit so revoked shall
constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable as provided
herein.
Section 10 Severability Clause.
If any provision of this Ordinance or its
application to any person or circumstance is held invalid,
the remainder of the Ordinance, or the application of the
provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port
Orchard, APPROVED by the Mayor and attested by the Clerk in
authentication of such passage this 27th day of June, 1988.
L SLIE . WEATHERILL, MAYOR
ATTEST: /
Patricia Hower, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
Sponsored by:
Councilman Wilson