1381 - Ordinance - Residential Parking SystemORDINANCE NO. 13811/
�� AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT
2'(_ Wlb ORCHARD ESTABLISHING A RESIDENTIAL
i PARKING PERMIT SYSTEM FOR RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOODS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD,
WASHINGTON, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Purpose The purpose of this
ordinance is to establish a residential parking permit system
to facilitate residents parking on public streets near their
homes.
Section 2. 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 and 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.
Section 3. Issuance of 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 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.
3. Visitor permits shall be available for no
charge and valid for a fourteen -day
period.
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 or persons owns or leases the
residential vehicle.
2. That person or persons reside in a
residential area which is identified by
the Council as being affected by commuter
vehicles.
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Section 4. Permit Parking Privileges A resident
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
resident 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.
A residential parking permit shall not guarantee
or reserve to the holder thereof an on -street parking space
within the designated residential permit parking area.
Section 5. 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
the permit on a motor vehicle other than that for which it is
issued.
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 6. Revocation of Permit The City Clerk
is authorized to revoke the residential 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
surrender a residential parking permit so revoked shall
constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable as provided
herein.
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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 11th day of May, 1987.
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LESLI 0. WEATHERILL, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Patricia Hower, City Clerk
APPROVED AS PTO FORM:
City Attorney