1207 - Ordinance - Establishing Chapter 11 MotorcyclesV O ORDINANCE NO. 1207 /
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD
ESTABLISHING CHAPTER 11 (PORT ORCHARD
MUNICIPAL CODE) AND ADDING NEW SECTIONS
THEREOF.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. There is hereby established Chapter 11
City of Port Orchard Municipal Code and shall be known as
"Miscellaneous Rules and Regulations".
SECTION 2. That the following sections be added
as new sections to Chapter 11.04 of the City of Port Orchard
Municipal Code:
Section 11.04.010 Persons under sixteen operating
motorcycles on private property -unlawful: It .is unlawful
for any person under sixteen years of age to operate a motor-
cycle on private property zoned for residential use in the
city, unless the operator resides as a permanent resident
upon that lot, tract or parcel upon which the motorcycle
is being operated.
(a) This section shall not be applicable to a
guest of a lawful resident of said lot, tract or parcel who
is operating a motorcycle owned by the lawful resident of
the lot, tract or parcel.
(b) Property zoned for residential use, as herein
used, shall be defined as property zoned residential district
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Section 11.04.020 Persons under sixteen operating
motorcvcles on private property -Violation -Impoundment. In
the event of the violation of Section 11.04.010, the police
department shall have the right to impound the motorcycle
involved in the violation for a period of not more than
seventy-two (72) hours to ascertain and investigate ownership
of the vehicle and possessory rights therein and the occupants
thereof. To secure a release of the motorcycle, the police
department shall be entitled to reimbursement for all reasonable
expenses incurred in impounding the motorcycle and the storage
thereof; provided, however, such expense shall not exceed
the sum of twelve dollars ($12.00) per impoundment.
Section 11.04.030 Gas powered vehicle-Mufflinq
device required. It is unlawful for any person to operate
any gas -powered vehicle in the city without an operating
muffling device which shall effectively blend the exhaust
and motor noise so as to preclude excessive or unusual noise.
For the purposes of this section, any noise isexcessive which
is in excess of eighty-two decibels on the "A" scale at one
hundred feet in accordance with the testing procedures
established by the Washington State Patrol.
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Section 11 04 040 Unnecessary noise from motor
vehicles prohibited. It is unlawful for any person to cause
unnecessary noise to emanate from any motor vehicle either
upon the public streets or parked in reasonably close proximity
thereto within the corporate limits of Port Orchard. Such
shall include but not be limited to unnecessary engine noise,
the unnecessary tooting or honking of horns or other noise -
making devices and unreasonably loud noise em,^ating from
radios, tape recorders or other such devices located in or
on such motor vehicle.
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on private propert
and unnecessary vehicle noise - Aiding or abetting vioia
unlawful. It is unlawful for any person to aid or abet i
the violation of Sections 11.04.010 through 11.04.040.
Section 11.04.060 Use of coasters, roller skates
and similar devices restricted. (a) No person upon roller
skates, or riding in or by means of any coaster, toy vehicle,
or similar device, shall go upon any roadway except while
crossing a street on a crosswalk, and when so crossing, such
person shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject
to all of the duties applicable to pedestrians. This section
shall not apply upon any street during the period such street
is set aside for a lawful parade or similar function.
(b) It is unlawful to tow any person upon any
device described in subsection (a) behind a motor vehicle
within the city limits except at a lawful parade or similar
function.
Section 11.04.070 Applicability of traffic code
to places other than public highways_,_ streets and alleys.
The provisions of RCW 46.61.445, 46.61.500, 46.61.506 and
46.61.525 shall be applicable to all motor vehicles operators
and all motor vehicles operated on any private roadway open
to public use, any private parking area to which the public
is invited or permitted, and any publicly owned or maintained
place where motor vehicles are allowed to travel.
PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED by the
Mayor this 12th day of July, 1982.
ATTEST:
oyd, City'Qle
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
PAUL D. POWERS, JR., MAYOR