ORD 98-28 PARKING FINESORDINANCE No. 98- 28
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND,
WASHINGTON RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION OF
PARKING FINES IMPOSED BY THE CITY AND
AMENDING BIMC 1 O.O8.25O.
WHEREAS, the City desires to actively discourage the parking of
improper vehicles in parking places reserved for physically disabled persons; and
WHEREAS, the Washington State legislature has amended RCW
46.16.381 to increase the penalty for such improper parking to $250.00; now,
therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND,
WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 10.08.250(A) of the Bainbridge Island Municipal Code is
amended to read as follows:
10.08.250 Penalties.
A. It shall be a traffic infraction for any person to permit or allow a motor
vehicle to stop, stand or be parked in violation of.any of the provisions
of this chapter. The monetary penalty for violation of any of the
provisions of this chapter shall be $30.00 for each such violation;
except (1)if any person shall park a vehicle in a parking place provided
on private or public property reserved for physically disabled persons
without a special license plate, valid card, decal or other official mark,
the monetary penalty shall be $250.00 for each such violation, and (2)
the monetary penalty for overtime parking shall be $20.00, and (3)if
any carpool permit holder violates any of the provisions of BIMC
10.08.070, the monetary penalty for the first violation shall be $50.00,
and the monetary penalty for the second and all subsequent violations
shall be $100.00. In addition to monetary penalties, a carpool permit
holder violating the provisions of BIMC 10.08.070 on three or more
occasions shall have his or her carpool parking privileges revoked for
a period of one year in accordance with BIMC 10.08.220(B). Notice of
traffic infraction shall be affixed in a conspicuous place to the motor
vehicle stopping, standing, or parking in violation of the provisions o~=
this chapter and shall be in the form approved by the administrator for
the courts. All monetary penalties shall be paid to the municipal court
of the city.
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force five days after its
passage, approval, publication as required by law.
PASSED by the City Council this 5 ~day of July, 1998.
APP ROVED by the Mayor this 9Z th day of July, 1998.
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May'or
ATTE ST/AUTHENTICATE:
SPER, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ROD P. KASEGUMA, City Attorney
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: J.d.ne ,2~, 1998
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL : ~"5, 1998
PUBLISHED: ~ f',/f
EFFECTIVE DATE: ~/~/ff'g
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