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ORD 81-01 PARKING REGULATIONS FOR VEHICLES PARKING OR STOPPING IN CITY LIMITS ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINSLOW PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF THE STOPPING AND PARKING OF VEHICLES WITHIN THE CITY OF WINSLOW; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH REGULATION AND REPEALING WINSLOW ORDINANCES 128, 75-5, 78-18, 79-18, 79-42 and 80-08. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WINSLOW DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: I. REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO DESIGNATED PARKING AREAS IN THE CITY OF WINSLOW The following regulations regarding the stopping, standing and parking of vehicles shall apply to the areas described below. a. In areas designated "Back in Only", vehicles must be backed into available parking places. b. In areas designated "Loading Zone", no vehicle shall stop, stand or be parked for any purpose or period of time other than for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers during a period not to exceed three (3) minutes. c. In areas designated "Disabled Loading," no vehicle shall stop, stand or be parked for any purpose or period of time other than for the expeditious loading or unloading of disabled passengers during a reasonable period of time. d. In areas designated "Disabled Parking Only," no vehicle shall be parked unless it bears the decal or other official mark of the State of Washington indentifying the vehicle as one driven by or otherwise used for the transportation of a disabled person and unless the vehicle complies with all other parking regulations set forth in this ordinance including the payment of necessary parking fees. e. In areas designated "No Parking," the parking of any vehicle is prohibited. f. In areas designated "Restricted Carpool," no vehicle shall be parked before 9:00 A.M. on Monday through Friday, unless: 1. A valid carpool permit issued by the City of Winslow is displayed on the inside lower left-hand corner of the windshield in such a manner that the carpool permit number is visable from the outside of the vehicle; 2. The car is parked in the space assigned to the carpool permit~ and; 3. Three or more individuals are in the car at the time it is parked in the assigned space, 4. If the carpool is reduced to less than three individuals the car shall be parked in a noncarpool space and pay the appr~ate parking fee for that noncarpool space. At all other times during which these parking regulations are in force, no vehicle may park in these spaces unless there has been deposited in the applicable parking fee collection box, in the appropriate slot, in United States Currency,orby~heck~ the appropriate parking fee as designed by this Ordinance. g. In areas designated "No Parking 4:30 - 6:30 P,M.", no vehicles shall be parked during the period 4:30 P.M. to 6:30 p.m. h. In areas for which a sign has been posted limiting the hours during which parking is permitted or limiting the duration of time during which cars may park, no vehicles shall be parked other than during the stated hours, and no vehicles shall be parked for a longer period than the stated duration, provided, however, that motorists wishing to park two or more consecutive 24-hour periods on City streets near the Washington State Ferry Terminal may do so only after making prior arrangements with the City of Winslow for payment of all applicable parking fees, and provided further that no vehicle may remain in the same numbered space for more than three consecutive 24-hour periods. Failure to comply with this regulation shall constitute "Overtime Parking". i. In areas in which parking fee collection boxes have been installed, no vehicle shall be parked during the hours for which parking fees are charged unless there has been deposited in the applicable parking fee collection box, in the appropriate slot, in United States currency, or by check, the;,appropri~te parking fee as designated in this Ordinance. For purposes of vehicles parked on City streets near the Washington State Ferry Terminal, the parking fee collection box located at the foot of the hill and centered in front of the Ferry Terminal shall be deemed the applicable parking fee collection box. For purposes of those vehicles parked on Bjune and Brien Drives, the parking fee collection box located at the east inter- section of Bjune and Brien Drives shall be deemed to be the applicable parking fee collection box. Failure to comply with this regulation shall also constitute "Overtime Parking". II. REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO STOPPING AND PARKING IN ALL AREAS OF THE CITY OF WINSLOW a. No vehicle shall stop, stand or park in such a manner as to impede traffic shall be defined as the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle in such a manner as to interfere with, obstruct or stop the lawful passage of pedestrians or other vehicles. b. No vehicle shall stop, stand or park in any parking area designated by lines or marks in any manner such that the vehicle extends over or across any such line or mark or in such manner that the vehicle is not within the area so designated by such lines or marks. Failure to comply with this regulation shall constitute "Improper Parking". c. No vehicle shall stop, stand or park in any designated or undesignated parking space in such a manner that the vehicle faces on-coming traffic. Failure to comply with this regulation shall constitute "Wrong Way" parking. d. No vehicle shall stop, stand or park on any City owned property except in areas which have been clearly identified by the City by sign, painted line or other marking as parking spaces. III. ADDITIONAL GENERAL REGULATIONS a. No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking fee collection box any slug, button, foreign currency, money order or any other device or substance as a substitute for currency of the United States other than a check. Failure to comply with this regulation shall constitute "Illegal Use", and any items so deposited will not be credited toward payment of the applicable parking fee. There will be a charge in the amount of $5.00 for each check returned due to non sufficient funds. b. No person shall duplicate or falsify any carpool parking permit issued by the City of Winslow. c. Compliance with the provisions of this ordinance shall not relieve any person from compliance with the provisions of any other Winslow Ordinances prohibiting or regulating the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles. IV. ADMINISTRATION a. The City of Winslow shall set up administrative procedures for the administration of parking pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance, including, but not limited to, procedures for the issuance of carpool permits. b. In addition, the Mayor shall appoint and swear in one or more persons as parking enforcement officers who shall be under the supervision of the Police Department. The parking enforcement officers shall have authority to issue notices of pedestrian infractions and traffic infractions relating to the parking, standing, or stopping of vehicles, but shall not be considered Uniformed Police Officers for purposes of LEOFF and Civil Service Statutes. V. PARKING FEES The following parking fees shall apply to parking within the designated areas of the City of Winslow during the times set forth below. a. Fees and Hours of Operation Applicable to Parking in the Numbered Parking Spaces Near the Washington State Ferry Terminal. Spaces 1 - 41; 6:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Automobiles qualifying for carpool status and parking during these hours in their assigned spaces may park until 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday for the sum of $35.00 each two calendar month period (not to be pro-rated). Spaces 1 - 41; 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Automobiles not qualifying for carpool status or carpool permit holders not parking in their assigned spaces may park in this zone after 9:00 a.m. on Monday through Friday and all day after 6:00 a.m. on Saturday for $1.75 per vehicle, per incident of parking per day. Spaces 73 - 115; 6:00a.m. - 4:30 p.m. $1.75 per vehicle per incident of parking per day Spaces 42 - 72 and 116 - 185 6:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. $1.75 per vehicle per incident of parking per day b. Fees and Hours of Operation Applicable to Parking in the Numbered Spaces on Brien and Bjune Drive. All Spaces 6:00 a.mo - 6:00 p.m. $1o00 per vehicle per incident of parking per day. co No Hourly Rates The fee of $1.75 per vehicle per incident of parking per day and the fee of $1o00 per vehicle per incident of parking per day are flat rates, No provision is made for hourly rates. d. Incident of Parking Defined Incident of parking means the single act of parking a single automobile in a single space within the parking area. The $1.75 and $1.00 parking fees set forth above entitle to the payor to a single incident of parking. The payor may not subsitute vehicles within a given space, may not leave and return to a given space, and may not move to another space within the parking area unless he pays an additional full day's parking fee for each such change. e. No Charge for Parking During Certain Hours No fee shall be charged for parking a vehicle on City 1. On Sundays; 2. On legal holidays; 3. After 6:00 p.m.; 4. Before 6:00 a.m.; VI. PENALTIES a. It shall be a traffic infraction for any person to permit or allow a motor vehicle to stop, stand or to be parked in violation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance. The monetary penalty for violation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be $ 10.00 for each such violation. Notiee of traffic infractions shall be affixed in a conspicuous place to the motor vehicle stopped, standing, or parking in violation of theprovisions of this Ordinance 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 of Winslow. b. The procedures governing cases alleging a parking, standing or stopping traffic infraction pursuant to this ordinance shall be as prescribed by the Washington Supreme Court in its Justice Court Traffic Infraction Rules, (hereinafter JTIR). c. In the event that response to the Notice of Traffic Infraction is not made in accordance with the provisions of paragraph VI b. above, the following additional sanctions will apply. 1. An additional monetary penalty will be imposed pursuant to JTiR 2.5 for failure to respond. 2. The City of Winslow may refer the case to the City Attorney for criminal prosecution. VII. REVOCATION OF CARPOOL PEP~ITS a. The City of Winslow shall revoke the carpool parking privileges of any carpool parking permit holder determined to have duplicated or falsified a carpool parking permit. b. The City of Winslow shall revoke for a period of one year the carpool parking privileges of any carpool parking permit holder who is determined to have violated the provisions of Section I.f. above on t~7o or more occassions. streets: c. If, as a result of the revocations described in paragraphs VII a and Vii b above, the nubmer of members in a carpool group falls below three, the carpool group will be responsible for substituting a new carpool member. This new carpool member must be registered in the manner required by the City of Winslow prior to the further exercise by the carpool group members of their carpool permit privileges. VIII. REGISTERED OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY The registration or licensing of a vehicle in the name of a person, persons, entity or entities shall raise a prima facie presumption that that person, persons, entity or entities is responsible for all traffic infractions set forth in this ordinance which are attributable to the vehicle. The prima facie presumption may be rebutted by a showing by the party or parties charged with the traffic infraction that they are not inf act responsible for the traffic infractions. IX. REPEALER Winslow Ordinance 128, Winslow Ordinance 75-5, Winslow Ordinance 78-18, Winslow Ordinance 79-18, Winslow Ordinance 79-42 and Winslow Ordinance 80-08 are hereby repealed. X. SEVERABILITY Should any provision of this ordinance be held invalid, the remaining provisions of this ordinance shall continue in full force and effect. XIo EFFECTIVE DATE This ordinance shall be in full force and effect five (5) days after posting in the manner provided by law. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Winslow and approved by the Mayor on this day of~.~-~C , 1981. M~j~y~ Fred Harris, Deputy ~or ATTEST: Clerk/Treasurer O er . C 1sson o McKisson, Lehne and Associates City Attorneys I do hereby certi this Ordinance was signed by the Mayor Clerk/Treasurer S E A L