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