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ORDINANCE NO. 3311
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF ECC
8.48.215 PARKING INFRACTION PENALTIES IN ORDER TO
PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASE IN FINES AND FIXING A
TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, the current schedule of parking infraction penalties was established
in 1982 by Ordinance No. 2263 and last amended by Ordinance No. 2983 in 1994; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has received the recommendation of the Downtown
Parking Committee and of the City's enforcement officer recommending that the schedule of
penalties be updated in order to effectuate the purpose of the ordinance, which is not to raise
revenue as its primary purpose, but to ensure compliance with the City's parking restrictions and
time limits, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Edmonds City Code Section 8.48.215 Parking Infraction Penalties
is hereby amended to read as follows:
8.48.215 Parking infraction penalties.
A. Any person who commits a parking infraction shall be
assessed the following civil penalty, unless otherwise provided
herein: .
1. All parking infractions, whether on public streets or within
lots, except as detailed in sub - paragraphs 2 and 3: $20.00;
2. Unauthorized handicapped zone parking: $250.00; and
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3. Parking in fire zone: $30.00.
B. All persons who have committed a parking infraction and
are issued a notice of infraction for violation of parking infraction
ordinances, except those scheduled in subsections A 2. and A 3.
above, shall be assessed a reduced fine of $10.00 for that violation
if:
1. It is their first violation; and
2. The individual pays the penalty within 24 hours of the
issuance of the notice of infraction.
C. Repeat violations within one calendar year.
1. For persons who commit repeated parking violations within
one calendar year, there shall be no opportunity for reduction and
the penalty shall stand as stated in subsection A above regardless
of when the penalty is paid, provided, however, that nothing herein
shall be interpreted to prohibit the court from imposing additional
penalties and costs for late payment.
2. After the second violation, the penalty listed above in
subsection A shall be increased to $40.00. The third and all
subsequent violations within one calendar year shall pay a civil
penalty equal to $80.00 per violation.
3. Any person who remains free of parking infractions for one
calendar year shall revert to the base fine set forth in paragraph A
above to the end that after a one year period free of violation, and
the offense shall be considered as a first offense and subject to
reduction as provided above if paid within 24 hours.
D. Any person who commits a parking infraction and who fail
to respond to the notice of that infraction within 15 days of its
issuance, shall be assessed twice the civil penalty for such
infraction as is set forth in subsections A and B of this section.
Such penalty shall be in addition to any other penalties or fines
imposed for failure to respond to a notice of parking infraction.
E. "Person" as used in this section shall refer to the registered
owner of a vehicle found to be in violation of the parking
provisions of these ordinances.
Section 2. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifi-
cally delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum, and shall take effect
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five (5) days after passage and publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of the
title.
APPROVED:
M OR, Y HAAKENSON
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
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CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
BY ) S�&&
W. SCOTT SNYDER
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 05/12/2000
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 05/16/2000
PUBLISHED: 05/21/2000
EFFECTIVE DATE: 05/26/2000
ORDINANCE NO. 3311
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3311
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 16th day of May, 2000, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed
Ordinance No. 3311. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title,
provides as follows: .
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE
PROVISIONS OF ECC 8.48.215 PARKING INFRACTION PENALTIES IN ORDER TO
PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASE IN FINES AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 17th day of May, 2000.
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CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF SNOHOD&ISH,
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE_
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of the i o monds,
Washington
On the 16th day of May, 2000,
the City Council of the City of
Edmonds, passed Ordinance No.
3311. A summary of the content
of said ordinance, consisting of
the title, provides as follows: i
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING THE PROVISIONS
OF ECC 8.48.215 PARKING
INFRACTION PENALTfE$ IN
ROVIUL FOR AN
INCREASE IN FINES AND FIX -
ING A TIME WHEN THE SAME
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance
will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 17th day of May,
42000.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
1 Published: May 21, 2000.
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Affidavit of Publication
The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says
that she is Principal Clerk of THE HERALD, a daily newspaper
printed and published in the City of Everett, County of Snohomish,
and State of Washington; that said newspaper is a newspaper of
general circulation in said County and State; that said newspaper
has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior
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Summary of Ordinance 63311
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a printed copy of which is hereunto attached, was published in said
newspaper proper and not in supplement form, in the regular and
entire edition of said paper on the following days and times, namely:
Published: May 21, 2000
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