Ordinance 1571ORDINANCE NO. /J_ 7
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON
AMENDING CHAPTER 7.24 OF THE EDMONDS CITY CODE
BY PROHIBITING CERTAIN ACTS OF ERECTION OR
MAINTENANCE OF OBSTRUCTIONS TO THE USE OF SIDE-
WALKS, STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS BY ADOPTING
A NEW SECTION 7.24.050 OF SAID CODE AND PRO-
VIDING NEW PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF CHAPTER
7.24 BY THE CREATION OF A NEW SECTION 7.24.060.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Edmonds City Code, Section 7.24.050,
is hereby repealed and a new section substituted therefor
reading as follows:
Section 7.24.050(A) It shall be unlawful for
any person who either owns, or has the right to
possession or both, of abutting real property, to
permit the erection or maintenance of any sign,
device, structure or vegetation in the following
circumstances herein set forth, and in the event
of circumstances presently existing which by
reason of this Section are now in violation of the
Edmonds City Code, said person shall immediately
remove the same:
1. In such manner that it obscures or conceals
any traffic control sign, signal or other device as
to interfere with the full and effective use and
visibility of the same to the motoring or pedestrian
public.
2. In such manner that it obscures the visi-
bility of the motoring or pedestrian public as such
persons approach a street intersection for a dis-
tance of greater than 50' in any direction from the
intersecting existing right-of-ways lines upon which
the property abuts.
3. In such manner that it encroaches upon any
part of a sidewalk, or within five(5) feet of the
improved or traveled portion of a public roadway, for
a vertical distance of ten (10) feet above said side-
walk or public roadway.
4. In such manner as to cause the breaking or
otherwise cracking of any sidewalk within the City
of Edmonds.
(B) In the event any sign, device, structure or
vegetation prohibited by this Section is not removed
by the person who either owns or has the right to
possession, or both, of the abutting real property,
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the Director of Public Works may cause the same to
be removed. In the event the Director of Public
Works notifies the owner or person in possession
of the abutting property in writing to remove
any of said obstructions five (5) days in advance
and said property owner fails to remove the same
within said five (5) day period, the Director of
Public Works may charge said person for the cost
of removal of the same.
Section 2.
The Edmonds City Code is hereby amended
by the addition of a new section reading as follows:
Section 7.24.060. Penalties. Any person or
persons who violate or fail to comply with any of
the provisions of this Chapter 7.24, hereafter
referred to as "Street and Sidewalk Obstruction,"
or any part thereof, shall upon conviction be
punished by a fine or by imprisonment in jail, or
by both fine and imprisonment as set forth in
Section 5.12.170 of the Edmonds City Code which
Section by this reference is incorporated herein as
if set forth in full.
APPROVED:
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ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
PASSED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL:
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FILED WITH THE
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