Ordinance 29830006.160.147
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04/26/94
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ORDINANCE NO. 2 9 8 3
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION 8.64.030 REGARDING
PROHIBITED PARKING AT ALL TIMES ON CERTAIN
STREETS, SECTIONS 8.48.160 AND 8.64.060 REGARDING
LIMITED PARKING ON CERTAIN STREETS, SECTIONS
8.64.045 AND 8.64.065 REGARDING TIME -LIMITED
PARKING FOR CERTAIN PERIODS ON CERTAIN STREETS,
AMENDING THE FINE SCHEDULE FOR PARKING
VIOLATIONS IN SECTION 8.48.215 TO REFLECT AN
ESCALATED FINE STRUCTURE WITH RECOMMENDED
AMOUNTS, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL
BE EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, the Downtown Parking Advisory Committee has collected a
significant amount of input including input from the community regarding the revision of the
downtown area parking restrictions, and
WHEREAS, after much time and consideration, the Downtown Parking Advisory
Committee has developed a proposal for revising the downtown parking restrictions with the goal
of reducing the number of time -limited parking regulations within the downtown area from 7 to
1, making the code easier to administer, enforce, understand, provide adequate space for
customer parking in the immediate downtown area and encourage employees to park in outlying
free -zone areas and the ferry commuters to use public/private parking lots, and
WHEREAS, on March 15, 1994, the City Council held a public hearing for public
input regarding the proposal for revising the downtown parking restrictions, and
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WHEREAS, as a result of the input that was provided, the City Council desires
to revise the downtown area parking restrictions and impose an escalated fee schedule in order
to meet the goals as outlined by the Downtown Parking Advisory Committee, and
WHEREAS, in addition to review of the public streets, the Downtown Parking
Advisory Committee considered City maintained lots known as the 5th Avenue South Lot and
the 4th Avenue South Lot as a part of the City's overall traffic plan, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Parking Infraction Penalties. Section 8.48.215 of the Edmonds
Municipal Code regarding 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 subparagraphs
2 and 3 10.00
2. Unauthorized handicapped zone
parking: 114.00
3. Parking in fire zone: 30.00
B. All persons who have committed a parking infraction and
are issued a notice of infraction for violations of parking
infraction ordinances except those scheduled in
subparagraphs A(2) and (3) above will be assessed a
reduced fine of five dollars ($5.00) for that violation if:
(1) it is their first violation and; (2) the individual pays the
penalty within twenty four (24) hours of the issuance of the
notice of infraction. Upon committing a second violation,
there shall be no opportunity for reduction and the penalty
shall stand as stated in subsection A above regardless of
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when the penalty is paid. After the second violation, the
penalty listed above in section A shall increase by ten
dollars ($10.00) increments for each subsequent violation
to a maximum of thirty dollars ($30.00). Any person who
remains free of parking infractions for one (1) calendar
year shall revert to the base fines set forth in subparagraph
A above; after the one (1) year period free of violation, an
offense shall be considered as a first offense and subject to
reduction as provided above if paid within twenty four (24)
hours.
C. All persons who have committed a parking infraction and
who fail to respond to the notice of that infraction within
fifteen (15) days of its issuance shall be assessed twice the
civil penalty for such infraction as set forth in Subsection
A 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.
Section 2. Parking Prohibited at All Times on Certain Streets. Subsection 22 of
Section 8.64.030 of the Edmonds Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
8.64.030 Schedule III - Parking Prohibited at All Times On
Certain Streets.
22. East side of Sunset from Bell Street to Caspers Street.
Section 3. Schedule III - Parking Prohibited at All Times on Certain Streets.
Subsections 28, 29, 30, and 31 are hereby created and added to Section 8.64.030 of the
Edmonds Municipal Code and shall read as follows:
8.64.030 Schedule III - Parking Prohibited at All Times on
Certain Streets:
28. Both sides of Dayton Street from Admiral Way to Sunset
Avenue (State Route 104).
29. All three (3) sides of Centennial Plaza at Fifth Avenue and
Bell Street.
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30. North side of James Street from Railroad Street to Sunset
Avenue (State Route 104).
31. South side of Caspers Street from Sunset Avenue (State
Route 104) to Third Avenue.
Section 4. Schedule VI - Parking Limited on Certain Streets. Section 8.64.060
of the Edmonds Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
In accordance with Section 8.48.160, and when signs are erected
giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle for a period
of time longer than three hours between the hours of midnight and
6:00 p.m. of any day, except Sundays and public holidays, within
the district or upon any of the streets as follows:
1. Both sides of Bell Street from Sunset Avenue North to
Third Avenue North.
2. South side of Bell Street from Fifth Avenue North to Sixth
Avenue North.
3. Both sides of Main Street from Sunset Avenue to Sixth
Avenue.
4. Both sides of James Street from Sunset Avenue to Third
Avenue South.
5. Both sides of Dayton Street from Sunset Avenue (State
Route 104) to Sixth Avenue South.
6. Both sides of Second Avenue from Dayton to Caspers
Street.
7. West side of Railroad Avenue from Dayton Street to Main
Street.
8. Both sides of Third Avenue from Dayton to Edmonds.
9. Both sides of Fourth Avenue from Dayton Street to Bell
Street.
10. North side of Bell Street from Fifth Avenue North to exit
driveway from Civic Center Parking Lot.
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11. Both sides of Fifth Avenue from Walnut Street to Edmonds
Street.
12. Both sides of Maple Street from Fifth Avenue South to 180
feet east of Fifth Avenue South.
13. Both sides of Alder Street from Fifth Avenue South to 180 feet
east of Fifth Avenue South.
14. Both sides of Edmonds Street from Sunset Avenue to Third
Avenue North.
15. West side of Sunset Avenue from Bell Street to Edmonds
Street.
16. Both sides of Sunset Avenue from Main Street to Bell
Street.
17. North side of Caspers Street from Sunset Avenue to Third
Avenue North.
18. East side of Railroad Street from James Street to Main
Street.
19. South side of James Street from Railroad Street to Sunset
Avenue (State Route 104).
Section 5. Parking Time Limited on Certain Streets. Section 8.48.160 of the
Edmonds City Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
When signs are erected in each block giving notice thereof, no person shall park
a vehicle on the streets, between the hours or on the days specified in Section 8.64.060.
Section 6. Schedule IV -A - Parking Time Limited For Certain Periods of Time
on Certain Streets. Section 8.64.065 of the Edmonds City Code entitled "Section VI -A -
Parking Time Limited For Certain Periods of Time on Certain Streets," is hereby amended by
the deletion of Subsections 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14. The remaining five subsections
are consecutively renumbered and Subsection 2 amended to read as follows:
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2. Westside of Sunset Avenue from Edmonds Street to
Caspers Street.
Section 7. Schedule IV -A - Stopping, Standing or Parking During Certain Hours
On Certain Streets Prohibited. Subsection (1) of Section 8.64.045 of the Edmonds City Code is
hereby deleted, and the remaining subsection 2 shall be renumbered to subsection 1.
Section 8. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other
section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance.
Section 9. 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
five (5) days after passage and publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of the
title.
APPROVED:
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THJE CITY ATTORNEY:
BY )5��
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FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 05/19/94
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 0 5/ 2 4/ 9 4
PUBLISHED: 0 5/ 2 9/ 9 4
EFFECTIVE DATE: 0 6/ 0 3/ 9 4
ORDINANCE NO. 2983
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STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF SNOH01viISH, ss
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 2983
On the 24th f E94,tsnfil
Edmonds day the City
9he City Council of the City of
Passedce
ordinance, consisting the title,provides as
follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS WASHINGTON,
AMENDING SECTION 8.64,030 REGARDIN& PROHIBITED
PARKING AT ALL TIMES ON CERTAIN STREETS, SECTIONS
8.48.160 AND 8.64.060 REGARDING LIMITED PARKING ON
CERTAIN STREETS,. SECTIONS 8.64.045 AND 8.64.065
REGARDING TIME -LIMITED PARKING FOR CERTAIN
PERIODS ON CERTAIN STREETS AMENDING THE FINE
SCHEDULE FOR PARKING VIOLAf'1ONS IN SECTION 8.48.215
TO REFLECT AN ESCALATED FINE STRUCTURE WITH
RECOMMENDED AMOUNTS AND FIXING A TIME WHEN
THE SAME SHALL BE EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mulled upon request.
DATED this 25th day of May 1994.
RHN
1.48.215 Parking Infraction Penalt s MARCH, City Clerk
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 detalled In subparagraphs 2 and 3 S10.00
J. varKing In Tire zone:
B. All persons who have committed a par
are Issued a notice of Infractinn fnr vi
— eucn suosequent violation to a max
dollars ($30.00). Any person who remains
Infractions for one (1) calendar year shall re
fines set forth in subparagraph A above- c
year period free of violation an offense sits
as a first offense and subie&to reduction as
If paid within twenty four (24) hours.
C. All persons',who have committed a parkim
Infraction
ms of par
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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
Court of Snohomish County and that the notice.....-...
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