Ordinance 3930ORDINANCE NO.3930
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING CERTAIN PENALTY PAYMENT PROVISIONS OF ECC
8.48 ("PARKING"); PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Edmonds Municipal Court has determined that certain penalty
payment provisions of the City of Edmonds' Parking code section, ECC 8.48, are unduly
administratively burdensome; and
WHEREAS, the City of Edmonds wishes to revise ECC 8.48 to address the issues
raised by the Municipal Court; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subsection .215 of Section 8.48 of the ECC Parking is hereby amended to
read as follows (deleted text in strike -through; new text in underline):
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 subsection (A)(2) of this section: $40.00;
2. Unauthorized handicapped zone parking: $450.00.
nt is the first violation -,end
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next business day after the issuanee of the nefiee ef infraetien.
GB. Repeat Violations Within One Calendar Year.
1. For persons who commit repeated parking violations within one calendar year,
there shall be no port ,nity f r re"etion and the penalty shall stand as stated in
subsection (A) of this section, except as set forth below regardless of when the
p ; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be interpreted to
prohibit the court from imposing additional penalties and costs for late payment.
2. After For the second violation, the penalty listed in subsection (A) of this
section, with the exception of subsection (A)(2) of this section, shall be iflereased
te--$40.00 with no ,.oa,.e fie,,. For the third violation, the penalty listed in
subsection (A) of this section shall be increased to $80.00 and all subsequent
violations within one calendar year shall pay a civil penalty equal to $160.00 per
violation.
3. Each subsequent violation of the posted period of parking time constitutes
another violation. Calculation of the new period of parking time begins
immediately after a notice of infraction has been issued.
4. Any person who remains free of parking infractions for one calendar year shall
revert to the base fine set forth in subsection (A) of this section to the end that,
after a one-year period free of violation, the offense shall be considered a first
offense and subje t t ,-edu .tio ., provided above if paid within 24 hours.
DC. Any person who commits a parking infraction, and who fails to respond to
the notice of that infraction within 15 days of its issuance, shall be assessed a late
fee of $100:00$20.00. Such penalty shall be in addition to any other penalties or
fines imposed for failure to respond to a notice of parking infraction.
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ED. "Person" as used in this section shall refer to the registered owner of the
vehicle found to be in violation of the parking provisions of this chapter.
[Ord. 3884 § 1, 2012; Ord. 3653 § 1, 2007; Ord. 3564 § 1, 2005].
Section 2. 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 3. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifically
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.
APP VED:
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MAYOR DAVAD O. EARLING
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
BY
JEFFREY B. TARADAY
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 06-28-2013
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 07-02-2013
PUBLISHED: 07-07-2013
EFFECTIVE DATE: 07-12-2013
ORDINANCE NO.3930
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO.3930
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 2nd day of July, 2013, the City Council of the City of Edmonds,
Washington passed Ordinance No. 3930. A summary of the content of said ordinance,
consisting of the title, provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING CERTAIN PENALTY
PAYMENT PROVISIONS OF ECC 8.48 ("PARKING");
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND SETTING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 3Td day of July, 2013.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF WASHINGTON, I
COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH j
SU�MIM1 a)' OFF ORDINA E fdi3. 3930
of the oily viol Edmonds. Wsshlrrr�ion
On the 2nd day of July, 2013. the City Council of Iho Caty of
Edmonds. Washington passed Ordinance No. 3930. A summary
of the contanI of said ordfnunce, consisting 01 the line, provides as
toflaws;
WASOFUNANCE OF THE CITY ED""
HiNGTON AMENO NG CERTAIN PENALTYPAYOMTOST
PROVISIONS OF ECC 9.48 ('PAFIKING`); PROVIDING FOS
SEVERABUTY, AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
The Pull tezl of this Ordinance will be mallod upon request.
DATED thls 3rd fty of July, 2013,
Published: Ju 7.2013.
fTYCLERK, SA NDRA S. CHASE
S.S.
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
Summary of Ordinance No. 3930
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:
July 07, 2013
and that said newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period,
Subscribed and swom to before me this
day of Jul%, 2013
Notary Public in and for the State of Washington,
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