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Ordinance No. 2975
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND AMENDING PTMC
SECTION 10.40.020 TO PROHIBIT SKATEBOARDING AT HALLER
FOUNTAIN AND TERRACE STEPS
WHEREAS, skateboard activity in the vicinity of Haller Fountain and Terrace
Steps has caused damage to recently constructed improvements, including benches,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council ofthe City of Port Townsend ordains as
follows:
SECTION 1. Amendment. Section 10.40.020 Prohibited locations of the Port
Tovmsend Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows (text in strikeout is
deleted, text in underline is added):
10.40.020 Prohibited locations.
The use or riding of skateboards is prohibited on all portions of streets in the city which
are open to vehicular traffic and all public sidewalks on the portions of streets set forth
below hereinafter mcrni0ned, and other areas set forth below:
A. Water Street between Monroe Street and Walker Street;
B. Washington Street between Monroe and Harrison Streets;
C. Taylor Street between Washington and Front Streets;
D. Adams Street between Washington Street and the shoreline;
E. Quincy Street between Water and Washington Streets;
F. Lawrence Street between Taylor and Harrison Streets;
G. Monroe Street between LawTence and Water Streets;
H. Polk Street between Washington and Water Streets;
I. Tyler Street between Washington Street and the shoreline;
J. Madison Street between Washington Street and the shoreline;
K. Union Wharf;
L. City Dock;
M. Sims Way between Walker Street and Kearney Street; and
N. 12th Street between Landes Street and Haines Street, including the transit passenger
waiting area.
O. Haller Fountain and Terrace Steps. including, the landscaped staircase and the entire
area Iving between Washington Street and Jefferson Street on platted Tavlor Street. (Ord.
2615 ~ 1,1997; Ord. 2546 ~ 1, 1996; Ord. 2476 S 1, 1995; Ord. 1763 ~ 2,1976).
Section 2. Penalty. Any person violating this ordinance is subject to the penalty
setforth in PTMC 1.01.020.
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SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or its application
to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder ofthe ordinance, or the
application of the provision to other persons or circumstances, is not affected.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five days after the date of its
publication in the manner provided by law.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, at a
regular meeting thereof, held this twenty-first day of April, 2008.
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Michelle Sandoval, Mayor
Attest:
Approved as to Form:
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Pamela Kolacv, M tJ
City Clerk
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John P. Watts
City Attorney
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