HomeMy WebLinkAbout02047ORDINANCE NO. 1480
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ES
MENT OF LOADING ZONES ON CITY STREETS,
METHODS OF APPLICATION THEREFOR, PROHI
PARKING THEREIN, PROVIDING FOR MARKING
AND PROHIBITING PAINTING OF CURBS OF C
STREETS EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN, AND
SCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASH
SESSION ASSEMBLED, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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ES AND
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, IN REGULAR
Section 1. The Police Department of the C ty of Port
Townsend is here and hereby authorized to grant to qlalified applicants
a reserved area of City Streets along and upon City 'treets for the
purpose of permitting the loading and unloading of v hicles in said
zones in the servicing of adjacent places of busines . Such loading
zones shall be created only upon application of pers ns operating a
business adjacent to the requested zone, and upon pa ment of the fees
as hereinafter provided.
Section 2. Any such loading zone shall consist of an area
along the curbing of the street which shall comprise that amount of
space which would ordinarily be designated for the p rking area controlled
by a single parking meter in the metered areas of th City. In the
event that the area requested and granted for a parking zone shall
comprise more area than ordinarily delegated to a single parking meter,
as aforesaid, then the fees charged for said loadin zone shall be in
ratio to the area reserved in the loading zone as m-asured by space
ordinarily delegated to a single parking meter.
Section 3. Applications for loading zoneslshall be made to
the Chief of Police, in writing, and shall state the} name of the
applicant, the name of the business to be served, a d the nature of the
business, together with a description of the area r quested to be
reserved for loading zone purposes.
Section 4. Upon the creation of a loadin zone, as herein -
above provided, the Chief of Police shall cause the curbing adjacent to
the loading zone to be painted white, and the white painted area to be
stenciled or otherwise marked to read "Loading Zone No Parking."
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