HomeMy WebLinkAbout02064ORDINANCE NO. 1490
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE
NO. 1078 AND SECTION 24 OF ORDINANCE NO.1091
OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, INSOFAR AS SAID
ORDINANCES RELATE TO THE PARKING AND STANDING
OF VEHICLES ON CITY STREETS AND THE CREATION
OF NO PARKING AREAS TIIEREIN.
Whereas, an examination of Ordinances No. 1078 and 1091 of
the City of Port Townsend reveal certain conflicts relating to
the parking or standing of vehicles on city streets, and
WHEREAS, it is deemed useful and proper to the exercise of
the police powers of the City of Port Townsend to clarify and
consolidate rules rehting to parking of vehicles on city streets,
now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, IN REGULAR
SESSION ASSEMBLED, do ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 1 of Ordinance no. 1078, passed on May 25,
1937 and approved on May 26, 1937, and Section 24 of Ordinance No.
1091, passed on March 15, 1938 and approved on March 16, 1938,
are each here and hereby amended to provide as. follows:
" SECTION (1 or 24 as.may be appropriate). On all streets
of the City of Port Townsend no motor vehicle will be permitted to
stand or park unless the same has been placed with the right hand
wheels parallel with the curb and within 12 inches thereof, EXCEPTING
that on that portion of Taylor Street between Washington Street
and Water Street, and on that portion of Tyler Street between
Washington Street and Front Street, no vehicle will be permitted
to stand or park unless the same has been placed with the longitudinal
line of its chassis at an angle of 45° to the curb and with its
front wheels within 6 inches of the curb; PROVIDED, HOWEVER that no
standing or parking whatsoever of motor vehicles will be permitted
upon the streets of said city within those certain zones which the
Chief of Police or City Council have caused to be marked with the
words "No Parking," whether by lettering upon the curb or on signs
erected for the purpose, and FURTHER PROVIDED that parking only for
special purposes will be permitted upon streets or portions of
streets where the Chief of Police or City Council have caused to be
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