HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-2735 WASHINGTON MODEL TRAFFIC ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NO. 2735
AN ORDINANCE relating to traffic control; adopting the
• Washington Model Traffic Ordinance together
with amendments, deletions and additions
thereto; repealing Title 9 of the City of
Yakima Municipal Code in its entirety; and
enacting a new Title 9 "Traffic", and chap-
ters thereof as a new title and chapters, and
enacting Chapter 1.92 "Traffic Safety Commis-
sion" as a new chapter, all of the City of
Yakima Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Title 9 "Traffic" and each and every chap-
ter and section thereof, of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code, are hereby repealed.
Section 2. Simultaneously with the repeal of Title 9
of the City of Yakima Municipal Code as effected by Section
1 of this Ordinance, Title 9, "Traffic" of the City of
Yakima Municipal Code is hereby reenacted, and shall consist
of the following chapters and sections, which are hereby
enacted as new chapters and sections of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code:
"Title 9
Traffic
411) Chapter 9.05
GENERAL PROVISIONS
9.05.010 Short title and adoption by reference. This
title, "Traffic", of the City of Yakima Municipal Code con-
stitutes the "Traffic Code" of the city of Yakima and may be
cited as such. Those sections of the Revised Code of Wash-
ington which are adopted by reference shall constitute part
of this title as though set forth fully herein.
9.05.020 Purpose and interpretation. This traffic
title is enacted in the exercise of the police power of the
city of Yakima, to protect and preserve the public peace,
health, safety and economic welfare, and all of its provi-
sions shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of
that purpose.
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9.05.030 Effect of partial invalidity. If any provi-
sion or part thereof of this title or its application to any
persons or circumstance is for any reason held to be in-
valid, the remainder of that provision and this title or the
application of the provisions or part thereof to other
persons or circumstances is not affected.
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9.05.040 Effect on existing rights. The repeal by
this traffic title of any existing ordinance shall not
revive any former ordinances heretofore repealed, nor affect
any right existing or accrued, or any action or proceeding
already taken, except as provided in this title.
9.05.050 Savings. The enactment of this traffic title
shall not have the effect of terminating, or in any way
modifying, any liability, civil or criminal, which shall be
in existence at the date this traffic title becomes effec-
tive.
9.05.060 Effect of headings and references. Chapter
headings, tables of contents, and section titles as used in
this traffic title do not constitute any part of the law.
9.05.070 Existing permits to remain in force. Except
as otherwise provided herein, all permits lawfully issued
under the provisions of any ordinance repealed by this
traffic title shall remain in force and effect until the
expiration thereof, unless sooner surrendered or revoked;
subject, however, to all other provisions of this traffic
title.
9.05.080 Vehicle owner to act in person - Agents:
Every act or statement required to be made by the owner or
operator of any vehicle shall be made or done by the owner
or operator of any vehicle and shall be made or done by the
owner or operator in person, unless such owner is a company
or corporation or such owner or operator is incapable of
acting in person, and if the same is made or done by an
• agent, the necessity thereof shall be stated and shown.
9.05.090 False representation prohibited. No person
shall make a false statement or representation in any appli-
cation, statement or report required by this traffic title
to be made.
9.05.100 Advertising - Printing code. It is unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation to print, publish or
distribute any advertising matter whatsoever in connection
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with this traffic title unless the applicable traffic code
section in its entirety be printed therein.
9.05.110 Uniformity of application. The provisions of
this traffic title relating to the operation of vehicles
1110 shall be applicable and uniform upon all persons operating
vehicles upon the highways of this city, except as otherwise
specifically provided.
Chapter 9.10
DEFINITIONS
9.10.010 Central business district. "Central business
district" is defined as the area within the following boun-
daries:
The west curb line of 6th Avenue, the south curb line
of Walnut Street, the east curb line of 6th Street, and the
north curb line of Lincoln Avenue.
9.10.020 City. "City" means the City of Yakima.
9.10.030 Core business district. "Core business
district" is defined as the area within the following
boundaries:
The east curb line of 1st Street, the north curb line
of Walnut Street, the west curb line of 6th Street, and the
south curb line of "B" Street.
9.10.040 Divided highway. "Divided highway" means any
highway that has been divided into two or more roadways by
leaving an intervening space or by a physical barrier or
clearly indicated dividing section or by a median island not
less than eighteen inches wide formed either by solid yellow
pavement markings or by a yellow crosshatching between two
solid yellow lines so installed as to control vehicular
traffic.
9.10.050 Pedestrian mall. "Pedestrian mall" means an
area officially designated as such by the City Council
pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 35.71 of the Revised
Code of Washington.
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9.10.060 Public holiday. "Public holiday" means the
first day of January (New Year's Day), twelfth day of
February (Lincoln's Birthday), third Monday of February
(Washington's Birthday), last Monday of May (Memorial Day),
fourth day of July (Independence Day), first Monday of
September (Labor Day), eleventh day of November (Veteran's
Day), fourth Thursday of November (Thanksgiving Day), the
day immediately following Thanksgiving Day, and the twenty-
fifth day of December (Christmas).
CHAPTER 9.15
TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION
9.15.010 Authority of police and fire department
officials.
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A. It shall be the duty of the chief of police and
such officers of the police department or such officers as
are assigned by the chief of police to enforce this traffic
title.
B. Officers of the police department or such officers
as are assigned by the chief of police are authorized to
direct all traffic by voice, hand, or signal in conformance
with traffic laws; provided, that in the event of a fire or
other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard
pedestrians, officers of the police department may direct
traffic as conditions may require notwithstanding the provi-
sions of this title.
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C. Officers of the fire department, when at the scene
of a fire, may direct or assist the police in directing
traffic thereat or in the immediate vicinity.
9.15.015 Police to support fire department at fires.
The chief of police shall, in case of fire, upon the request
of the fire chief, dispatch thereto patrolmen in charge of
an officer which officer shall report for duty and be sub-
ject to the orders of the chief of the fire department, or
his authorized agent, and shall establish fire lines and
direct traffic in accordance with his orders.
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9.15.020 Records of traffic violations. The police
department shall keep a record of all violations of the
traffic ordinances of this city, with the exception of
illegal parking or standing violations, and of the state
motor vehicle laws of which any person has been charged,
S O together with a record of the final disposition of all such
alleged offenses. Such record shall be so maintained as to
show all types of violations and the total of each. Said
record shall accumulate during at last a five-year period,
and from that time on the record shall be maintained com-
plete for at least the most recent five-year period.
9.15.030 Police department to investigate accidents.
It shall be the duty of the police department to investigate
traffic accidents, to arrest and to assist in the prosecu-
tion of those persons charged with violations of this title
causing or contributing to such accidents.
9.15.040 Traffic accident reports. The police depart-
ment shall maintain a suitable system of filing traffic
accident reports. Such reports shall be available for the
use and information of the city traffic engineer.
9.15.050 Police department to designate method of
identifying funeral processions. The police department
shall designate a type of pennant or identifying insignia to
be displayed upon, or other method to be employed to identi-
fy, the vehicles in funeral processions.
9.15.060 School patrol authority. The chief of police
1111 is authorized and directed to cooperate with the superinten-
dent of schools, the school board and other school officials
in supervising the establishment, organization, training and
operation of the school patrol in the city as authorized by
RCW 46.61.385.
9.15.090 Police chief to report stolen, recovered, or
abandoned vehicles. The police chief shall report all
stolen, recovered, or abandoned vehicles to the Chief of
411/1" Washington State Patrol in accordance with RCW 46.52.110.
9.15.110 Traffic engineer - Authority. The city
traffic engineer is authorized:
1. To place and maintain official traffic con-
trol devices as required under the traffic code or resolu-
tions of the city council and to make effective the provi-
sions of said code or resolutions, and he may place and
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maintain such additional official traffic control devices as
he may deem necessary to regulate, warn, or guide traffic
under the traffic code or resolutions of the city council;
2. To place and maintain official traffic con-
trol devices as he may deem necessary to regulate, warn, or
guide traffic for construction, detours, emergencies, and
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special conditions;
3. To designate and maintain, by appropriate
devices, marks, or lines upon the surface of the roadway,
crosswalks at intersections where in his opinion there is
particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway, and
in such other places as he may deem necessary;
4. To establish safety zones of such kind and
character and at such places as he may deem necessary for
the protection of pedestrians;
5. To mark traffic lanes upon the roadway of any
highway where a regular alignment of traffic is necessary;
6. To regulate the timing of traffic signals so 1111
as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly and safe
manner;
7. To place official traffic control devices
within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course to
be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, in
accordance with the provisions of this title, and such
course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be
other than as prescribed by law;
8. To determine those intersections at which
drivers of vehicles shall not make a right, left, or U turn,
and shall place proper signs at such intersections. The
making of such turns may be prohibited between certain hours
of any day and permitted at other hours, in which event the
same shall be plainly indicated on the signs or they may be
removed when such turns are permitted;
9. To erect and maintain stop signs, yield
signs, or other official traffic control devices to desig-
nate arterial highways or to designate intersections or
other roadway junctions at which vehicular traffic on one or
more of the roadways shall yield or stop and yield before
entering the intersection or junction, except as provided in
RCW 46.61.195;
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10. To erect signs indicating no parking upon
both sides of a highway when the width of the improved
roadway does not exceed twenty feet, or upon one side of a
highway as indicated by such signs when the width of the
improved roadway is between twenty and twenty-eight feet;
11. To determine when standing or parking may be
permitted upon the left-hand side of any roadway when the
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highway includes two or more separate roadways and traffic
is restricted to one direction upon any such roadway and to
erect signs giving notice thereof;
12. To determine and designate by proper signs
places not exceeding one hundred feet in length in which the
stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles would create an
especially hazardous condition or would cause unusual delay
to traffic;
13. To determine the location of loading zones,
passenger loading zones, and tow -away zones and shall place
and maintain appropriate signs or curb markings supplemented
with the appropriate words stenciled on the curb indicating
the same and stating the hours during which the provisions
of this chapter are applicable;
14. To establish bus stops, and bus stands on
such highways in such places and in such number as he shall
determine to be of the greatest benefit and convenience to
the public, and every bus stop and bus stand or taxicab
stand, or other stand shall be designated by appropriate
signs or by curb markings supplemented with the appropriate
words stenciled on the curb;
15. To designate and set aside taxicab stands and
stands for other for hire vehicles on the public streets
where taxicabs and for -hire vehicles may stand while await-
ing employment, which stands shall consist of parking spaces
for two or more taxicabs or for -hire vehicles; provided, no
such stand shall be designated by the traffic engineer
without the written consent, filed in the office of the
traffic engineer, from the abutting lessee or property owner
to establish such stand; provided, further, the city council
may authorize the traffic engineer to designate and set
aside a taxicab stand in the absence of such written con-
sent, or in the event the lessee or owner of abutting pro-
perty refuses to give such consent;
16. To erect and maintain official traffic con-
trol devices on any highway or part thereof to impose gross
weight limits on the basis of an engineering and traffic
investigation;
17. To erect and maintain official traffic con-
trol devices on any highway or part thereof to prohibit the
operation of trucks exceeding ten thousand pounds gross
weight on the basis of an engineering and traffic investi-
gation: provided, that such devices shall not prohibit
necessary local operation on such highways for the purpose
of making a pickup or delivery;
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18. To erect and maintain official traffic con-
trol devices on any highway or part thereof to impose ve-
hicle size restrictions on the basis of an engineering and
traffic investigation;
19. To determine and designate those heavily
traveled highways upon which shall be prohibited any class
or kind of traffic which is found to be incompatible with
the normal and safe movement of traffic on the basis of an
engineering and traffic investigation and shall erect ap-
propriate official traffic control devices giving notice
thereof;
20. To install parking meters in the established
parking meter zones upon the curb adjacent to each desig-
nated parking space;
21. To designate the parking space adjacent to
each parking meter for which such meter is to be used by
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the highway;
22. To post appropriate signs making it unlawful
for pedestrians to cross highways in certain crosswalks when
such crossing would endanger either pedestrian or vehicular
traffic using the highway;
23. To test new or proposed traffic control
devices under actual conditions of traffic;
24. To determine upon what streets, other than
state highways, center street parking shall be permitted or
required, and shall sign or mark the same for center street
parking;
25. To establish along the curb on any street
near any City buildings and installations and at such other
places as may be reasonably necessary, restricted parking 111/
zones for the purpose of facilitating the work of the
police, fire, and other departments of the city;
26. To erect signs indicating no parking or
stopping upon either or both sides of any street adjacent to
any .school property when such parking would interfere with
traffic or create a hazardous situation;
27. To determine upon what streets angle parking
shall be permitted and sign or mark same for angle parking:
provided, that on those streets forming a part of any fed-
eral aid or state highway the traffic engineer may recommend
action by the city council in accordance with RCW
46.61.575(3);
28. To establish short term parking meter zones
and install short term parking meters either within or
outside of •parking meter zones established by this title as
deemed necessary for traffic and parking control;
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29. To consider when establishing a loading zone,
passenger loading zone, or tow away zone, the presence of
alley entrances or other similar means of approach to build-
ings or property, and congested traffic conditions within
the block and to fix the hours during which such zones shall
ID be in effect;
30. To authorize funeral zones along the curbs on
any street adjacent to funeral parlors or churches for the
purpose of relieving congestion of traffic attendant to
funeral services;
31. To establish school crossings at locations in
the vicinity of schools where routes to be followed by
school children have been selected;
32. To establish no passing zones;
33. To authorize the installation and removal of
temporary traffic control devices necessary for special
ID events, including parades which have been issued a parade
permit in accordance with Chapter 9.50 of this Code;
34. To close or' 'authorize closure of any street
or portion thereof to any and all traffic pursuant to the
provisions of this title;
35. To authorize the installation of those traf-
fic control measures described in this title which are not
specifically the responsibility of the city council;
36. To authorize the painting and stenciling of
curbs in lieu of or in addition to posting signs, to convey
parking restrictions in accord with the following color
scheme: yellow-loading zones and no parking zones; blue-
handicapped parking;
• 37. To authorize the establishment of left turn
lanes, right-turn lanes, and two-way left turn lanes.
9.15.120 Closed or restricted streets. Whenever the
condition of any street or alley, either newly constructed,
repaired or improved, or of prior construction, or any part
thereof, is such that its use or continued use by vehicles
will greatly damage such street or alley, the director of
public works or the director of engineering and utilities
may close such street or alley to travel by all vehicles, or
to any class of vehicles, for such period as he determines.
9.15.130 Finance officer to collect parking meter
revenues. The director of finance and budget, or his duly
authorized agents, shall collect, from time to time, all
revenues from parking meters installed pursuant to this
title and place the same in the current expense fund. The
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person collecting the revenues from the meters shall first
enter into a bond to the city, with good and sufficient
surety, in the amount of one thousand dollars to guarantee
the faithful performance of his duties and a faithful ac-
counting of all monies so received or collected by him.
9.15.140 Parking meter violations. It is the duty of
the director of finance and budget to keep an account of all
stopping, standing and parking violations; and:
1. Report the number of each parking meter which
indicates that the vehicle occupying the adjacent parking
space is or has been parked in violation of any of the
provisions of this title;
2. Report the license number of such vehicle;
3. Report other facts, a knowledge of which is
necessary to a thorough understanding of the circumstances
attending such violation;
4. Attach to such vehicle a notice that it has
been parked in violation of this title and instructing the
owner or operator to report at the parking violation bureau
of the city, or such other place in the city where such
violations may be reported, in regard to such violation
within five days.
9.15.150 Department of finance and budget to regulate
parking meters. The director of finance and budget shall be
responsible for the regulation, control, operation, and use
of parking meters installed in the parking meter zones
established by this code.
9.15.170 City Council - Authority.
A. The City Council may, by ordinance after study and
report by the city traffic engineer and other appropriate
staff members and recommendation by the city manager:
1. Designate any city streets or alleys for
one-way traffic;
2. Designate a street as an arterial street;
3. Establish parking meter zones, and prescribe
the maximum lengths of time for which vehicles may park in
the parking meter zone;
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4. Designate street areas where stopping, stand-
ing, or parking shall be regulated, restricted, or prohib-
ited.
5. Alter the speed limit on any street from the
limits established in RCW 46.61.400 and RCW 46.61.425 as
adopted by this code, provided, that any altered speed limit
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on a street that forms a part of a state highway route shall
not become effective until approved by the Washington State
Highway Commission;
6. Assign preferential right-of-way to an arter-
ial street over an arterial street designated by the Wash-
411 ington State Highway Commission as forming a part of a state
highway route: provided, that said assignment of prefer-
ential right-of-way shall not become effective until ap-
proved by the Washington State Highway Commission;
7. Designate a street that forms a part of any
federal-aid or state highway for angle parking: provided,
that said designation for angle parking shall not become
effective until approved by the Washington State Highway
Commission;
8. Prohibit the use of any limited access road-
way under its jurisdiction by funeral processions, parades,
pedestrians, motor-driven cycles, bicycles, or other non-
motorized traffic; and
B. The city council may, by resolution, close any
street or part thereof for special events, and attach such
conditions to the closure as the council may deem desirable.
CHAPTER 9.45
HIT AND RUN DRIVING
9.45.010 Duty in case of injury to or death of person
or damage to attended vehicle or other property -- Penalty.
A. The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident
resulting only in damage to a vehicle which is driven or
attended by any person or damage to other property shall
immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident
or as close thereto as possible and shall forthwith return
to, and in any event shall remain at, the scene of such
accident until he has fulfilled the requirements of sub-
section B of this section; every such stop shall be made
without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.
B. Unless otherwise provided in subsection D of this
section, the driver of any vehicle involved in an accident
resulting in damage to any vehicle which is driven or at-
tended by any person or damage to other property shall give
his name, address, and vehicle license number and shall
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exhibit his vehicle driver's license to the driver or occu-
pant of, or any person attending any such vehicle collided
with.
C. Any driver covered by the provisions of subsection
A of this section failing to stop or to comply with any of
the requirements of subsection B of this section under said
circumstances shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and,
upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for not less
than thirty days nor more than one year or by a fine of not
less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred
dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment: Provided,
that this provision shall not apply to any person injured or
incapacitated by such accident to the extent of being
physically incapable of complying herewith.
D. If none of the persons specified are in condition
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to receive information to which they otherwise would be
entitled under subsection C of this section, and no police
officer is present, the driver of any vehicle involved in
such accident after fulfilling all other requirements of
subsections A and C of this section insofar as possible on
his part to be performed, shall forthwith report such ac-
cident to the nearest office of the duly authorized policy
authority and submit thereto the information specified in
subsection C of this section.
Chapter 9.46
MODEL TRAFFIC ORDINANCE
9.46.010 Model Traffic Ordinance. The Washington Model
Traffic Ordinance, R.C.W Chapter 46.90, which shall be
referred to as the "Model Traffic Ordinance" or "MTO", is
hereby adopted by reference as if set forth in full in this
Chapter subject to the deletions and modifications set out
in the following sections.
9.46.020 Deletions and Modifications to the Model Traf- 4116
fic Ordinance.
A. Deletions. The following sections of the
Model Traffic Ordinance are not adopted as part of the City
of Yakima Municipal Code: RCW 46.90.115, 46.90.250,
46.90.255, 46.90.260, 46.90.265, 46.90.275, 46.90.335,
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46.90.340, 46.90.375, 46.90.469, 46.90.610, 46.90.620,
46.90.630, 46.90.640, 46.90.650, 46.90.660, 46.90.910,
46.90.920, 46.90.940, 46.90.950.
B. Modifications. (1) RCW 46.90.300 as adopted
by to the city of Yakima is hereby modified to read as
follows:
"The following sections of the Revised Code of
Washington as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by
references as a part of this chapter in all respects as
though such sections were set forth herein in full:
46.12.300, 46.16.010, 46.16.025, 46.16.030, 46.16.135,
46.16.140, 46.16.145, 46.16.170, 46.16.180, 46.16.240,
46.16.260, 46.16.290, 46.16.380, 46.16.500, 46.16.505,
46.20.011, 46.20.021, 46.20.022, 46.20.025, 46.20.027,
46.20.041, 46.20.045, 46.20.190, 46.20.220, 46.20.336,
46.20.342, 46.20.343, 46.20.344, 46.20.410, 46.20.420,
46.20.500, 46.20.510, 46.29.605, 46.32.060, 46.32.070,
46.37.010, 46.37.020, 46.37.030, 46.37.040, 46.37.050,
46.37.060, 46.37.070, 46.37.080, 46.37.090, 46.37.100,
46.37.110, 46.37.120, 46.37.130, 46.37.140, 46.37.150,
46.37.160, 46.37.170, 46.37.180, 46.37.184, 46.37.185,
46.37.186, 46.37.187, 46.37.188, 46.37.190, 46.37.196,
46.37.200, 46.37.210, 46.37.215, 46.37.220, 46.37.230,
46.37.240, 46.37.260, 46.37.270, 46.37.280, 46.37.290,
46.37.300, 46.37.310, 46.37.340, 46.37.351, 46.37.360,
46.37.365, 46.37.369, 46.37.375, 46.37.380, 46.37.390,
46.37.400, 46.37.410, 46.37.420, 46.37.425, 46.37.430,
46.37.440, 46.37.450, 46.37.460, 46.37.465, 46.37.480,
46.37.490, 46.37.500, 46.37.510, 46.37.513, 46.37.517.
46.37.520, 46.37.522, 46.37.523, 46.37.524, 46.37.525,
46.37.527, 46.37.528, 46.37.529, 46.37.530, 46.37.535,
46.37.537, 46.37.539, 46.37.600, 46.44.010, 46.44.020,
46.44.030, 46.44.034, 46.44.036, 46.44.037, 46.44.041,
46.44.042, 46.44.047, 46.44.050, 46.44.060, 46.44.070,
46.44.120, and 46.52.200."
(2) RCW 46.90.427 as adopted by the city of Yakima is
hereby modified to read as follows:
"46.90.427 Certain RCW sections adopted by refer-
ence. The following sections of the Revised Code of Wash-
ington as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by
reference as a part of this chapter in all respects as
though such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW
46.61.300, 46.61.305, 46.61.310, 46.61.315, 46.61.340,
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46.61.345, 46.61.350, 46.61.355, 46.61.365, 46.61.370,
46.61.375, 46.61.385, 46.61.400, 46.61.425, 46.61.440,
46.61.445, 46.61.450, 46.61.455, 46.61.460, 46.61.465,
46.61.500, 46.61.502, 46.61.504, 46.61.525, 46.61.530,
46.61.540 and subsection 4 of 46.61.575."
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(3) RCW 46.90.900 as adopted by the city of Yakima is
hereby modified to read as follows:
"46.90.900 Certain RCW sections adopted by refer-
ence. The following sections of the Revised Code of Wash-
ington as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by
reference as a part of this chapter in all respects as
though such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW
46.98.020, 46.98.030, 46.98.040, 47.36.110, 47.36.180,
47.36.200, 47.36.220, 47.52.010, 47.52.011, 47.52.120,
70.84.020, 70.84.040, and 70.93.060."
CHAPTER 9.48
DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED AND RELATED OFFENSES
9.48.010 Driving while under the influence of intox-
icating liquor or any drug.
A. It is unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle
while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any
drug.
B. A person is guilty of driving while under the
influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug if he drives a
vehicle within this city while:
1. He has 0.10 percent or more by weight of
alcohol in his blood as shown by a chemical analysis of his
breath, blood, or other bodily substance made under RCW
46.61.506 as now or hereafter amended; or
2. He is under the influence of or affected by
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intoxicating liquor or any drug; or
3. He is under the combined influence of or
affected by intoxicating liquor and any drug.
C. The fact that any person charged with a violation
of this section is or has been entitled to use such drug
under the laws of this state shall not constitute a defense
against any charge of violating this section.
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9.48.020 Being in actual physical control of a motor
vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or
any drug.
A. It is unlawful for any person to be in actual
ID physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influ-
ence of intoxicating liquor or any drug.
B. A person is guilty of being in actual physical
control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of
intoxicating liquor or any drug if he has actual physical
control of a vehicle within this city while
1. He has 0.10 percent or more by weight of
alcohol in his blood as shown by a chemical analysis of his
breath, blood, or other bodily substance made under RCW
111 46.61.506 as now or hereafter amended; or
2. He is under the influence of or affected by
intoxicating liquor or any drug; or
3. He is under the combined influence of or
affected by intoxicating liquor and any drug.
C. The fact that any person charged with a violation
of this section is or has been entitled to use such drug
under the laws of this state shall not constitute a defense
against any charge of violating this section. No person may
be convicted under this section if, prior to being pursued
by a law enforcement officer, he has moved the vehicle
1110 safely off the roadway.
9.48.030 Driving while under the influence and physi-
cal control while under the influence -- Penalties.
A. Commencing July 1, 1983, every person who is
convicted of a violation of 9.48.010 or 9.48.020 of the City
of Yakima Municipal Code shall be punished by imprisonment
for not less than twenty-four consecutive hours nor more
0111 than one year, and by a fine of not more than seven hundred
fifty dollars. Twenty-four consecutive hours of the jail
sentence shall not be suspended or deferred unless the judge
finds that the imposition of the jail sentence will pose a
risk to the defendant's physical or mental well-being.
Whenever the mandatory jail sentence is suspended or de-
ferred, the judge must state, in writing, the reason for
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granting the suspension or deferral and the facts upon which
the suspension or deferral is based. The court may impose
conditions of probation that may include no repetition,
alcohol or drug treatment, supervised probation, or other
conditions that may be appropriate. The convicted person
shall, in addition, be required to complete a course in an SIP
alcohol information school approved by the department of
social and health services or more intensive treatment in a
program approved by the department of social and health
services, as determined by the court. A diagnostic evalua-
tion and treatment recommendation shall be prepared under
the direction of the court by an alcoholism agency approved
by the department of social and health services or a quali-
fied probation department approved by the department of
social and health services. A copy of the report shall be
forwarded to the department of licensing. Based on the
diagnostic evaluation, the court shall determine whether the
convicted person shall be required to complete a course in
an alcohol information school approved by the department of
social and health services or more intensive treatment in a
program approved by the department of social and health
services. The courts shall periodically review the costs of
alcohol information schools and treatment programs within
their jurisdictions.
B. On a second or subsequent conviction for driving
or being in physical control of a motor vehicle while under
the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs within a
five-year period a person shall be punished by imprisonment
for not less than seven days nor more than one year and by a
fine of not more than one thousand five hundred dollars.
•
The jail sentence shall not be suspended or deferred unless
the judge finds that the imposition of the jail sentence
will pose a risk to the defendant's physical or mental
well-being. Whenever the mandatory jail sentence is sus-
pended or deferred, the judge must state, in writing, the
reason for granting the suspension or deferral and the facts
upon which the suspension or deferral is based. If, at the
time of a second or subsequent conviction, the driver is
without a license or permit because of a previous suspension
or revocation, the minimum mandatory sentence shall be
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ninety days in jail and a two hundred dollar fine. The
penalty so imposed shall not be suspended or deferred. The
person shall, in addition, be required to complete a diag-
nostic evaluation by an alcoholism agency approved by the
department of social and health services or a qualified
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probation department approved by the deaprtment of social
and health services. The report shall be forwarded to the
department of licensing. If the person is found to have an
alcohol or drug problem requiring treatment, the person
shall complete treatment at an approved alcoholism treatment
OD facility or approved drug treatment center.
In addition to any nonsuspendable and nondefer-
rable jail sentence required by this subsection, the court
shall sentence a person to a term of imprisonment not ex-
ceeding one hundred eighty days and shall suspend but shall
not defer the sentence for a period not exceeding two years.
The suspension of the sentence may be conditioned upon
nonrepetition, alcohol or drug treatment, supervised proba-
tion, or other conditions that may be appropriate. The
sentence may be imposed in whole or in part upon violation
0 of a condition of suspension during the suspension period.
C. A sentencing court may allow persons convicted of
violating section 9.48.010 or 9.48.020 of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code to fulfill the terms of the sentence (as
provided in subsections A or B of this section 9.48.030) in
non-consecutive or intermittent time periods. However, the
first twenty-four hours of any sentence under subsection A
of this section and the first fourty-eight hours of any
sentence under subsection B of this section shall be serve&
consecutively unless suspended or deferred as otherwise
provided by law.
9.48.040 Alcoholic Beverages -- Traffic Infraction.
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A. Commencing July 1, 1983, it is a traffic infrac-
tion:
(1) To drink any alcoholic beverage in a motor
vehicle when the vehicle is upon a highway; or
(2) For a person to have in his possession while
in a motor vehicle upon a highway, a bottle, can, or other
4P receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage if the container
has been opened or a seal broken or the contents partially
removed; or
(3) For the registered owner of a motor vehicle
or the driver if the registered owner is not then present in
the vehicle, to keep in a motor vehicle when the vehicle is
upon a highway, a bottle, can, or other receptacle contain-
ing an alcoholic beverage which has been opened or a seal
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broken or the contents partially removed, unless the con-
tainer is kept in the trunk of the vehicle or in some other
area of the vehicle not normally occupied by the driver or
passengers if the vehicle does not have a trunk. A utility
compartment or glove compartment is deemed to be within the
area occupied by the driver and passengers. elP
B. This section does not apply to a public conveyance
that has been commercially chartered for group use or to the
living quarters of a motor home or camper or, except as
otherwise provided. by RCW 66.44.250, or local law, to any
passenger for compensation in a for-hire vehicle licensed
under city, county or state law.
9.48.050 Alcoholic beverages -- Consumption or per-
mitting consumption in public conveyance -- Misdemeanor.
A. Commencing July 1, 1983, every person wholly or in 1 110
part in the business of carrying passengers for hire, and
every agent, servant, or employee of such person, who know-
ingly permits any person to drink any intoxicating liquor in
any public conveyance, except in the compartment where such
liquor is sold or served under the authority of a license
lawfully issued, is guilty of a misdemeanor. This sub-
section does not apply to a public conveyance that is com-
mercially chartered for group use or a for-hire vehicle
licensed under city, county or state law.
B. Commencing July 1, 1983, every person who drinks
any intoxicating liquor in any public conveyance, except in
a compartment or place where sold or served under the
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authority of a license lawfully issued, is guilty of a
misdemeanor. With respect to a public conveyance that is
commercially chartered for a group use and with respect to a
for-hire vehicle licensed under city, county or state law,
this section applies only to the driver of the vehicle.
CHAPTER 9.50
PARKING AND RULES OF THE ROAD
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9.50.010 Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in
specified places.
A. Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other
traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a
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police officer or official traffic control device, no person
shall:
(1) Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
(a) On the roadway side of any vehicle
stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street,
(b) On a sidewalk or planting strip except
as authorized by permit issued in accordance with Chapter
8.66 of this code,
(c) Within an intersection,
(d) On a crosswalk,
(e) Alongside or opposite any street excava-
tion or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking
would obstruct traffic,
(f) Upon any bridge or other elevated struc-
ture upon a highway or within a highway tunnel,
411/ (g) On any railroad tracks,
(h) Within a taxi zone,
(i) In the area between roadways of a
divided highway, or
(j) At any place where official signs pro-
hibit stopping;
(2) Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or
not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger
or passengers:
(a) In front of a public or private driveway
or within five feet of the end of the curb radius leading
thereto,
(b) Within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant,
(c) Within twenty feet of a crosswalk,
1111 (d) Within thirty feet upon the approach to
any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic
control signal located at the side of a roadway,
(e) Within twenty feet of the driveway
entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street
opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-
five feet of said entrance, when properly signposted,
(f) In any officially designated bus zone,
except for a bus,
(g) In a taxi stand area or for hire vehicle
stand, except for taxis or for hire vehicles as the case may
be,
(h) In a passenger loading zone for a period
not to exceed three minutes, or
(i) At any place where official signs pro-
hibit standing;
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(3) Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not,
except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually
engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers:
(a) Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of
a railroad crossing,
(b) Within an alley in a residence district
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in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave avail-
able less than ten feet of the width of the roadway for the
free movement of vehicular traffic, and no person shall
stop, 'stand, or park a vehicle within an alley in such
position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting
property: provided, that it is lawful for the operator of a
vehicle to park so as to leave available less than ten feet
of width, or so as to block the alley in a residence dis-
trict if necessary, only while the vehicle is actually
engaged in construction, repair, service functions or ex-
peditious loading or unloading which could not otherwise be
performed, 1 11/
(c) In front of, or within six feet of, a
United States mail box,
(d) In an alley, in a business district:
provided, that a properly marked truck or vehicle may park
or stand in alleys in a business district for such time, not
in excess of thirty minutes, as may be necessary for the
expeditious loading or unloading of such vehicles, or •
utilized in construction, repair, or service functions, or
the delivery or picking up of property: provided, further,
that such vehicle shall not be parked in an alley in a
business district so as to leave available less than ten
feet of width unless such functions could not otherwise be
performed,
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(e) In a zone marked "City Cars Only",
except a publicly owned vehicle,
(f) In a loading zone, except for the ex-
peditious unloading and delivery or picking up and loading
of property during hours when provisions applicable to such
zones are in effect. In no case shall the stop for loading
and unloading of property exceed thirty minutes, or
(g) At any place where official signs pro-
hibit parking.
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B. For the purposes of Section 9.50.010 A.(3)(d), the
term "properly marked truck or vehicle" means either a
vehicle regularly used in performance of a function therein
described and clearly identified as such with its firm name ,
painted thereon, or a vehicle being used in performance of a
function therein described and displaying a sign of at least
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fifteen inches by four inches in size in both the front and
back windows conspicuously identifying its function and
indicating the name of the firm where the function is being
performed.
4111 C. Parking or standing shall be permitted in the
manner provided by law at all other places except as pro-
vided by Sections 9.50.050, 9.50.060 and 9.50.070.
D. No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under
his control into any prohibited area or away from a curb
such a distance as is unlawful.
9.50.020 Motorcycle parking. It is unlawful to park
any vehicle other than a motorcycle in a parking stall
designated by markings on the pavement within that stall as
41/1 one for motorcycle parking only.
9.50.030 Parking for certain purposes prohibited. No
person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the princi-
pal purpose of:
(1) Displaying such vehicle for sale or for
advertising services for vehicles;
(2) Washing, greasing, servicing or repair-
ing such vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an emer-
gency.
9.50.040 Parking of certain vehicles prohibited on
certain streets. When signs are erected giving notice
thereof, no person shall park a vehicle as herein specified
4111 and as specified on such sign at any time upon any street
where such sign is erected and herein specified as follows:
1. Motor trucks bearing a licensed gross weight, in
accordance with RCW 46.16.170 in excess of ten thousand
pounds:
a. Both sides of North 1st Street between "B"
Street and "I" Street;
b. The east side of North 1st Street from a
/11111 point one hundred fifteen feet south of Sycamore Street to a
point one hundred sixty feet north of Sycamore Street;
c. The north and south sides of "E" Street
between 1st Street and Front Street;
d. The east side of Front Street two hundred
feet south and two hundred feet north of "E" Street.
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9.50.050 Parking prohibited at all times on certain
streets. When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no
person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the
following streets:
(1) Both sides of 3rd Street from its intersection
411
with Arlington Street north to its intersection with South
2nd Street and the west side of South 3rd Street from the
intersection of South 2nd Street northerly to the intersec-
tion oT Pacific Avenue.
(2) The east side of 1st Street from a point one
hundred thirty feet south of Pacific Street to a point four
hundred twenty feet south of Pacific Street, and from a
point six hundred feet south of Pacific Street to Washington
Avenue, and from Sycamore Street to Tamarack Street; and the
west side of 1st Street from Tamarack Street to a point two
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hundred fifty-five feet south of "I" Street and from Race
Street to the south city limits; and both sides of North 1st
Street from Tamarack Street to Interstate 82.
- (3) The east side of 3rd Avenue from a point seven
hundred fourteen feet north of Division Street south to a
point three hundred seventy-three feet north of Prasch
Avenue, and from King Street to Washington Avenue; and the
west side of 3rd Avenue from a point six hundred ninety-two '
feet north of Division Street south to the south city
limits.
(4) Both sides of 5th Avenue from "B" Street to Lin-
coln Avenue and the east side of 5th Avenue from Walnut
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Street south to a point three hundred feet south of Spruce
Street, and from Pine Street to Queen Anne Boulevard; and
the west side of 5th Avenue from Walnut Street to a point
two hundred thirty feet south of Tieton Drive, and from
Division Street to Nob Hill Boulevard; and the east side of
5th Avenue from 100 feet north of Fruitvale Boulevard to
Quince Street.
(5) The east side of 7th Avenue from Yakima Avenue to
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Chestnut Avenue, and from Spruce Street to Tieton Drive.
(6) Both sides of llth Avenue from Walnut Street to
Spruce Street and the west side of llth Avenue from Tieton
Drive north to the Yakima Valley Transportation Company
railroad tracks.
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(7) Both sides of 16th Avenue from Lincoln Avenue to
Nob Hill Boulevard; and the east side of 16th Avenue from
Hathaway Road to Lincoln Avenue, and from King Street to a
point one hundred feet south of Pierce Street, and from
Spokane Street to the south city limits; and the west side
of 16th Avenue from Fruitvale Boulevard to a point four
hundred feet south of Jerome Avenue, and from Nob Hill
Boulevard to the south city limits.
(8) The east side of 24th Avenue from Nob Hill Boule-
vard to Viola Avenue, and from a point one hundred fifty
feet south of Logan Avenue to Washington Avenue; and the
west side of 24th Avenue from Nob Hill Boulevard to a point
one hundred feet south of Clinton Way, and from a point
twelve hundred feet north of Washington Avenue to Washington
Avenue.
(9) Both sides of "I" Street from 1st Street to 5th
Avenue.
(10) Both sides of "F" Street from 8th Street one -half
block east to alley.
(11) Both sides of Lincoln Avenue from 4th Street to
1st Street, and from 5th Avenue to 40th Avenue, and from
24th Avenue to 40th Avenue; and the north side of Lincoln '
Avenue from 44th Avenue to 46th Avenue; and the south side
of Lincoln Avenue from 16th Avenue to 24th Avenue and from
46th Avenue to Bitterroot Way.
1110 (12) Both sides of "B" Street from 4th Street to
Naches Avenue; the north side of "B" Street from Naches
Avenue to 8th Street; and both sides of "B" Street from
Pierce Avenue to 6th Avenue.
(13) The north side of "A" Street from 16th Avenue to
Hall Avenue, and from 4th Street to the alley one -half block
west thereof; and the south side of "A" Street from Naches
Avenue to 3rd Street.
AP° (14) The north side of Summitview Avenue from 7th
Avenue to Pierce Avenue, and from 16th Avenue to 31st Ave-
nue, and from 32nd Avenue to 46th Avenue and from a point
one hundred twenty feet east of 52nd Avenue to a point fifty
feet east of the westerly intersection of Shamrock Drive;
and the south side of Summitview Avenue from 7th Avenue to
Hall Avenue, from a point one hundred seventy -four feet west
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of Hall Avenue to a point four hundred fifty -four feet west
of Hall Avenue, and from 15th Avenue to 32nd Avenue, and
from 39th Avenue to a point three hundred fifty feet east of
39th Avenue, and from 40th Avenue to the west city limits.
(15) Both sides of Yakima Avenue from 8th Street to
9th Street, and from Front Street west to the railroad
tracks, and from Chicago Avenue to 22nd Avenue; and the
south side of Yakima Avenue from 1st Street to a point one
hundred fifty feet east of 1st Street, and from 12th Avenue
to Chicago Avenue.
(16) Both sides of Chestnut Avenue from 12th Avenue to
15th Avenue, and from 16th Avenue to 20th Avenue; and the
south side of Chestnut Avenue from 6th Avenue to 7th Avenue,
and from 20th Avenue to Stanley Boulevard.
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(17) The east side of Stanley Boulevard from Chestnut
Avenue to 23rd Avenue; and the west side of Stanley Boule-
vard from Laban Avenue to a point six hundred ten feet
south.
(18) Both sides of Walnut Street from the alley east
of 1st Street to 3rd Avenue, and from 6th Avenue to llth
Avenue; and the north side of Walnut Street from 3rd Avenue
to the alley west of 4th Avenue, and the south side of
Walnut Street from the alley east of 4th Avenue to the alley
west of 4th Avenue.
(19) The north side of West Spruce Street from Holton
Avenue to 12th Avenue. 410
(20) Both sides of Tieton Drive from 5th Avenue to
44th Avenue except the north side from 8th Avenue to 9th
Avenue.
(21) Both sides of Nob Hill Boulevard from the east
city limits to the west city limits.
(22) Both sides of Mead Avenue from 10th Street to
Voelker Avenue and from 1st Avenue to 2nd Avenue; and the
north side of Mead Avenue from Voelker Avenue to 1st Avenue,
and from 2nd Avenue to 3rd Avenue.
(23) Both sides of Washington Avenue from a point four
hundred feet east of 1st Street to 3rd Avenue; and both
sides of Washington Avenue from 16th Avenue to 28th Avenue.
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(24) The east side of 7th Street from "G" Street to
"H" Street.
(25) The east side of Pierce Avenue from Summitview
Avenue to West Lincoln Avenue; and the west side of Pierce
Avenue from Lincoln Avenue to Folsom Avenue.
(26) Both sides of North 40th Avenue from Summitview
Avenue to Englewood Avenue, and both sides of South 40th
Avenue from Nob Hill Boulevard to Washington Avenue.
(27) The north side of LaSalle Street from 9th Street
to 10th Street (Fair. Avenue).
(28) The south side of Belmont Avenue from 15th Avenue
to 16th Avenue.
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(29) The south side of Knobel Avenue from 40th Avenue
to a point 380 feet east thereof.
(30) The east side of North 4th Avenue from Cherry
Avenue to a point 350 feet south thereof.
(31) The east side of 8th Street from "A" Street to
Yakima Avenue.
(32) The west side of 10th Street from Pacific Street
to Nob Hill Boulevard.
(33) The north side of Prasch Avenue from 13th Avenue
411 to 16th Avenue.
(34) The west side of South 29th Avenue from West
Chestnut Avenue to West Walnut Street.
(35) The north side of Pitcher Street between 10th
Street and Fair Avenue.
(36) The south side of Terrace Street from 14th Avenue
410 to a point 160 feet east thereof.
(37) North side of "I" Street from North 4th Street
westerly to the north -south alley between North 4th Street
and North 3rd Street.
(38) South side of Arlington Street from South 40th
Avenue to South 41st Avenue.
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• (39) East side of North 31st Avenue between Summitview
Avenue and Barge Street. •
(40) South side of Haynes Street between Pleasant
Avenue and Queen Avenue.
(41) Both sides of South 15th Avenue from its inter- 111 1111)
section with Nob Hill Boulevard southerly a distance of 260
feet.
. , . .
(42) The north side of Arlington from 9th Street to
10th Street (Fair Avenue).
(43) The south side of Central Avenue from 8th Street
to 10th Street (Fair Avenue).
9.50.060 Parkin. prohibited during certain hours on I I I
certain streets. When signs are erected in each block
giving notice thereof, no person ' shall park a vehicle
between the hours specified herein of any day except Sundays
and public holidays within the district or upon any of the
streets described herein:
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(1) Parking is prohibited between the hours of
three a.m. and five a.m. on all blocks where parking meters
are installed on any portion of the block. • .
9.50.070 Two-hour parking time limit on certain
streets. When signs are erected in each block giving notice
thereof, no person shall park a vehicle for longer than two
hours at any . time between the hours of nine a.m. and six 4111
p.m. of any day except Sundays and public holidays within
the district or upon any of the streets described herein:
(1) Both sides of 6th Street from Yakima Avenue to
Chestnut Avenue.
(2) Both sides of Front Street from Chestnut Avenue to
Walnut Street.
(3) Both sides of 4th Avenue from "A" Street to Yakima IL
II,
• Avenue and from a point 250 feet south of Yakima Avenue to
Chestnut Avenue.
, . .
(4) Both sides of 5th Avenue from "A" Street to Walnut
Street.
. . .
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(5) East side of 6th Avenue from "B" Street to "A"
Street.
(6) West side of 6th Avenue from "A" Street to Yakima
Avenue.
410 (7) Both sides of 7th Avenue from "A" Street to Yakima
Avenue.
18) West side of 7th Avenue from Chestnut Avenue to
Walnut Street.
(9) West side of Pierce Avenue from Browne Avenue to
the first alley south of Browne Avenue.
(10) West side of 8th Avenue from Summitview Avenue to
411/ Yakima Avenue.
(11) South side of "B" Street from 1st Avenue east to
the railroad tracks.
(12) Both .__s_ ides of_ _fir czwne__AvE.nue - f ram_ - _.7th Averru to °�
Pierce Avenue.
(13) North side of "A" Street from 6th Avenue east to
the alley and from 7th Avenue to Pierce Avenue.
(14) Both sides of Yakima Avenue from 6th Avenue to 7th
Avenue.
S (15) North side of Yakima Avenue from 7th Avenue to 8th
Avenue.
(16) South side of Yakima Avenue from 6th Street east
to the alley and from 10th Avenue to llth Avenue.
(17) North side of Yakima Avenue from 6th Street to 7th
Street.
• (18) Both sides of Chestnut Avenue from 6th Street to
Naches Avenue and from 2nd Avenue to 6th Avenue.
•
(19) North side of Walnut Street from the alley west of
3rd Avenue west to 5th Avenue.
(20) South side of Walnut Street from 3rd Avenue to 5th
Avenue.
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(21) South side of Pine Street from 1st Street east to
the alley.
(22) East side of North 3rd Avenue from Yakima Avenue
northerly to the alley.
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9.50.080 Parking time limited in core business dis-
trict. When signs are erected in each block giving notice
thereof, no person shall park a vehicle for longer than two
consecutive hours between the hours of eight a.m. and six
p.m. of any day except Sundays and public holidays on any
street within the area bounded on the west by the centerline
of 1st Street, on the south by the centerline of Walnut
Street, on the east by the centerline of Naches Avenue, and
on the north by the centerline of "B" Street; and for the
purpose of this section, it is unlawful for any person to
move a vehicle from any public parking location on any
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street within the above-described area and to park that
vehicle at any other public parking location on any street
within that area in such a manner so that the accumulated
parking time exceeds two consecutive hours.
9.50.090 One-half-hour parking limit on certain
streets. When signs are erected in each block giving notice
thereof, no person shall park a vehicle for longer than
thirty minutes at any time between the hours of nine a.m.
and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and public holidays
within the district or upon any of the streets described
herein:
(1) Both sides of 2nd Street from "B" Street south one
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hundred feet.
9.50.095 Fifteen minute parking time limit on certain
streets. When signs are erected in each block giving notice
thereof, no person shall park a vehicle for longer than
fifteen minutes at any time between the hours of nine a.m.
and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and public holidays
within the district or upon any of the streets described
herein:
(1) South side of Yakima Avenue from 4th Street east
ninety feet;
(2) A parking space on one end of each block in the
district bounded by and including the west side of Naches
Avenue between Walnut and "B" Streets, the east side of 1st
Street between Walnut and "B" Streets, the north side of
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Walnut Street between Naches Avenue and 1st Street, and the
south side of "B" Street between Naches Avenue and 1st
Street.
9.50.100 Truck parking in residence districts res-
t. tricted. No vehicle exceeding in length twenty feet shall
be parked on any street in any residential district for a
period exceeding one hour continuous time, except for the
expeditious loading or unloading or articles or materials.
9.50.110 Stopping, standing and parking of buses and
taxicabs regulated.
A. The operator of a bus shall not park such vehicle
upon any street at any place other than a bus stand so
designated as provided herein except in case of an emer-
gency.
B. The operator of a bus shall enter a bus stop, bus
stand, or passenger loading zone on a public street in such
a manner that the bus when stopped to load or unload pas-
sengers or baggage shall be in a position with the right
front wheel of such vehicle not further than eighteen inches
from the curb and the bus approximately parallel to the curb
so as not to impede unduly the movement of other vehicular
traffic.
C. The operator of a taxicab shall not stand or park
such vehicle upon any street other than in the a taxicab
stand so designated as provided herein. This provision
• shall not prevent the operator of a taxicab from temporarily
stopping in accordance with other stopping or parking regu-
lations at any place for the purpose of and while actually
engaged in the expeditious loading or unloading of pas-
sengers.
METHOD OF PARKING
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9.50.130 Angle parking. The front wheel of a vehicle
angled parked at a curb shall touch the curb immediately in
front of such vehicle. Such a vehicle shall be parked in
such a manner that the entire width of such vehicle is
located within the stall or parking space designated by such
lines; provided, however, that no vehicle the overall length
of which exceeds twenty feet shall angle park. All angle
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parking, including center-street angle parking, shall be
head in parking unless otherwise signed, or marked or
authorized by permit.
9.50.140 Other parked vehicles. It is unlawful for
the operator of a vehicle to stop, stand or park such ve-
hicle less than three feet from the front or rear of any
lawfully parked vehicle or less than one foot from any
vehicle lawfully parked at an angle, except when necessary
to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply with other
provisions of this code, or with the directions of a police
officer or traffic control sign or device; provided, the
provisions of this section shall not apply to those parking
spaces designated as bumper-to-bumper parking.
9.50.150 Blocking traffic. No person shall stop or
leave any vehicle, either attended or unattended, in any
public highway in such a manner so as to unreasonably block
or obstruct vehicles lawfully traveling on such public
highway. Said vehicles are subject to impoundment as
authorized by Section 6.84.030 of this code.
PARKING METER PARKING
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9.50.160 Use of parking meters.
A. Between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m., on
all days except Sunday, and public holidays when any vehicle
shall be parked in any space alongside of or next to which a
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parking meter is located, in accordance with the provisions
of this title, the operator of the vehicle or the person in
whose name the vehicle is registered shall, upon entering
such space with the vehicle, immediately deposit in the
meter a proper coin or combination of coins for a legal
parking time in an amount designated on said meter, and put
the meter in operation, unless the parking meter is covered
by a locked meter hood by the renter thereof, as hereinafter
provided.
B. If the vehicle shall remain parked in the parking
space beyond the legal parking time, or if the operator of
the vehicle does not deposit in the meter a proper coin or
combination of coins for legal parking time, either of which
shall be designated by a sign or signal of the parking meter
showing illegal parking, such vehicle shall be considered as
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parked overtime; and the parking of a vehicle overtime, or
failure to put the meter in operation, shall be a violation
of this code.
9.50.170 Violation -- Extending parking time.
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It is unlawful and a violation of the provisions
of this title for any person to deposit or cause to be
deposited in a parking meter a coin for the purpose of
increasing or extending parking time of any vehicle beyond
the legal maximum parking time which has been established
for the parking space adjacent to which the parking meter is
placed.
B. It is unlawful and a violation of the provisions
of this title for any person to permit a vehicle to remain
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arkin space ad acent to any parking meter while the
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parking meter is displaying a signal indicating a violation.
9.50.180 Unlawful use of parking meters. It is un-
lawful to deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking
meter any slug, device or substitute for a legal coin of the
United States.
9.50.190 Parking meter zones -- Time restrictions.
Those highways and parts of highways described below are
designated parking meter zones with such legal parking time
restrictions and coin requirements for activating parking
meters as follows:
410 A. Two-hour 10 cents per hour, nickle-dime combina-
tion:
1. East side of Naches Avenue from "B" Street from
Chestnut Avenue,
2. East side of 4th Street from Lincoln Avenue to "B"
Street,
3. West side of 3rd Street from Lincoln Avenue to "B"
Street,
AA° 4.
Spruce Str:oettil, sides of 3rd Street from Walnut Street to
IIP 5. Both sides of 2nd Street from Lincoln Avenue to
"B" Street and from Walnut Street to Spruce Street,
6. West side of 2nd Street from Spruce Street to Pine
Street,
7. Both sides of 1st Street from Lincoln Avenue to
"B" Street and from Walnut Street to Pine Street,
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8. West side of 1st Street from "B" Street to Walnut
Street,
9. Both sides of Front Street from "A" Street to
Chestnut Avenue,
10. Both sides of 2nd Avenue from Yakima Avenue to
Chestnut Avenue,
11. West side of 2nd Avenue from "A" Street to Yakima
Avenue,
12. Both sides of 3rd Avenue from Yakima Avenue to
Chestnut Avenue,
13. Both sides of 4th Avenue from Yakima Avenue to a
point two hundred fifty feet south,
14. Both sides of "B" Street from 1st Street to Front
Street,
15. North side of "B" Street from 3rd Street to 1st
Street,
16. Both sides of "A" Street from 6th Street to Naches
Avenue and from 1st Street to Front Street,
17. Both sides of Yakima Avenue from 6th Street to
Naches Avenue and from 1st Street to 6th Avenue,
18. Both sides of Chestnut Avenue from 1st Street to
Front Street,
19. South side of Walnut from 4th Street to 1st
Street,
20. Both sides of Spruce Street from 2nd Street to 1st
Street.
9.50.200 Short -term parking meter zones. Parking
meters located in short -term parking meter zones shall be
painted red and such parking meters shall be lawfully oper-
ated by depositing the proper coin as indicated on the •
meter.
9.50.210 Special parking permit -- Fees -- Regula-
tions.
A. Effective January 1, 1977, a special parking
permit may be obtained by filing a written application
therefore with the customer services manager of the city of
Yakima, which application shall state the name and address •
of the applicant, a statement as to the business in which
applicant is engaged, and a description of applicant's
trucks or automobiles used in the conduct and operation of
applicant's business. Special parking permits are to be
issued and used only for vehicles used in building mainten-
ance, building construction, or equipment service or instal-
lation.
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B. It is the duty of the customer services manager to
investigate the facts stated in the application and deter-
mine the necessity for the use of the special parking permit
in conducting or operating the business of the applicant.
C. Upon the approval of the application by the cus-
tomer services manager, the approved application shall be
presented by the applicant to the director of finance and
budget, and applicant shall pay the said director one
month's permit fee in the sum of ten dollars.
D.' The fee for a special parking permit is estab-
lished at ten dollars per month for a period of thirty days
from date of issuance of the permit, or one hundred dollars
per year, with all fees being payable in advance.
E. It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to use a special parking permit in violation of the rules
and regulations set out in the approved application.
F. It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
410 to use a special parking permit in any fifteen-minute or
thirty-minute parking meter zone.
G. It is unlawful to use a special parking permit
'-unless the parking space is occupied by a motor vehicle
described in the application for such permit.
9.50.220 Long-term parking permits.
A. Issuance of Permits. The issuance of permit to
authorize long-term vehicular parking in parking lots owned •
by the city, but operated by private parties, shall be
administered by the city department of finance and budget
according to the following rules and regulations:
1. The number of long-term permits to be issued
411 for parking in any lot shall not exceed fifty percent of the
parking spaces in each respective lot; provided the total
number of such permits issued shall not exceed twenty per-
cent of the total parking spaces in all lots. The Yakima
city director of finance and budget is authorized to deter-
mine the number of permits to be applicable to various lots
from time to time, within the limitations and according to
the authority, rules and regulations of this section. When
quotas are filled, subsequent applications will be placed on
file, a waiting list will be established, and permits will
be issued as openings occur.
2. Permits shall be issued only upon the written
application of an owner or manager of a business located
within the area bounded by the following streets:
"B" Street on the north; Naches Avenue on the
east; Walnut Street on the south; and First Street on the
west.
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Application shall be made on forms furnished
by the office of the Yakima city director of finance and
budget.
3. Permits shall be issued only for vehicles
regularly used in business operations.
4. The issuance of a permit does not reserve a
parking space in the parking lot, and each applicant for a 41111,
permit shall acknowledge in writing that no such space is
reserved and that the issuance of a permit by the city does
not guarantee the availability of a parking space at all
times or at any particular time.
5. Each permit shall have designated thereon the
parking lot for which the permit is valid, and the attempted
use of a permit for parking in a lot other than designated
on the permit shall not afford the parking privileges which
otherwise may be enjoyed by the permit holder.
6. Permits will be issued on a quarterly calen-
dar basis only, to expire on the last day of the months of
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March, June, September and December of each year.
7. The fee for a long-term parking permit shall
= be sixty dollars per calendar quarter to be paid to the
Yakima city director of finance and budget at the time a new
permit is issued, or at the time of making application for a
renewal. The fee for a new permit to expire in less than
three calendar months will be prorated at the rate of twenty
dollars for any full or partial calendar month remaining in •
that calendar quarter. No fee will be prorated for less
than one full calendar month.
8. Permits may be renewed on or after the
twenty-fifth day of the month of expiration; applications
for renewals will not be accepted prior to the twenty-fifth
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day of the month of expiration.
9. No new permits will be issued during the
periods of time between March 25th and April 5th; June 25th
and July 5th; August 25th and September 5th; and December
25th and January 5th of each year. Renewal permits only
will be issued during those time periods.
10. Applications by mail for renewal will not be
accepted unless applicant has made prior arrangement there-
fore with the office of the Yakima city director of finance
and budget.
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11. Failure of a permit holder to apply for
renewal within the renewal period specified by these rules
may result in the loss of that permit to the next applicant
therefore on the waiting list.
12. Permits will be cancelled on the application
by the permit holder for such cancellation, and the unused
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permit fee will be refunded as prorated at the rate of
twenty dollars per month for each full calendar month re-
maining in the period for which the permit was issued. No
refund will be made for a partial calendar month.
13. The Yakima city director of finance and
410111 budget is authorized to adopt such further rules and regu-
lations, not inconsistent with rules and regulations of this
subsection, as the director deems necessary or advisable to
administer the permit system authorized and adopted by this
subsection.
A vehicle displaying a valid parking permit
issued pursuant to this section may remain parked in any
parking space in the parking designated on the permit,
without paying a parking fee, for a period of time not to
exceed twenty-four consecutive hours. The permit must be
displayed within the parked vehicle in such a manner so as
to be plainly visible and legible from a point outside the
4111 vehicle near the driver's position.
9.50.230 City Hall parking lot -- Parking regulated
-- Parking permit -- Enforcement.
A. The parking lots owned by the city consisting of
Lots 4 and 5, Block 48, and Lots 13, 14, 15 and 16, Block
49, of the town of North Yakima (now Yakima), Washington,
according to the plat thereof recorded in Volume A of Plats, •
page 10, and rerecorded in Volume E, page 1, records of
Yakima County, Washington, are designated as the City Hall
parking lot.
4111 B. Signs shall be conspicuously posted warning
against parking of unauthorized vehicles at the City Hall
parking lots designated in subsection A of Section 9.50.240,
which sign shall also warn that unauthorized parked vehicles
are subject to impoundment, and when such signs are so
posted, it is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle in
that City Hall parking lot unless the parking vehicle is a
marked city-owned vehicle, or unless there is displayed
within the parked vehicle a valid parking permit issued
/1■11 pursuant to subsection C of Section 9.50.240,so as to be
plainly visible and legible from a point outside the vehicle
near the driver's position.
C. The issuing of parking permits referred to in
subsection B of this section shall be administered by the
customer services manager of the city. The permits shall be
issued to such members of the management group of the city
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as designated by a policy or rules and regulations, as
adopted or amended from time to time, of the customer ser-
vices manager, subject to approval by the city manager.
D. The procedures for enforcing the parking prohi-
bitions of this section shall be those procedures provided
by Chapter 9.60 of the city code as applicable to parking 4111)
violations; provided, that the chief of police or his agent
is authorized to immediately impound or cause to be im-
pounded any unauthorized vehicle parked in City Hall parking
lots described in subsection A of this section. The ap-
plicable provisions of Chapter 6.84 of the city code shall
govern towing, storage, redemption, or other disposition of
any vehicle impounded pursuant to this section.
MISCELLANEOUS RULES
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9.50.240 Establishment of fire zone -- Duties of
public.
A. There is established about the scene of every fire
during its course, a "fire zone" which shall consist of all
public streets within a radius of three hundred feet or more
from the fire, and in every case shall include the two
nearest street intersections.
The "fire zone" shall remain in existence until such
time as the chief of the fire department or his authorized
agent shall declare the emergency past.
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Commanding officers at fires shall have authority to
remove from the "fire zone" obstructions to the extinguish-
ing of fires.
All traffic, including locomotives, railroad cars,
vehicular and pedestrian, within a "fire zone" shall stop in
a safe place, and it shall be unlawful for any person to
move, operate or start to move or operate any vehicle except
upon orders of the chief of police or the chief of the fire
deparment or their authorized agents.
It is unlawful to enter a "fire zone" or to stop, stand
or park in such a manner as to hinder the apparatus of the
fire department in entering or leaving any "fire zone".
B. It is lawful for the chief of the fire department
and his authorized agents to require the aid of the operator
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of any vehicle, in drawing or conveying any apparatus,
equipment or tools of the fire department to a fire.
C. During an emergency requiring the services of the
fire department, the chief or his authorized agent is
1101" authorized to establish fire lines on a public street or
private property, by roping off same, or by stationing a
fireman in uniform, or a police officer, to direct traffic,
and it is unlawful for any person to disregard or fail to
obey the orders of the fireman or police officer or to run
over the rope or to operate any vehicle inside fire lines.
D. The chief of the fire department or his authorized
agent may, when the walls of a burned building are unsafe or
in such condition as to endanger traffic on public streets,
or when any pole, chimney, spire, steeple, electric wire or
other thing or object endangers human life or property in
the public streets, rope, fence or walled off parts of
public streets and private property in and adjacent thereto
and place suitable signs marked "danger" about same, or
caution lights at night, and it shall be unlawful for any
person to remove, mutilate, tear down or otherwise damage
any sign, fence, wall or rope, or to walk, or to drive,
operate or move any vehicle inside the lines, fences, or
walls.
9.50.250 Boarding or alighting from vehicle. No
person shall board or alight from any vehicle while such
vehicle is in motion.
110 9.50.260 Unnecessary noise. It is unlawful to operate
any vehicle in such a manner as to cause any unnecessary or
unreasonable loud noise, whether due to sudden starting,
sudden stopping, exhaust explosion, lack of proper muffler,
or by any other means.
9.50.270 Use of coasters, roller skates, and similar
devices restricted. No person upon roller skates or riding
in or by means of any coaster, toy vehicle, or similar
AA) device, shall go upon any roadway except while crossing a
street and when so crossing, such person shall be granted
all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties
applicable to pedestrians.
9.50.280 Clinging to moving vehicles. Any person
riding upon any bicycle, motorcycle, coaster, sled, roller
skates, or any toy vehicles shall not attach the same or
himself to any moving vehicle upon any highway or to any
train.
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9.50.290 One -way streets and alleys. Upon those
streets and parts of streets and in those alleys herein
described, vehicular traffic shall move only in the indi-
cated direction when signs indicating the direction of
traffic are erected and maintained at every intersection
where movement in the opposite direction is prohibited. No
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such regulation shall be effective unless such signs are in
place.
Direction
of Traffic
Name of Street or Alley or Portion Thereof Movement
(1) "A" Street from North Front Street
to North 6th Street Westbound
(2) Chestnut Avenue from South Front
Street to South 6th Street Eastbound
(3) 12th Avenue from Nob Hill
Boulevard to Hamm Avenue Northbound
(4) Henry Avenue from Laban
Avenue to Stanley Boulevard Southbound
(5) Terrace Street from South 14th
Avenue to South 12th Avenue Eastbound
(6) Frontage Road from 9th Street
to 10th Street Eastbound
(7) 10th Street from Frontage Road
to Pitcher Street Southbound
(8) The alleys between West Spruce
Street and West Chestnut Avenue
between llth Avenue and 12th
Avenue Northbound
(9) The first alley west of Chicago
Avenue and north of Yakima
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Avenue from Yakima Avenue to a point
165 feet north thereof Northbound
(10) The north -south tee alleys in
Blocks 30 and 31, Plat of the
town of North Yakima (now
Yakima) Southbound
(11) The east -west alley between
Yakima Avenue and "A" •
Street from Front Street to
Naches Avenue Eastbound
(12) The east -west alley between
Yakima Avenue and Chestnut Avenue
from Front Street to 4th Street Westbound
(13) The north -south alley between
South llth Avenue and Pleasant
Avenue from Tieton Drive to
Haynes Street Southbound
(14) Lincoln Avenue from Pierce
Avenue to North 8th Street Westbound
(15) "B" Street from Pierce Avenue
to North 8th Street Eastbound
(16) Pierce Avenue from Lincoln
Avenue to "B" Street Southbound
(17) South 34th Avenue from •
Yakima Avenue to Chestnut
Avenue Southbound
(18) Arlington Street from 16th
Avenue to 19th Avenue Westbound
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RIGHT-OF-WAY
9.50.300 State highways designated as arterial high-
ways. All state highways are declared to be arterial high-
ways as respects all other public highways or private ways
except those city streets that the Washington ton State Hi hwa
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4110111 Commission has designated as an arterial having preference
over the traffic on the state highway.
Those city streets designated by the Washington State
Transportation Commission as forming a part of the routes of
state highways through the city are declared to be arterial
highways as respects all other city streets or private ways.
9.50.310 Arterial highways. The following streets and
portions of streets are designated arterial highways for the
purpose of this title:
110 (1) 1st Street from north city limits to south
city limits.
(2) 3rd Street from "I" Street to South 1st
Street.
(3) 6th Street from Lincoln Avenue to Nob Hill
Boulevard.
(4) 8th Street from "G" Street to Yakima Avenue.
(5) Fair Avenue from Spruce Street to 10th
Street.
(6) 10th Street from Fair Avenue to Mead Avenue.
(7) 3rd Avenue from "D" Street to south city
limits.
(8) 5th Avenue from "I" Street to Division
11/1 Street.
(9) ,6th Avenue from north city limits to Fruit-
vale Boulevard.
(10) 7th Avenue from Yakima Avenue to Walnut
Street.
(11) Pierce Avenue from Lincoln Avenue to Summit-
view Avenue.
(12) 10th Avenue from Nob Hill Boulevard to Mead
Avenue.
AA) Drive (13) llth Avenue from Yakima Avenue to Tieton
111 (14) 16th Avenue from north city limits to south
city limits.
(15) 24th Avenue from Nob Hill Boulevard to Wash-
ington Avenue.
(16) 32nd Avenue from Nob Hill Boulevard to south
city limits.
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(17) 40th Avenue from north city limits to south
city limits.
(18) 48th Avenue from Fechter Road to Englewood
Avenue.
(19) 48th Avenue from Summitview Avenue to south
city limits.
(20) 56th Avenue from Englewood Avenue to Tieton
Drive.
(21) Reservoir Road from west city limits to east
,city limits.
(22) Fechter Road from west city limits to east
city limits.
(23) Scenic Drive from west city limits to east
city limits.
(24) "I" Street from 5th Avenue to 3rd Street.
(25) Fruitvale Boulevard from 5th Avenue to west
city limits.
(26) "G" Street from North 1st Street to North 8th
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Street.
(27) Powerhouse Road from Englewood Avenue to
Lincoln Avenue.
(28) Englewood Avenue from Powerhouse Road to west
city limits.
(29) Cherry Avenue from 5th Avenue to 3rd Avenue.
(30) Lincoln Avenue from 40th Avenue to 8th
Street.
(31) Summitview Avenue from west city limits to
Yakima Avenue.
(32) "B" Street from Pierce Avenue to North 8th
Street.
(33) Yakima Avenue from 16th Avenue to 1st Street.
(34) Yakima Avenue from 6th Street to east city
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limits.
(35) Walnut Street from llth Avenue to 9th Street.
(36) Tieton Drive from west city limits to 5th
Avenue.
(37) Division Street from 5th Avenue to 3rd
Avenue.
(38) Pacific Street from South 1st Street to 10th
Street.
(39) Nob Hill Boulevard from west city limits to
east city limits.
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(40) Mead Avenue from 16th Avenue to east city
limits.
(41) Washington Avenue from west city limits to
South 1st Street.
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PEDESTRIANS' RIGHTS AND DUTIES
9.50.320 Pedestrians' duties. Pedestrians shall not
step into that portion of the street open to moving traffic
at any point between intersections in the central business
district, in any business district, on any arterial highway,
or between •adjacent intersections of streets protected by
traffic signal devices or stop signs, except at marked
crosswalks or other places specially provided.
9.50.330 Pedestrian duties at railroad crossings.
Whenever any pedestrian approaches a railroad grade crossing
or a street or interurban railroad grade crossing under any
of the circumstances herein stated, such pedestrian shall
stop and not pass such crossing but shall remain at a safe
place until such circumstances shall have ceased.
The foregoing requirements shall apply when:
• (1) A clearly visible electric or mechanical
signal device gives warning of the-immediate approach of a
train proceeding through the crossing; or,
(2). A crossing gate or barrier is lowered or
being lowered or raised or when a human flagman gives or
continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a
train; or
(3) An approaching train is plainly visible and
is in hazardous proximity to such crossing; or,
(4) An approaching train emits a signal which is
audible at such grade crossing and such train by reason of
its speed or nearness to such crossing, is an immediate
hazard.
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"U" TURNS AND TURNS ACROSS TRAFFIC
9.50.340 "U" turns. No operator of a vehicle shall
make a "U" turn in a business district; provided, that "U"
turns are permitted in designated "U" turn lanes within a
pedestrian mall as defined by Section 9.10.313. No operator
of a vehicle shall make a "U" turn at a point in the city
• outside a business district or a pedestrian mall except at a
street intersection or a street end.
9.50.350 Turning vehicle across opposing traffic to
park. No person shall turn a vehicle across opposing traf-
fic lanes for the purpose of parallel or angle parking.
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SPEED REGULATIONS
9.50.360 Speed regulations. (A) It is determined upon
the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that
the speed permitted by state law on the highways described
in Section 9.50.370, all in the city of Yakima, varies from
that which is deemed reasonable or safe under the conditions
found to exist upon such highways and it is declared that
the speed limits shall be as hereinafter set forth in Sec-
tion 9.50.370 on those highways designated therein at the
time specified therein when signs are erected giving notice
thereof. No person shall operate a vehicle on a highway at
a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the
conditions, and having regard to the actual and potential
hazards then existing, or in any event, greater than that
speed limit set forth in Section 9.50.370, except as allowed
for by law.
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9.50.370 Speed limits. In accordance with Section
9.50.360, and when properly signposted, speed limits during
-- the time specified over and along the streets designated
are:
A. Twenty miles per hour:
(1) 6th Avenue from Spruce Street to Division
Street,
(2) Cornell Avenue from Division Street to Nob
Hill Boulevard,
(3) 12th Avenue from Arlington Street to Nob Hill
Boulevard,
(4) 15th Avenue from Nob Hill Boulevard to Prasch
Avenue,
(5) 37th Avenue from Richey Road to Summitview
Avenue,
(6) 37th Avenue from Summitview Avenue to Tieton
Drive,
(7) 38th Avenue from Tieton Drive to Nob Hill
Boulevard,
(8) 44th Avenue from Walnut Street to south city
limits,
(9) Chestnut Avenue from 6th Avenue to 48th •
Avenue,
(10) Beech Street from 7th Street to 8th Street,
(11) Arlington Street from 12th Avenue to 16th
Avenue,
(12) Arlington Street from 40th Avenue to 45th
Avenue,
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(13) Prasch Avenue from 12th Avenue to 16th Ave-
nue,
B. Twenty-five miles per hour:
(1) On all city, streets at all times not other-
41/111 wise designated or officially signposted;
C. Thirty miles per hour:
(1) "B" Street from 8th Street to 6th Avenue,
(2) Englewood Avenue from North 23rd Avenue to
west City limits,
(3) Fair Avenue from Chestnut Street to High
Street,
(4) Front Street from Beech Street to "I" Street,
(5) Fruitvale Boulevard from 5th Avenue to 6th
Avenue,
(6) Hathaway Avenue from 15th Avenue to 16th
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(7) "I" Street from 6th Avenue to 1st Street,
(8) Lincoln Avenue from 8th Street to west city
• limits,
(9) Mead Avenue from South llth Avenue to South
16th Avenue,
(10) Nob Hill Boulevard from 6th Street to 40th
Avenue,
(11) Pacific Street from 10th Street to 3rd
Street,
(12) Summitview Avenue from 7th Avenue to 40th
Avenue,
(13) Tieton Drive from 5th Avenue to 50th Avenue,
(14) Walnut Street from South 8th Street to South
5th Avenue,
(15) Yakima Avenue from 9th Street to 6th Street
and from 7th Avenue to 16th Avenue,
(16) 1st Street from Pine Street to "D" Street,
(17) 2nd Street from Walnut Street to 3rd Street,
(18) 3rd Street from Walnut Street to 1st Street,
(19) 3rd Avenue from Mead Avenue to Lincoln
Avenue,
• (20) 5th Avenue from "I" Street to Tieton Drive,
(21) 6th Street from Yakima Avenue to Nob Hill
Boulevard,
(22) 6th Avenue from Hathaway to Fruitvale Boule-
vard,
(23) 8th Street from Walnut. Street to "G" Street,
(24) 10th Street from High Street to Pacific
Street,
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(25) 20th Avenue from Fruitvale Boulevard to
Willow Street and from McKinley Avenue to Lincoln
Avenue,
(26) 24th Avenue from Nob Hill Boulevard to Lila
Avenue,
(27) 56th Avenue from Arlington Avenue to Engle-
wood Avenue;
D. Thirty-five miles per hour:
(1) Fruitvale Boulevard from North 16th Avenue to
west city limits,
(2) Mead Avenue from South 10th Street to South
llth Avenue,
(3) Nob Hill Boulevard from South 10th Street to
South 6th Street and from South 40th Avenue to west
city limits,
(4) Scenic Drive from a point seven hundred
thirty-five feet east of 58th Avenue to a point four
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hundred twenty feet west of 58th Avenue,
(5) Summitview Avenue from North 40th Avenue to
west city limits,
(6) Terrace Heights Way from east city limits to
9th Street,
(7) Tieton Drive from South 50th Avenue to west
city limits,
(8) West Washington Avenue from South 1st Street
to South 16th Avenue,
(9) South 1st Street from south city limits to
East Pine Street,
(10) North 1st Street from "D" Street to north
city limits,
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(11) South 3rd Avenue from West Washington Avenue
to Mead Avenue,
(12) South 10th Street from Nob Hill Boulevard to
Pacific Street and from Lindy Lane to Mead Avenue,
(13) 10th Avenue from Spokane Street to Fremont
Street,
(14) 16th Avenue from south city limits to north
city limits,
(15) 20th Avenue from north city limits to Fruit-
vale Boulevard, 40,
(16) 40th Avenue from West Washington Avenue to IIP
Englewood Avenue,
(17) South 48th Avenue from south city limits to
Nob Hill Boulevard and from Tieton Drive to Summitview
Avenue,
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(18) 64th Avenue from Midvale Road to Tieton
Drive,
(19) West Washington Avenue from South 16th Avenue
to west city limits;
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(1) 24th Avenue from Lila Avenue to West Wash-
ington Avenue,
(2) -40th Avenue from Englewood Avenue to north
city limits.
9.50.380 Maximum speed limit when passing school or
playground crosswalks. Subject to RCW 46.61.400(1), and
except in those instances where a lower maximum lawful speed
is provided by this chapter or otherwise, it is unlawful for
the operator of any vehicle to operate the same at a speed
in excess of twenty miles per hour when operating any ve-
hicle upon a highway when passing any marked school or play-
ground crosswalk when such marked crosswalk is fully posted
with standard school or playground speed limit signs. The
speed zone at the crosswalk shall extend three hundred feet
in either direction from the marked crosswalk.
INATTENTION
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9.50.390 Inattention. It is a traffic infraction for
any person to drive a vehicle within the City in an in-
attentive manner. For the purpose of this section, "in-
attentive manner" means to drive in such a manner so as to
fail to maintain a careful lookout in the direction of
travel or to otherwise drive without due vigilance for
persons or property in or near the path of such vehicle.
CHAPTER 9.55
AUTO STAGES AND RAILWAY TRAINS
9.55.010 Auto stage permits, routes and schedules.
- 4111, A. It is unlawful for the owner or operator of any
auto stage to operate the same upon the streets of the city
without having first held and filed with the city traffic
engineer a schedule of the route to be followed and the
passenger or freight stops to be made upon such route and
without first having obtained approval of such routes and
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stops by, and a permit therefore from, the city traffic
engineer, provided, in case of emergency the city traffic
engineer, with the approval of the city manager, may permit
the owner or operator of any such stage to operate the same
over a different route during such emergency.
B. It is unlawful for any owner or operator of any 11,
such stage entering into or passing through the city to
operate the same over any route or to make passenger or
freight stops at any place which has not been authorized as
herein provided.
9.55.020 Blocking streets prohibited. It is unlawful
for the directing officer or the operator of any railway
train to direct the operation of or to operate the same in
such a manner as to prevent or interfere with the use of any
street for the purposes of travel for a period of time
longer than five consecutive minutes, except that this 4111
provision shall not apply to trains or cars in motion other
than those engaged in switching.
9.55.030 Locomotive crew as safety measure. It is
unlawful for any person to move, operate or propel, or to
authorize to move, operate or propel, any locomotive or
railroad cars unattached to any locomotive, on, along, over
or across any public place without having to actually sta-
tioned on such locomotive or railroad cars at least two men
for the operation thereof, and for giving the proper warning
for the safety of persons upon such public place.
9.55.040 Use of whistle or bell. It is unlawful for
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any person operating any locomotive to blow or sound the
whistle or bell of such locomotive at the grade crossing of
the Moxee branch of the Burlington Northern Railway Company
on North First Street at "G" Street and the Boise Cascade
Lumber Company spur grade crossing on North First Street at
"H" Street, in the city except to prevent an accident not
otherwise avoidable.
9.55.050 Flagman or gate required. No railroad train
shall be operated across North First Street in the city at 1111„
either the Moxee branch grade crossing of the Burlington
Northern Railway Company at "G" Street or the Boise Cascade
Lumber Company spur grade crossing at "H" Street unless
there is installed at such grade crossings a flagman, gates
or other appropriate signal device.
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9.55.060 Trains and equipment of electric railway
systems -- Maximum speed. It is unlawful to operate any
trains or on -track equipment of electric railway systems
within the city at a greater rate of speed than twelve miles
per hour: provided, however, it is unlawful to operate any
410 electric railway systems trains or on -track equipment on 6th
Avenue between Pine Street and Walnut Street at a greater
rate of speed than five miles per hour.
9.55.070 Trains and on -track equipment of electric
railway systems -- Obedience to traffic signals, flagmen
required. All trains and on -track equipment of electric
railway systems operated on or along the streets of the city
shall obey traffic signals at intersecting streets, and
shall be preceded by a flagman at intersections bearing a
stop for the direction of travel of such trains or equip-
ment.
9.55.080 Hours of operation -- Restrictions -- Trains
of electric railway systems. No person shall operate trains
of electric railway systems within the city, except as may
be otherwise specifically authorized from time to time by
the city council, in the following locations during the
following time periods Mondays through Fridays:
Location Hours Trains Prohibited
West of 6th Avenue 1:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.
4:30 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.
On 6th Avenue 1:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon
4:30 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.
9.55.090 Lamps on trains of electric railway systems.
It is unlawful to operate a train of electric railway sys-
tems during nondaylight hours unless the engine thereof is
lighted on all sides and the last car of each train has
. affixed to each side of the trailing end a flashing red
light visible from the rear and the respective sides of the
train.
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CHAPTER 9.60
ENFORCEMENT
9.60.030 Penalties. Unless another penalty is pro-
vided by ordinance of the city, every person convicted of a
misdemeanor defined by this title or a violation of any
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provision of this title shall be punished by a fine of not
more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the
city jail facility for not more than 90 days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment. Further, for all violations of
traffic infractions as defined by RCW 46.63.020, and pro-
hibited by this chapter the monetary penalty for the com-
mission thereof shall be as made and provided for under the
provisions of RCW 46.63.110.
9.60.040 Parking infraction -- Notice -- Monetary
penalty for failure to respond.
A. Notice. If any motor vehicle without a driver is
found parked, angle-parked, standing or stopped in violation
of any of the restrictions imposed by the ordinances of this
city, the officer finding the vehicle shall take its regis-
tration number and may take any other information displayed
on the vehicle which may identify its user, and shall con-
spicuously affix to the vehicle a notice of parking infrac-
tion.
B. Monetary Penalty For Failure To Respond. If no
response is made to a notice of parking infraction within
seven days from the date it is issued there shall be a
monetary penalty of five dollars added to the monetary
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penalty for committing the parking infraction; and further,
such monetary penalty for failure to respond shall be in-
creased to fifteen dollars if the notice of parking in-
fraction remains unpaid for a period of thirty days.
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9.60.090 Disposition of traffic fines and forfeitures.
All fines collected upon conviction or forfeiture of bail of
any person charged with a violation of any of the provisions
of this code shall be paid into the general fund of the
city.
9.60.100 Revenue from parking meters -- Current ex-
pense fund -- Bond. The coins required to be deposited in
parking meters as provided herein are levied and assessed as
fees to provide for the proper regulation and control of
traffic upon the public streets and to cover the cost of the
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supervision, inspections, installation, operation, mainten-
ance, control and use of the parking space and parking meter
described herein, and also the cost of supervision and
regulating the parking of vehicles in the parking meter
zones created hereby.
Chapter 9.70
PARADE AND MOTORCADE PERMITS
9.70.010 Parade and motorcade permits - Definitions.
Wherever used in this Chapter, the following words shall
have the following meanings ascribed to them:
1. "Parade" means any march or procession
consisting of people, animals or vehicles, or combinations
thereof, except funeral processions, upon any public street,
1111 sidewalk or alley, which does not comply with the normal and
usual traffic regulations or controls.
2. "Motorcade" means an organized proces-
'-sion containing twenty-five or more vehicles, except funeral
processions, upon any public street, sidewalk or alley.
3. "Permittee" means the natural person to
whom a parade or motorcade permit is granted pursuant to
this section.
9.70.020 Permits Required. It is unlawful for any
person to conduct a parade or motorcade in or upon any
public street, sidewalk or alley, or to knowingly parti-
cipate in any such parade or motorcade, unless a permit to
110 conduct the parade or motorcade has been obtained from the
chief of police or by appeal to the city manager as provided
in this section.
9.70.030 Offenses.
A. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly join or
participate in any parade or motorcade conducted in viola-
tion of any term of any permit issued pursuant to this
section.
B. It is unlawful for any person to join or parti-
• • cipate in any parade or motorcade conducted by virtue of a
permit issued pursuant to this section over the objection of
the permittee or person in charge of such parade or motor-
cade.
C. It is unlawful for any person to intentionally
obstruct or interfere with the orderly progress or conduct
of a parade or motorcade conducted by virtue of a permit
issued pursuant to this section.
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9.70.040 Permit Application.
Applications for a parade or motorcade permit
shall be made in writing to the chief of police at least
thirty days in advance of the date of such parade or motor-
cade; provided, however, the chief of police, in his dis-
cretion, may reduce or waive such time limitation for any 410
unexpected occasion or in the case of a parade of visitors
arriving in the city within less than the thirty-day period
preceding the date of such parade or motorcade. Application
for such parade or motorcade permit shall be made in writing
on a form approved by the chief of police and shall contain:
1. The name, address and telephone number of the
applicant; name and address and telephone number of the
sponsoring organization; name, address and telephone number
of any persons having charge or control of •such parade or
motorcade; and
2. The purpose of such parade or motorcade, the
date when it is proposed to be conducted, the expected
number of participants, the location of assembly and dis-
assembly, route to be traveled and the approximate time when
the proposed parade or motorcade will assemble, start and
terminate; and
3. A description of the type and number of indi-
vidual floats, marching units, vehicles, animals and bands,
including description of any sound amplification equipment .
to be used; and
4. Such other information as the chief of police
may deem necessary to provide for the safe and free flow of
traffic.
9.70.050 Standards for Issuance or Denial of Permit.
A. Standards for Issuance of Permit. Subject to the
provisions of subsections B and C of this section, the chief
of police shall issue a parade or motorcade permit to any
applicant who complies with the requirements of section
9.70.040 of this chapter, the issuance of which permit shall
be conditioned upon the applicant's written agreement to
comply with the terms of the permit and all other applicable
laws.
B. Variances. Pursuant to a proper application being
made for a parade permit, the chief of police may issue a
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permit which varies from the terms of the application per-
taining to the time, place, line of march, duration, manner
of using streets, alleys and sidewalks, and assembly and
disassembly, all as the chief may deem necessary because of
traffic conditions, the physical condition of the proposed
route of the parade, or the prior issuance of a permit for a
parade which may conflict with that for which application is
made.
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C. Standards for Denial. The chief of police shall
deny an application for a parade or motorcade permit if:
1. Any applicant.fails or refuses to comply with
any provisions of this section, or refuses to agree to abide
by or comply with all the terms or conditions of the permit;
or
2. The information in the application is found
to be false or nonexistent in any material detail; or
3. The chief of police finds that there exists a
clear and present danger of riot or civil disorder in con-
nection with the parade or motorcade for which the permit is
sought.
9.70.060 Notice of Granting, Denial or Variance.
Within seven days after an application has been made for a
parade or motorcade permit, the chief of police shall notify
III/ the applicant in writing by certified mail with return
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receipt requested, or by personal delivery, of the granting
of the permit or of any terms of the permit which may vary
from the request of the application, or of the denial of
such permit and the reasons therefore. The notification
given pursuant to this section shall include a statement of
the applicant's right of appeal and an explanation of the
appeal procedure provided by sections 9.70.070 and 9.70.080
of this chapter.
9.70.070 Appeal Procedure. Upon denial by the chief of
police of a parade or motorcade permit application, or upon
the issuance of a permit which varies in its terms from the
application, the applicant may appeal the action of the
1110 chief of police to the city manager by filing with the chief
of police or his agent a written notice of appeal within
five days after personal delivery or mailing of the notice
by the chief of police, as provided in section 9.70.060 of
this chapter. The notice of appeal shall contain the name
and address of the applicant, together with a short written
statement of the grounds for appeal. The city manager or
his designate shall conduct a hearing and, based upon the
standards contained in section 9.70.050 of this chapter, may
/11110 reverse, affirm or modify the action of the chief of police
from which the appeal was taken. Such hearing shall be held
no later than five days prior to the date requested for the
parade or motorcade. Notice of the date, time and place of
such hearing at which the appeal will be heard shall be
given in writing by personal delivery or certified mail with
return receipt requested to the applicant no less than five
days prior to the time of that hearing. In the event the
chief of police lessens or waives the thirty-day period
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mentioned in section 9.70.040 of this chapter, notices and
hearing provided in this section shall be given as quickly
as possible.
9.70.080 Judicial Review. After the denial or modi-
fication of the terms of a parade or motorcade permit by the
chief of police, or after a hearing on appeal by the city
manager or his designate which affirms the action of the
chief of police, if it appears to the city manager, chief of
police or other city offical that such a parade or motorcade
nevertheless may occur if the application is denied, or may
be conducted contrary to the modified terms of a permit, as
the case may be, the city manager, chief of police or other
city official shall notify the city attorney to immediately
commence proceedings for a judicial review of the action of
the chief of police or the decision of the city manager or
his designate, as the case may be, and seek an injunction or
other appropriate judicial relief against the applicant. 1110
9.70.090 Modification or Revocation of Permit - Emer-
- gency. Any permit for a parade or motorcade issued pursuant
to this section may be summarily revoked, or the terms
thereof modified, by the chief of police at any time when by
reason of disaster, public calamity, riot or other emer-
gency, the chief of police determines that the safety of the
general public or parade or motorcade participants requires
such modification or revocation. Prompt notice of such
action modifying or revoking a permit shall be delivered in
writing to the permittee by personal service or by certified
mail with return receipt requested."
Section 3. Chapter 1.92 "Traffic Safety Commission" •
and Sections 1.92.010, 1.92.020, 1.92.030, 1.92.040 and
1.92.050 thereof, are hereby enacted as a new chapter and
sections of the city of Yakima Municipal Code which shall
read as follows:
"Chapter 1.92
Traffic Safety Advisory Commission
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1.92.010 Traffic Safety Advisory Commission created -
purpose.
There is created within the city of Yakima a traffic
safety advisory commission to consist of members appointed
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by city council. The purpose of the commission shall be to
act in an advisory capacity to the city council on matters
of traffic safety.
1.92.020 Membership.
Ile The commission shall be composed of seven residents of
the city of Yakima. For the initial term of office, one
member shall serve for one year, three members shall serve
for two years, and three members for three years. There-
after, members shall be appointed for a term of three years.
At the first ,regular meeting following the appointment the
members shall determine by lot those members who are to
serve for the initial one, two and three year terms. No
member shall serve for more than 2 consecutive 3 year terms.
111/ The members of the board shall be selected without
regard to political affiliation and shall serve without
compensation.
1.92.030 Duties of the Commission. The commission
shall perform the following duties:
1. Coordinate traffic safety activities; and
2. Receive and consider citizen complaints
related to traffic safety matters; and
3. Make recommendations to the city council'
related to the improvement of traffic safety and the en-
forcement of traffic laws and regulations.
1.92.040 Removal - vacancies.
1110 The city council may remove any member of the com-
mission, Vacancies occurring otherwise than by expiration of
a term shall be filled for an unexpired term in the manner
as for regular appointments to the commission.
1.92.050 Meetings, officers, records and quorum. The
commission shall elect its own chairperson and vice-chair-
person. The commission secretary shall be the city traffic
110° engineer or his designee who shall not be entitled to vote
on matters considered by the Commission. The commission
shall hold regular monthly meetings. It shall adopt rules
for transaction of business to the extent deemed necessary
by the commission members, and it shall keep a record of its
meetings, findings and determinations."
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Section 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect thirty days after its passage, approval and publica-
tion as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this
13th day of December
1983.
/s/ LYNN CARMICHAEL
MAYOR
ATTEST:
/s/ KAREN S. ROBERTS
CITY CLERK
Publication Date 12/15/83
Effective Date 1/15/84
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Section 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect thirty days after its passage, approval and publica-
tion as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this
13th day of December
1983.
r
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
Publication Date 12/15/83
Effective Date 1/15/84
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