HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-030 Ordinance amending the City of Yakima Municipal Code Chapter 1.92.050(B) relating to Airport ground control and securityAN ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE NO. 2023-030
amending the City of Yakima Municipal Code Chapter 1.92.050(B)
relating to Airport ground control and security - Vehicle Parking —
infractions — increase in monetary penalty.
WHEREAS, the City has an interest in providing adequate vehicle parking for members
of the public using Yakima Airport for travel; and
WHEREAS, to advance available vehicle parking for members of the public using
Yakima Airport for travel; and
WHEREAS, to maintain consistency in monetary penalties for infractions of City parking
ordinances; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Chapter 1.92.050(B), Airport Ground Control and Security, of the City of
Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
1.92.050 Airport ground control and security.
B. Vehicle Parking.
(1) Controlled Parking. It is a parking infraction for the operator of any vehicle to stop or
park such vehicle in any controlled parking areas at the Yakima Air Terminal unless
authorized to do so pursuant to the signing at such area.
(2) (a) Public Parking. It is a parking infraction for the operator of any vehicle to park a
vehicle any place other than in an area designated by signs as a public parking area at the
Yakima Air Terminal, unless such vehicle is stopped or parked in a controlled parking area
in accordance with subsection (B)(1) of this section.
(b) Public Parking. It is a parking infraction for the operator of any vehicle to remain
parked in area designated for public parking without paying the applicable fee. Each 24
hour period that the vehicle remains parked in the designated area without payment shall
be a new offense.
(3) Impoundment. The airport manager, his designee, and any law enforcement officer
of the jurisdiction are authorized to impound or cause to be impounded any vehicle parked
on Yakima Air Terminal property in violation of the provisions of this section. The
applicable provisions of the city of Yakima Municipal Code Chapter 9.48 shall govern the
impoundment, towing, storage, redemption or other disposition of any vehicle impounded
pursuant to this section.
(4) Penalty. Violations of vehicle parking provisions shall be a parking infraction with a
monetary penalty of twenty dollars per day (24 hour period) for each violation. The
registered owner of the vehicle shall be presumed to have been the violator, unless
another person admits to the violation and pays the penalty.
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Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its passage,
approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 5th day of July, 2023,
ATTEST:
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Rosalinda Ibarra, City Clerk
Publication Date: July 7, 2023
Effective Date: August 6, 2023
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Janice Deccio, Mayor