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WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton wishes to provide
downtown parking, at parking meters, except at those times or
during circumstances when such parking is prohibited, to certain
disabled persons; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to make said parking
available for said disabled persons by the means of a special
parking meter hood; now, therefore
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1.
A. Definitions. A disabled person shall be defined as
any person who has lost both of his or her lower extremities, or
has lost the normal or full use thereof, or who is so severely
disabled as to be unable to move without the aid of crutches or a
wheelchair, or has lost both hands, or who suffers from lung dis-
ease to such an extent that forced expiratory respiratory volume,
when measured by spirometry, is less than one liter per second.
B. Each such person shall be entitled to rent a
special meter hood for the purpose of parking their motor vehicle
at any City of Bremerton parking meter, at times and during cir-
cumstances when such parking is lawful.
SECTION 2 - RENTAL PAYMENT.
Each special parking meter hood may be rented from the
City of Bremerton for the sum of One Dollar and Fifty Cents
($1.50) per day. Rental payments shall be made to the City
Treasurer.
SECTION 3 - VERIFICATION.
Parking regulation persons shall, upon observing a spe-
cial meter hood in use, verify that the vehicle parked at that
meter is entitled to use the hood by the presence of one or more
of the following items affixed to or located in said vehicle:
A. A special card issued by the Department of Licens-
ing, to be left in the vehicle in a conspicuous place, and bear-
ing distinguishing marks, letters or numerals indicating that the
vehicle is being used to transport such a disabled person; or
B. A special decal affixed to the vehicle in a conspic-
uous place designated by the director of the Department of Licens-
ing, bearing distinguishing marks, letters or numerals indicating
that the vehicle is owned or being primarily used for a disabled
person; or
C. A special license plate bearing distinguishing
marks, letters or numerals indicating that the vehicle is owned
by a disabled person.
SECTION 4 - PENALTIES.
A. Misuse or Unauthorized Use. Any misuse or unauthor-
ized use of the meter hood defined in Section i(B) hereinabove is
a parking infraction. The penalty for such misuse, or unauthor-
ized use, shall be Five Dollars ($5.00) for the first offense,
and revocation of the meter hood privilege for a subsequent of-
fense.
B. Loss or Failure to Return. The penalty for failing
to return the parking meter hood within ten (10) days of the ex-
piration of the rental term shall be Five Dollars ($5.00). Fail-
ure to return the parking meter hood within thirty (30) days of
expiration of the rental period shall result in a presumption
that the parking meter hood has become lost. The penalty for the
loss of a parking meter hood shall be Twenty Five Dollars
($25.00) or the cost of the parking meter hood to the City,
whichever is greater, together with all handling and collection
costs.
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APPROVED by the City Council this first reading on
this ~ day of June, 1982.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremer-
ton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authen-
tication of such passage this ~79 day of-July, 1982.
ATTEST:
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