HomeMy WebLinkAbout3754 O DIN CE NO.
.~O AN ORDINANCE exempting visitors attending
conventions or other associational or
organizational meetings in Bremerton from
paying for metered parking.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
SECTION 1. VISITOR CONVENTION PARKING EXEMPTION
Any non-resident of the City of Bremerton who is visiting
the City for the purpose of attending a convention or other
associational or organizational meeting located in Bremerton
shall be entitled to a parking pass exempting them, or any person
driving his car, from paying for parking in any metered parking
area for a two hour period for the duration of the convention or
meeting; provided, however, that such pass shall not exempt such
person from complying with parking zone time periods and provided
further that such pass shall not exempt a person from paying for
parking in red-metered spaces.
SECTION 2. ISSUANCE AND DISPLAY 'OF PARKING PASSES
The City Treasurer's office shall issue the parking passes
and the passes shall be displayed so as to be clearly visible
through the windshield of the vehicle on the dashboard.
SECTION 3. CONTENTS OF THE PARKING PASS
Each parking pass shall contain the following:
A. The convention or organizational meeting he is
attending;
B. The expiration date of the pass, such date to
correspond to the date on which the meeting or
convention concludes;
C. A statement describing the parking privilege which the
pass allows; and
D. Directions for use, including a statement that the pass
shall be displayed so as to be clearly visible through
the windshield of the vehicle on the dashboard.
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SECTION 4. PENALTY PROVISION
A. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this ordinance
for any person to stand or park a motor vehicle for a period
exceeding the two hour time limit. Said violation shall be
punishable by a fine not exceeding Ten Dollars ($10.00).
B. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this ordinance
for a person to falsely represent himself as eligible for a
parking pass or to furnish false information in an application
therefor the City Treasurer's office.
C. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this ordinance
for a person holding a parking pass to permit the use or display
of said pass on a motor vehicle other than that for which the
pass is issued. Such conduct shall constitute an unlawful act
and violation of this ordinance both by the person holding the
parking pass and the person who so uses or displays the pass on a
motor vehicle other than that for which it is issued.
D. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this ordinance
for a person to copy, produce or otherwise bring into existence a
facsimile or counterfeit parking pass without written
authorization from the City Treasurer's office.
E. Upon conviction of B through D above, a person shall be
punishable by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00)
or be imprisoned for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days, or
both.
SECTION 5. REVOCATION OF PERMIT
The City Treasurer's office and the Bremerton Police
Department are authorized to revoke the visitor's parking pass of
any person found to be in violation of this ordinance and, upon
written notification thereof, the person shall surrender such
pass to the City Treasurer's office or the Bremerton Police
Department.
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APPROVED by the City Commissioners on the first readings
this I\ day of ~, 1982.
PASSED by the City Commissioners of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, signed by the Mayor and attested by the
City Clerk in authentication of such passage this ~ day of
GENE NELSON
Mayor
ATTEST:
KATHL'EEN L. MANDIO
City Clerk
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