HomeMy WebLinkAbout2206 AN ORDINANCE relating to the regulation of traffic, providing
penalties for the vi61ation of provisions thereof, amending Sec-
tion ll of Ordinance No. 1459 as amended by Ordinance No. 2163 and
declaring an emergency.
THE CITY OF BRE~ERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. That Section 11 of Ordinance No. 1459 as amended
by Ordinance No. 2163 is amended to read as follows:
'~ection ll. It shall be the duty of each police officer
to take the number of any meter at which any vehicle is
overparked, as provided in this Ordinance; the State ve-
hicle license of such vehicle; the time and date of such
overparklng, and the mak~ of ~uch vehicle; and issue, in
writing, a citation for illegal parking in the same form
and subject to the same procedure provided for by the
ordinances of the City of Bremerton and the laws of the
State of Washington applicable to the traffic violations
within said City.
Any operator or owner of a vehicle to whom a citation
has 0een issued may, within seven days of the time of
the issuance of said citation, pay to the Clerk of the
Municipal Court as a penalty for and in full satisfaction
of such violation the sum of Two Dollars ($2.00). The
failure of such owner or operator to make such payment
within said seven days shall render such owner or opera-
tor subject to the penalties hereinafter provided for
violation of the provisions of this ordinance.
Provided however that the Municipal Judge may, by Gen-
eral Order, allow a parking ticket to be settled by the
payment of $1.00 wi2hin twenty-four (24) hours after the
ticket is issued."
Section 2. That an emer~ency exists and this Ordinance is
necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety
and general welfare o~' the citizens of the City of B~,emerton, and
shall be come effective January l, 195V, following passage and
publication.
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY 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 26th day of December, 1956.
ATTEST: H.O. -DOMSTAi~, Rf~yor
E.H.T. McGOWAN, 01ty Clerk