HomeMy WebLinkAbout1279 ORDINANCE NO. 1279
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the Chief of the Police Department of the City
of Bremerton to make and enforce traffic rules and regulations in the City of
Bremerton, and to place signs and markings in the City of Bremerton to inform
the public of said rules and regulations; limiting the time for parking or
standing of vehicles on State Street, between the Navy Yard Gate and Fourth
Street, to two hours, and providing a penalty for the violation of this ordinance.
THE CITY CONNIssIONERS OF THE CITY OF BRENERTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Chief of the Police Department of the City of Bremerton is
hereby authorized and empowered to make and enforce rules and regulations of
any kind and nature for the control of traffic, including rules and regulations
as to the length of time or manner of parking or standing vehicles, one-way
traffic, and "stop" streets or "through" or arterial city streets or avenues
in the suburban districts of the City of Bremerton, and in any other part of the
said City, providing such rules and regulations are not in conflict with city
ordinances or resolutions passed by the City Commission of the City of Bremerton;
and pursuant to said rules and regulations, the said Chief of the Police
Department is hereby authorized and empowered to place appropriate signs and
markings on or near the public streets, alleys, avenues, thoroughfares and side-
walks of the City of Bremerton, which signs shall be yellow, or lettered in
black on a yellow background, for the purpose of informing motorists and others
of such rules and regulations.
Section 2. Any and all traffic signs and markings heretofore placed in
the City of Bremerton by the Chief of Police and by the Police Department of
the City of Bremerton, with or without the specific approval of the City Comm-
ission, by resolution or ordinance, are hereby approved and it shall be the duty
of every person operating a motor vehicle, or any other kind of vehicle in the
City of Bremerton, to obey all signs and markings heretofore or hereafter placed
by the Chief of the Police Department or under his direction.
Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to park or stand an auto-
mobile, or any kind of vehicle, for more than two hours on State Street, in the
City of Bremerton, Washington, between the State Street Gate to the Puget Sound
Navy Yard and the south boundary of Fourth Street.
SeCtion 4. Any person violating the previsions of this ordinance or
.~failing to abide by, obey and carry out satL rules and regulations as designated
~by the signs and makkings hereinbefore referred to, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine in a sum not exceeding the sum of
~$100.00, or by imprisonment in the city jail for not exceeding thirty days, or
'...t?'by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 5. An emergency exists and this ordinance is necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety in the City of
Bremerton, and the same shall take effect immediately after its passage and
publ i cation.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Commissioners, and attested by the City
Clerk in authentication of such passage, this 22nd day of April, 1939.
City ~ Commissioners
Attest:
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