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AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, creating a new chapter of the Bremerton
Municipal Code, Chapter 9.32 entitled "Unauthorized Camping" to
establish provisions relating to unauthorized camping in parks and
other public places and further amending Chapter 10.11 entitled
"Enforcement" to update provisions relating to parking restrictions
in public rights-of-way and enforcement of parking violations.
WHEREAS, the current provisions of the Bremerton Municipal Code do not
contain adequate provisions relating to unauthorized camping in parks and other public places;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it appropriate to update the current provisions
of the Bremerton Municipal Code relating to parking restrictions in public rights-of-way and
enforcement of parking violations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt provisions relating to unauthorized
camping and update the provisions relating to parking in ordea' to promote the health, safety and
welfare of the community; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHiNGTON, DOES
HEREBY ORDAiN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTIONL A new chapter, Chapter 9.32 entitled "Unauthorized Camping" is
hereby adopted to read as follows:
Chapter 9.32
UNAUTHORIZED CAMPING
9.32.010 DEFINITIONS.
The following definitions are applicable in this chapter unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) Camp means (i) to dwell, reside within or use camping facilities for temporary or
permanent habitation or housing; and/or (ii) to use camping paraphernalia.
(b) Camping facilities include, but are not limited to, recreational vehicles, motor
vehicles, trailers, tents, huts, or temporary shelters.
(c) Camping paraphernalia includes, but is not limited to, tarpaulins, cots, beds,
sleeping bags, hammocks, or non-city-designated cooking facilities and similar equipment.
(d) Director means any director of a City of Bremerton department having authority
over a public place or any other person authorized by the mayor to exercise such authority or his
or her designee.
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(e) Park means and includes all city parks, public squares, park drives, parkways,
boulevards, golf courses, park museums, zoos, bathing beaches, and play and recreation grounds
under the jurisdiction of the City of Bremerton Parks and Recreation Department.
(1) Public place means and includes streets, ways, boulevards, sidewalks, planting or
parking strips, shoulders, squares, triangles, rights-of-way, publicly owned parking lot or
publicly owned area, improved or unimproved, and other public places appropriated to the public
for public use, including buildings, structures and appurtenances situated thereon.
(g) Recreational vehicle means a travel trailer, motor home, truck camper, or
camping trailer that is primarily designed and used as temporary living quarters, is either self-
propelled or mounted on or drown by another vehicle, is transient and is not immobilized or
permanently affixed to a mobile home lot.
(h) Store means to put aside or accumulate for use when needed, to put for
safekeeping, to place or leave in a location.
(i) Street means any highway, avenue, lane, road, street, drive, place, boulevard,
alley, right-of-way, and every way or place in the City of Bremerton open as a matter of right to
public vehicular travel.
9.32.020 UNAUTHORIZED CAMPING IN PUBLIC PLACES.
Except as permitted by permit pursuant to BMC 9.32.040 or as otherwise provided by
city code or ordinance, it shall be unlawful for any person to camp in any park or other public
place.
9.32.030 UNAUTHORIZED STORAGE IN PUBLIC PLACES.
Except as permitted by permit pursuant to BMC 9.32.040 below or as otherwise provided
by city code or ordinance, it shall be unlawful for any person to store, pitch or park camping
facilities or to store or pitch camping paraphernalia in any park or other public place.
Recreational vehicles may be parked in authorized parking spaces within city public rights-of-
way subject to the provisions of Chapter 10.11 BMC.
9.32.040 PERMIT.
(a) The director is authorized, by permit, to allow persons to camp, occupy camping
facilities, or use or store camping paraphernalia within or on any park or other public place that
may be designated by the city for such use in the City of Bremerton subject to other applicable
codes or ordinances.
(b) The director may approve a permit as provided under this section if the director
determines that:
(1) Adequate trash receptacles, trash collection and sanitary facilities are
available;
(2) The camping activity will not unreasonably disturb or interfere with the
peace, comfort, and repose of property owners in the area; and
(3) The camping activity is not reasonably likely to provoke disorderly
conduct or create a disturbance.
(c) The director may place terms and conditions on any permit as he or she finds
appropriate for the conditions considering the use and impacts of such use.
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9.32.050 PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS.
(a) Civil Infraction. A violation of any provision of this chapter shall constitute a civil
infraction subject to a monetary penalty of one hundred five dollars ($105.00). Each day, or a
portion thereof, duhng which a violation occurs shall constitute a separate violation.
(b) Habitual violators - misdemeanor. Any person, after receiving three or more
infractions, singularly or in combination, for prior violations of this chapter within a two-year period
found to be committed by the Municipal Court, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor pursuant to BMC
1.12.020(2) upon a subsequent violation within said two-year period. A conviction of a misdemeanor
under this subsection shall be considered and counted as an infraction for the purpose of determining
whether or not a violator is a habitual violator.
9.32.060 RULES AND REGULATIONS.
The director may promulgate rules and regulations he or she deems necessary and
appropriate to implement, administer and enforce this chapter.
SECTION 2. The title to Chapter 10.11 of the Bremerton Municipal Code
entitled "Enforcement" is hereby amended to read as follows:
Chapter 10.11
PARKING ENFORCEMENT
SECTION3. A new section, Section 10.11.050 entitled "Definitions" is hereby
adopted to read as follows:
10.11.050 DEFINITIONS.
The following definitions are applicable in this chapter unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) Director means Director of Public Works or other department director authorized
by the Mayor to enforce this chapter, or their designee.
(b) Right of way or Street means any highway, avenue, lane, road, drive, place,
boulevard, alley, right-of-way, ways, boulevards, sidewalks, planting or parking strips, shoulders
and every way or place in the City of Bremerton open as a matter of right to public vehicular
travel or parking or other similar public use.
(c) Recreational vehicle means a travel trailer, motor home, truck camper, or
camping trailer that is primarily designed and used as temporary living quarters, is either self-
propelled or mounted on or drawn by another vehicle, is transient and is not immobilized or
permanently affixed to a mobile home lot.
(d) Vehicle means truck, vehicle, van, tractor, bus, trailer (including boat trailer with
or without a boat situated thereon), recreational vehicle, tractor or semi-trailer, motorcycle, dune
buggy, off road vehicle, or marine vehicle (trailered or non-trailered), whether licensed or
unlicensed, or motorized or non-motorized, unless otherwise defined
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SECTION4. Section 10.11.010 of the Bremerton Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.11.010 ADDITIONAL PARKING VIOLATIONS.
In addition to those statutes adopted by reference in BMC 10.04.010 restricting standing,
stopping and parking of vehicles, it shall be unlawful and punishable as a civil infraction for any
person to commit any of the following actions:
(a) Parking in Time Limit and No Re-park Zones.
(1) Downtown Core. Where a time limit and no re-park is established by official
signs, no vehicle may be re-pa~:ked on either side of the same street in order to extend the vehicle's
parking time beyond the time limits established. For purposes of this section, a vehicle shall be
deemed to be re-parked and in violation of this section despite any movement of the vehicle unless the
vehicle is moved to another street with a different street name than the street the vehicle was otiginally
parked upon.
(2) Residential. Where posted, it is unlawful for a vehicle to remain parked, or to
be re-parked within four (4) blocks of original parking location within a residential parking permit
area, if the parking time or combined parking time for the vehicle exceeds the time limitations of the
parking zone. Veh/cles issued permits under Chapter 10.10 BMC shall be exempt from posted time
limits according to the terms of the permit.
(b) Counterfeit Permits. It is tmlawful for any person to copy, reproduce, or otherwise
counterfeit a parking permit or to possess any counterfeit copy or facsimile ora City parking pemait.
(c) Unauthorized Use of Permit. It is unlawful for any person issued a parking permit by
the City to:
(1) Lend, sell or assign said permit to another;
(2) Display any permit issued to another; or
(3) Display any permit issued when the recipient of the permit is no longer
eligible pursuant to Chapter 10.10 BMC.
(d) Counterfeit Tokens, Permits or Script. It is unlawful to manufacture, use or possess
any counterfeit of an official token, parking permit or script distributed by the City for use in any fee
collection device.
(e) Tampering With Parking Meters or Collection Devices. No person shall deface, injure,
tamper with, open, or willfully break, destroy, or impair the usefulness of any parking meter or
collection device.
(f) Unauthorized Handicapped Parking. It is a traffic infraction for any person to park a
vehicle in a public place provided on private property without charge or on public property reserved
for physically disabled persons without a special hcense place, card or decal as provided for in RCW
46.16.381 (I) and (2). If a person is charged with a violation, the person shall not be determined to
have committed an infraction if the person produces in corot or before the court appearance the special
license plate, card, or decal required under this section or demonstrates that the person was entitled to
the special license plate, card or decal.
(g) Expired Registra~on. It is unlawful to park any vehicle in a public right-of-way or on
public property without a current vehicle license registration tab displayed according to law.
(h) Unlawful Parking in City Lot. In addition to other enforcement remedies, it is unlawful
to park any vehicle in a City-owned parking lot or structure without paying the posted fee or parking
in excess of posted time limits or in violation of use restrictions.
(i) Obliterating Tire Markings. It is unlawful to conceal, obliterate, or erase markings on
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vehicle tires made by a parking enforcement officer for the purpose of recording parking time.
O) False Application. It is unlawful for any person to intentionally provide false or
misleading information on any application for a parking p~rnit.
(k) Failure to Surrender Permit. The Director of- is authorized to revoke the residential
parking pe~fit of any person found to be in violation of its intended use. Upon written notification of
permit revocation by the Director c, fAdn',JrJs~ativc her',ices, it shall be unlawful for any person to fail
to surrender a parking permit as directed.
(1) Parking or Storage of Vehicles within Right-of-Way. Except when otherwise
provided by right-of-way use p~rmit or other appropriate city or state permit, the parking or
storage of vehicles shall be subject to the following parking restrictions:
(1) Time Restriction. Parking or storage of any vehicle in excess of seventy-
two (72) consecutive hours, ofmctcfizcd or .no.': --~,~.~-~.~ .......................
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pubhc right-of-way shall be unlawful ............ & ........ ., ,~o~
~- -' ...... ;' During continued consecutive hours of parking, after the initial seventy-two (72)
hour period, relocation of the ccmvcyancc or m~tor vehicle within five hundred (500) feet, and
still within a public right-of-way, shall be considered to be the same location within the right-of-
y fo g th ty (72) h parki
wa r purposes of calculatin e seven. -two our ng restriction .................
(2) Oversized Vehicles -Additional Restrictions. The city council finds that the
parking and storage of vehicles exceeding twenty-two (22) feet in length (including any attached
trailer) or with a maximum gross vehicle weight exceeding ten thousand (10~000) pounds
("oversized vehicles") presents unacceptable risks and hazards to public health: safety and
welfare when such vehicles are parked or stored on city streets at times when such vehicles are
not engaged in business or commercial activity. Because of these risks and hazards to public
health, safety and welfare, the city council further finds that the parking and storage of such
vehicles on city streets should be minimized. Therefore, in addition to the restrictions set forth Jn
subsection BMC 10.11.010(1)(1) above~ no oversized vehicle may re-park in a previously parked
location in excess of one hundred twenty (120) hours within any consecutive thirty (30) day
period. Relocation of any oversized vehicle within five hundred (500) feet and still within a
public right-of-way shall be considered a previously parked location within the right-of-way.
(m) Parking Against Traffic. Except when otherwise provided by city code, ordinance
or resolution, it shall be unlawful for any vehicle to stop or park upon a right of way unless;
(1) stopped or parked parallel (or at an angle when authorized) to the traveled
portion of the right of way,
(2) in the direction of authorized traffic movement of the right of way
immediately adjacent theret% and
(3) within twelve inches of the curb or as close as practicable to the edge of
the shoulder.
In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this subsection and RCW 46.61.575
adopted as part of the Washington Model Traffic Ordinance pursuant to Chapter 10.04 BMC~ the
provisions of this subsection shall apply.
(mn~ Parking Fee - Non-payment. It is unlawful to park a vehicle in any parking space
monitored by a parking fee collection device, including parking meters, without payment as indicated
on the collection device.
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(tm0 Parl~'ng Fee - Time Permitted. It is unlawful to park a vehicle in any parking space
monitored by a collection device, including parking meters, for a consecutive period of time longer
than that limited period of time for which parking is lawfully permitted in the time zone, irrespective
of the amount of money deposited in such collection device.
SECTION6. Severability. If any one or more sections, subsections, or
sentences of this ordinance are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance and the same shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 7. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force ten
(10) days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
APPROVED by the City Council the /~C day oftS~q'~'-' ,2004
PASSED by the City Council the~:a~.a~ day of ~_a~J.. ,2004
DAREN NYGREN~ ~ouncil President
Approved this ~7,~O~ day of (~, ~__/~--~200~~
ATTE/~ APPROVED AS TO FORM:
P~ULA JOHNff/FON, Interim City Clerk '"x-RJOGER A. L~OVICH, City~.~orney
PUBLISHED the~l~la_ day of ~t'~/a~,~ ,2004
EFFECTIVE the 47.,~2(~day of ('~z~t j ,2004
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
No. Ad # 100107423
STATE OF WASHINGTON
COUNTY OF KITSAP
I, Robin Alexander, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and says: That she is now, and at all times
embraced in the publication herein mentioned was the principal clerk of the printers and publishers of THE
SUN; that said newspaper has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior Court of the
County of Kitsap, in which County it is published and is now and has been for more than six months prior
to the date of the publication hereinafter referred to, published in the English language continually as a
daily newspaper in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, and is now and during all of said time, was
printed in an office maintained in the aforesaid place of publication of said newspaper; May 28, 2004 and
that such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period. That the full
amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is the sum of $36.42 which amount has not been
(Signature of Principal Cler )
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of June 4, 2004.
Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, Kitsap County.
ORDINANCE NO.
An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, creating a new chapter of the
Bremerton Municipal Code, Chapter 9.32 entitled "Unauthorized Camping" to establish provisions relating
to unauthorized camping in parks and other public places and further amending Chapter 10.11 entitled
"Enforcement" to update provisions relating to parking restrictions in public rights-of-way and enforcement
of parking violations.-
The full text of this ordinance is available for review at the Office of the City Clerk, 239 4th S~'eet,
Bremerton WA.-
Approved by the City Council May 19, 2004.-
Passed by the City Council May 26, 2004.-
May 28, 2004..#100107423-