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ORDINANCE NO. -4 q fa '1
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, repealing Chapter 2.11 of the Bremerton
Municipal Code entitled "Traffic Safety Commission."
WHEREAS, the current provisions of Chapter 2.11 of the Bremerton Municipal
Code relating to the Traffic Safety Commission are not consistent with current practice; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to repeal Chapter 2.11 of the Bremerton
Municipal Code entitled "Traffic Safety Commission;" NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2.11 ofthe Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "Traffic
Safety Commission" is hereby repealed in its entirety as follows:
Chapter 2.11
TRf..FFIC SAFETY COMJ\nSSION
2.11.010 TR\FFIC SAFETY COMl\nSSION CREATED.
There is created a Traffic Safety Commission composed of a representative from the
Engineering Department, Police Department, Fire Department, Planning Department, Office of
Risk Management and City Attorney's Office. Four additional members shall be added to the
Traffic Safety Commission to hear and consider matters exclusively relating to parking under
BMC 2.11.020( d). These four members v/ill be representative of the following constituencies:
1) One member will represent the Central Business District and may reside outside the City; 2)
One member '.vill represent commuter interests and may reside outside the City; 3) Tv/o
members will be at large Bremerton residents.
2.11.015 "\PPOINTMENT AND TERM~S OF NON ST}...FF MEl\fBERS.
All non staff members of the commission shall be appointed by the Mayor '.'lith the
concurrence of the City Council. TVlo members shall be appointed for an initial one year term,
one for a two year term and one for a three year term. Subsequent appointments shall be for a
three year term.
2.11.020 PO'VERS "A....~D DUTIES.
The purpose of the Commission shall be to:
(a) Recommend the adoption of policies and ordinances which will enhance traffic
safety in such areas as access control, cross'.valk placement, speed limits, and traffic flO'.v.
(b) Review and provide coordinated recommendations for all major plats, rezones,
and developments 'Nhich will €:1llsure safe locations for vehicle access and address traffic impacts.
(c) Recommend priorities for future traffic control improvements.
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(d) (1) Serve as a body to hear appeals of administrative decisions regarding
location of commercial or residential parking permit zones, permit issuance and revocation.
(2) Advise the City Engineer in the approval of parking '.vithin street planting
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(3) Review and recommend policies and ordinances regarding regulation and
enforcement of public parking; and
(4) Review and recommend development of facilities for public parking,
including right of vlay improvements v/hich affect parking in coordination with the capital
improvement plan.
2.11.030 CONDUCT OF MEETINCS.
The Commission shall regularly meet at least monthly and shall adopt bylaws as may be
necessary and proper to conduct its business.
SECTION 2. Severability. If anyone 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 3. 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.
PASSED by the City Council the ~
daya:c~'
CECIL McCONNELL, Council President
Approved this f;t:i) day of
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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PUBLISHED the ~J day.of ~
EFFECTIVE the / i.d:i.J day of ~
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KITSAP 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, a weekly newspaper in 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; that the following is a true text of a legal advertisement as it was
May 8, 2006, and that such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of $37.20
which amount has not been paid in full.
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(Signature of Principal Clerk)
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of July 27, 2006.
Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, Kitsap County.
ORDINANCE NO. 4969
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, repealing Chapter 2.11 of the
Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "Traffic Safety Commission."
PASSED by the City Council the 3rd day of May, 2006.
The full text of this ordinance is available from the City Clerk's Office, 345 Sixth Street, Suite 600,
Bremerton, W A 98337.
May 8, 2006.............................AD #20002836