Chapter 8.50
PARKING GENERALLY1
Sections:
Article I. Generally
8.50.010 Parking recreational vehicles on city streets.
8.50.020 Parking commercial vehicles in residential areas.
8.50.030 Parking privileges for disabled persons.
Article II. Specific Streets
8.50.040 Authority to impose limitations.
Article I. Generally
8.50.010 Parking recreational vehicles on city streets.
(1) No person shall park a recreational vehicle on any portion of a street or alley in the city except when the recreational vehicle is parked on a portion of a street or alley adjacent to property owned or occupied by the owner or operator of the recreational vehicle for the purpose of loading, unloading, or similar activities. Prior to parking such a recreational vehicle the owner or operator of the recreational vehicle shall obtain a 48-hour parking permit from the city, which shall be prominently displayed on the windshield of the recreational vehicle. Recreational vehicles parked consistently with this section must still comply with all other parking regulations in FWRC and other applicable laws.
(2) For the purposes of this section, “recreational vehicle” means a vehicle:
(a) Built on a single chassis;
(b) Four hundred square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection;
(c) Designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable; and
(d) Designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use. (Ord. No. 24-992, § 1, 10-1-24; Ord. No. 24-983, § 1, 3-5-24.)
8.50.020 Parking commercial vehicles in residential areas.
No person shall park a commercial vehicle which is more than 80 inches wide overall on any street or alley in residential areas zoned SE, RS and RM except when engaged in deliveries or as support to an ongoing business activity such as construction, moving, carpentry, plumbing, or landscaping, but only for the time reasonable and necessary to support the activity or make the delivery.
(Ord. No. 05-507, § 1, 10-18-05; Ord. No. 91-97, § 1, 5-21-91; Ord. No. 90-46, § 4, 3-20-90. Code 2001 § 15-82.)
8.50.030 Parking privileges for disabled persons.
The following state statutes are adopted by reference:
(1) RCW 46.16.381, Special parking privileges for disabled persons – Penalties – Enforcement.
(2) RCW 46.61.581.
(3) The police department may appoint volunteers to enforce the parking laws for disabled persons as set forth in RCW 46.16.381(13) as currently written, or amended in the future.
(Res. No. 09-539, § 1, 1-6-09; Ord. No. 07-572, § 7, 12-4-07; Ord. No. 01-391, § 7, 6-19-01. Code 2001 § 15-83.)
Article II. Specific Streets
8.50.040 Authority to impose limitations.
The public works director has the authority, with respect to public highways, streets, roads and thoroughfares under the city’s jurisdiction, to prohibit or limit the times that on-street parking is to be legally permitted.
(Ord. No. 03-449, § 2, 9-16-03; Ord. No. 90-47, § 1, 3-20-90; Ord. No. 90-42, § 1, 2-27-90. Code 2001 § 15-96.)
8.50.050 Signs.
When the public works director determines parking restrictions are necessary, pursuant to FWRC 8.50.040, he or she shall erect, or cause to be erected and maintained, signs designating the parking restrictions. No such limitations shall be effective unless signs are in place. In no other case shall enforcement and effectiveness of this article be conditioned on signage.
(Ord. No. 03-449, § 3, 9-16-03; Ord. No. 90-42, § 2, 2-27-90. Code 2001 § 15-97.)
Cross references: Leaving children in unattended parked vehicle prohibited, FWRC 6.20.030; off-street parking requirements in the zoning regulations, Chapter 19.130 FWRC.