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ORDINANCE NO, 1497
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION
V. OF ORDINANCE NO. 11432 AS AMENDED, ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO TRAFFIC AND REGULATING THE USE OF PUBLIC STREET'S AND
HIGHWAYS IN THE CITY OF RENTON; PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION,
REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE USE OF PARKING METERS AND PARKING
METER Z ONES ; DEFINING PARKING METER Z ONES ; AUTH ORI ZI NG A METHOD
OF PAYMENT FOR PARKING METERS AND THE INSTALLATION THEREOF EX-
CLUSIVELY FROM THE RECEIPTS OBTAINED FROM THEIR OPERATION;
PROVIDING FOR ENFORZO14ENT AND PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF;
CREATING A PARKING METER FUND, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY".
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RENTON AS FOLLOWS:
Section I: Section V of Ordinance No. 1143, as heretofore amended
'by Ordinance No. 1235, reading as follows:
Section 5: "On any day except legal holidays, as defined in
Remington Rand's Revised Statutes, Section 61,
between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., when any
vehicle shall be parked next to a parking meter,
the owner or operator of said vehicle shall park
within the area designated by the curb or street
marking lines as indicated for parallel or diagonal
parking, and upon entering said parlcing space shall
immediately deposit in said meter a five cent coin
of the United States for the maximum legal parking
limit, and/or a one cent coin of the United States
for one-fifth of the maximum legal parking limit.
It shall be unlawful for any person so parking a
vehicle to fail or neglect to so deposit the proper
coin, or coins, or to fail to park within "said
designated area.
Said parking space may then be used by such vehicle
during the legal parking limit provided by the or-
dinances of the City, or regulations issued there-
under, and said vehicle shall be considered as
unlawfully parked if it remains in said space beyond
the legal parking limit and/or when said parking
meter displays a signal showing such illegal parking.
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or
permit any vehicle registered in his name to be
unlawfully parked as set out in this Section."
BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED AND RE-ENACTED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION V, AS AMENDED: Whenever any vehicle shall be parked next
to a parking meter on any day between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
except on the following designated holidays, to -wit:
January lst (New Yearls Day)
February 22nd (Washington's Birthday)
Memorial Day
July 4th (Independence Day)
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
December 25th (Christmas Day)
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the owner or operator of said vehicle shall park within the area
designated by the curb or street marking lines as indicated for
parallel or diagnnal parking and immediately upon entering said park-
ing space shall deposit in said parking meter a five cent coin in United
States currency for the legal parking limit as indicated on said meter.
It shall be unlawful for any person so parking a vehicle to fail or
neglect to so deposit the proper coin or coins or to fail to park
within said designated area.
Said parking space may then be used by such vehicle during the
legal parking limit provided by the ordinances of the City of Renton
or regulations issued thereunder, and said vehicle shall be considered
as unlawfully parked if it remains in said space beyond the legal parking
limit and/or when said parking meter displays a signal showing such
illegal parking.
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or permit any vehicle
registered in his name to be unlawfully parked as set out in this
Section.
Section II: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
after its passage, approval and legal publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 19TH day of October, 1954.
Do Yiea S. osse c. zr1g ity Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR th�i. � day of October, 1954,
ApVoved t o
erard M. Shellan
Assistant City Attorney
Date of Publication: November 4, 1954.
Joe R. Baxter,
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