For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BLOCK. The area on both sides of a street between nearest cross-streets or intersection.
BUSINESS. Any and all businesses that provide a service, merchandise or goods and collect fees for that service, merchandise or goods; clubs and organizations with restricted memberships that receive payment for food and drink served to members and non-members; providers of professional services, and collecting fees for services provided.
DAYS AND HOURS OF ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT. Monday through Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., excluding Sundays and holidays.
DOWNTOWN PARKING DISTRICT. The downtown area of the city, defined by the boundaries in the definition of DOWNTOWN PARKING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES below, where there is the desire to control or restrict parking of employees, employers, residents, students, volunteers and resident visitors, where indicated by approved sign(s), to provide customer parking and better access to businesses in the District.
DOWNTOWN PARKING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. The following streets, both sides of each street, are within the district, unless specifically indicated otherwise in this section. Parking lots specifically indicated, on identified boundaries are also now within the district.
The outer boundaries of the district will be described as Stillwell Avenue from Front Street to Fifth Street, to also include a westward Fourth Street right-of-way extension to mid-block approaching Grove; Front Street from Stillwell Avenue to Pacific Avenue, to also include the Hoquarton Landing and the city parking lot on Front at Ivy, as part of the Sue H. Elmore Park; Pacific Avenue from Front to First Street; First Street from Pacific Avenue to Madrona Avenue; Madrona Avenue from First Street to Fourth Street, to also include an eastward Third Street right-of-way extension to Nestucca Avenue; Fourth Street from Madrona Avenue to Laurel Avenue; Laurel Avenue from Fourth Street to Fifth Street; Fifth Street from Laurel Avenue to Main Avenue; Fifth Street from Main Avenue to Stillwell Avenue on the north half of the right-of-way only, back to the point of beginning. All streets, right-of-ways and parking lots within the above described boundaries are included in the district and subject to any restrictions assigned through resolution.
EMPLOYEE/EMPLOYER. Any owner, operator, salesperson, agent or worker, whether paid by salary, bonus, commission, piecework or hourly wage and associated with or working for any commercial, professional, fraternal or public establishment within the City Parking District, unless excluded through franchise agreement or federal or state laws.
EMPLOYEE/EMPLOYER VOLUNTEER. Any person, who not for compensation, acting or serving willingly and with no constraint or guarantee of reward, performs any function(s) normally done by an employee/employer in any commercial, professional, fraternal or public establishment within the City Parking District, unless excluded through franchise agreement or federal or state laws.
OFFICER. Any city police officer, reserve police officer or other city employee, full-time, part-time or temporary, approved by the Chief of Police to enforce city ordinances or state statutes in regards to any parking or ordinance violations within the city limits.
PARKING DISTRICT. Includes all public streets and all off-street public parking facilities in the boundaries of the Downtown Parking District.
PERMIT. A permit or pass, provided by the city, either for or not for a fee, set by resolution, allowing parking in a parking space or area otherwise not allowed by this subchapter.
PERMIT(S). Include a daily construction permit as well as a delivery permit.
(1) DELIVERY PERMIT(S). Allow the permit holder(s) to park in any parking space in the Downtown Parking District for up to 15 minutes at a time for the purpose of loading, unloading, delivering or picking up items from his or her place of business or employment, providing a temporary exemption from zone restriction(s) indicated for that space.
(2) DELIVERY AND CONSTRUCTION PERMITS. Shall be requested and provided through the Police Department.
RESIDENT. Regularly staying at an apartment or dwelling; a place where a person regularly stays or lives; one’s legal domicile.
STUDENT. A student of any college, training center or school that receives payments from students as tuition and accepts members of the public as customers who receive services for which payments are made for those services shall be classified as an employee/employer while attending the college, training center or school.
VISITOR. Visiting, for any period of time, a resident or resident’s other visitor. This may include other family member(s) who do not normally reside at the same residence as the resident.
WORK. All its common meanings, including activities as a volunteer or student.
ZONE(S). A specific number of connected parking space(s), either on a public street, or in a public-owned parking lot, signed the same, to control duration of parking allowed and/or types of person(s) allowed to park in those identified spaces.
(1) The goal of this section is to easily identify a specific area or number of spaces to have consistent parking control for easier use and for easier enforcement. A specific number of parking spaces could include, but not be limited to, a block, one side of a block, a row of parking spaces in a lot or even an entire lot. Signs would all be consistent in the District and also be consistent with signs of similar control, throughout the city.
(2) ZONE designation(s) for specific parking space(s) in city parking lot(s), on city street(s) and other city-controlled parking area(s) or space(s) within the Downtown Parking District shall be approved by the City Council by resolution.
(a) ZONE (A). Fifteen-minute parking, a maximum of 15 minutes at any one time in spaces in this zone.
(b) ZONE (B). Thirty-minute parking, a maximum of 30 minutes at any one time in spaces in this zone.
(c) ZONE (C). One-hour parking, a maximum of one hour at any one time in spaces in this zone.
(d) ZONE (D). Two-hour parking, a maximum of two hours at any one time in spaces in this zone.
(e) ZONE (E). Three-hour parking, a maximum of three hours at any one time in spaces in this zone.
(f) ZONE (F). Four-hour parking, a maximum of four hours at any one time in spaces in this zone.
(g) ZONE (G). Eight-hour parking, a maximum of eight hours at any one time in spaces in this zone.
(h) ZONE (H). Permit parking only, permits provided by the city, by process, with or without fee.
(i) ZONE (I). No employee or employer parking in this zone without permit.
(j) ZONE (J). No resident parking in this zone without permit.
(k) ZONE (K). No volunteer or student parking in this zone without permit.
(l) ZONE (L). No visitor parking in this zone without permit.
(Prior Code, § 72.085) (Ord. 1216, passed 12-4-2006; Ord. 1264, passed 1-3-2012; Ord. 1337, passed 10-15-2018)