ORD 05-507
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ORDINANCE NO. OS - S Dc
AN ORDINANCE OFTHE CITY COUNCIL OF TilE CITY OF
FEDERAl, WAY, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION 15-
82, ARTICLE IV, OF CHAPTER 15 TO PROHIBIT THE
PARKING OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IN RESIDENTIAL
AREAS (AMENDING ORDINANCE NOS. 90-46,91-97).
WHEREAS the City of Federal Way is a non-charter code city under the laws ofthe
State of Washington and, as such, has the power to enact ordinances for the protection ofthe public
health, safety, and general welfare and for other purposes; and
WHEREAS the Federal Way City Council adopted the Traffic and Vehicular Code,
Chapter 15, in 1990 and subsequently modified it; and
WHEREAS the City Council for the City ofF ederal Way has detennined that parking
of commercial vehicles in residential areas is incompatible with residential uses; and
WHEREAS the City Council for the City ofF ederal Way finds it in the best interests
of its citizens to update the Traffic and Vehicular Code, Chapter 15, to prohibit parking of
commercial vehicles in residential areas;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY,
WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 15-82, Article IV, of the City of Federal Way Traffic and
Vehicular Code, is hereby amended as follows:
15-82 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 between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00
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am,except when cng~ged in deliverics or as support to an ongoing busines.s activi.tv 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. 90-46, S 4, 3-20-90; Ord. No. 91-97,
S 1,5-21-91)
Section 2. Severability. The provisions of this ordinance are declared separate and
severable. The invalidity of any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, or portion of this
ordinance or the invalidity ofthe application thereofto any person or circumstance, shall not affect
the validity of the remainder of the ordinance, or the validity of its application to other persons or
circumstances.
Section 3. Ratification. Any act consistent with the authority and prior to the
effective date ofthis ordinance is hereby ratified and affirmed.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30)
days from the time of its final passage, as provided by law.
PASSED by the City Council oftheCityofFederal WaythiS~aYOf tJdtJV
2005.
CITY OF FEDERAL WAY
ATTEST:
GREEN, CMC
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. APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CITY ATTORNEY, PATRICIA A. RICHARDSON
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK:
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
PUBLISHED: l~\\l\t)~0^
EFFECTIVE DATE:
ORDINANCE NO.:
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K\ORDlN\15-82 Commercial Vehicles 6.14/05
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