HomeMy WebLinkAbout3406Ordinance No.. 3406
["Beginning July 1, 1998"]
(Amending or Repealing Ordinances)
Amends Ord. 1569
Amends Ord. 2794
ORDINANCE NO. 3 V C
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of
Kent, Washington, amending section 4.01.080 of the Kent
City Code relating to towing unauthorized vehicles remaining
in a park after hours.
WHEREAS, prohibiting persons from parking unauthorized motor
vehicles in public parks after they are closed will preserve the safety of the parks, and
providing police with authority to have vehicles which are parked after hours towed from
the park will provide an effective means of enforcing such an ordinance; NOW
THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 4.01.080 of the Kent City Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 4.01.080. Prohibited activities - Speed limits, etc,. vehicles and horses. No
person shall ride or drive any bicycle, tricycle, motorcycle, motor vehicle, horse, or pony
over or through any park except along and upon the park drives, parkways, park
boulevards, or at a speed in excess of fifteen (15) miles per hour. No person shall stand or
park any vehicle, except in designated areas or in accordance with signs, striping, or other
methods which make clear the appropriate method or manner of parking. Improperly
parked vehicles including vehicles parked on sidewalks, vehicles left parked over twenty -
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four (24) hours, vehicles not associated with the use of the park and unauthorized vehicles
left in the Qark between dusk and dawn, may be are-sob}esttobowed away at the
expense of the owner.
SECTION 2. - Severability. If any one 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
in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. - Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
force thirty (30) days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided
law.
ATTEST:
BRENDA JACOB R, 'ITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
R GER A. LUBOVICH, CITY ATTOMTE-7
PASSED: 7 day of 11998.
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APPROVED: day of 1998.
PUBLISHED: day of 4aL-a 11998.
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I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance No. o6 , passed
by the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the
City of Kent as hereon indicated.
(SEAL)
B ,CITY CLERK
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