10.52.395 - Stopping, standing or parking outside business or residence districts.

(a)

Upon any highway outside of incorporated cities and towns no person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the main-traveled part of the highway.

(b)

This section shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the main-traveled portion of a highway in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving such disabled vehicle in such position.

(Res. 78 § 1 (46.61.560), 1970).

10.52.400 - Officers authorized to remove illegally stopped vehicle.

(a)

Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of any of the provisions of Section 10.52.395, such officer is hereby authorized to move such vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same, to a position off the main-traveled part of such highway.

(b)

Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle unattended upon any bridge or causeway or in any tunnel where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, such officer is hereby authorized to provide for the removal of such vehicle to the nearest garage or other place of safety.

(c)

The charge for removal of a vehicle as authorized in subsections (a) and (b) above shall be fixed by the sheriff of Mason County. The sheriff may perform the removal service directly or through a private firm. A private firm providing such removal services shall post the authorized charges therefor prominently at its place of business. The costs incurred in the removal of such a vehicle shall be paid by the vehicle's owner and shall be a lien upon the vehicle until paid.

(Res. 78 § 1 (46.61.5651), 1970).

10.52.405 - Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places.

(a)

Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, no person shall:

(1)

Stop, stand or park a vehicle:

(A)

On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street,

(B)

On a sidewalk or street planting strip,

(C)

Within an intersection,

(D)

On a crosswalk,

(E)

Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless official signs or markings indicate a different no-parking area opposite the ends of a safety zone,

(F)

Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic,

(G)

Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel,

(H)

On any railroad tracks, or

(I)

At any place where official signs prohibit stopping;

(2)

Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:

(A)

In front of a public or private driveway or within five feet of the end of the curb radius leading thereto,

(B)

Within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant,

(C)

Within twenty feet of a crosswalk,

(D)

Within thirty feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway,

(E)

Within twenty feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five feet of the entrance, or

(F)

At any place where official signs prohibit standing;

(3)

Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers:

(A)

Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing, or

(B)

At any place where official signs prohibit parking.

(b)

No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such a distance as is unlawful.

(Res. 78 § 1 (46.61.5701), 1970).

10.52.410 - Limited parking zones.

(a)

Parking is limited on the west side of Madrona Drive, beginning at the north side of Sequoia Street and running northerly for a distance of three hundred feet. The legend is to read "No Stopping or Standing Vehicles 7:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. on School Days." Section 31, Township 24N., Range 1E., W.M.

(b)

(1)

On Public Access Road No. 58110, overnight parking shall be prohibited and, for the purpose of enforcement, "overnight parking" shall be defined as occupying space within or along the road for a total of more than two hours from the hour of nine p.m. to the hour of six a.m. Furthermore, in the interest of public safety, parking shall be totally prohibited at any time in a radius of twenty feet of the fire hydrant located in the southwest corner of said road.

(2)

The county engineer is hereby directed to cause the erection of appropriate signing to enact the ordinance, codified in subsection (b) of this section, which shall state "2 Hour Parking - 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m."

(3)

Violation of subsection (b) of this section is a misdemeanor.

(Ord. 47-84, 1984; Res. 78 § 1 (46.61. 5702), 1970).

10.52.415 - Special parking privileges for certain disabled persons—Display of decal—Prohibited areas.

Any person who has lost both of his lower extremities, or who has lost the normal or full use thereof, or who is so severely disabled as to be unable to move without the aid of crutches or a wheelchair, shall be allowed to park his vehicle for unlimited periods of time in parking zones or areas which are otherwise restricted as to the length of time parking is permitted. This section shall have no application to those zones or areas in which the stopping, parking, or standing of all vehicles is prohibited or which are reserved for special types of vehicles. Such person shall not be permitted the foregoing privilege unless he obtains and displays a distinguishing decal as provided in RCW 46.16.380.

(Res. 78 § 1 (46.61.580), 1970).