46.28.270 Penalties for parking infractions.
A. Unless specifically set forth elsewhere in this chapter, the penalties for each violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be:
1. Overtime parking: forty dollars;
2. Unauthorized parking in alley: forty dollars;
3. Disabled parking infractions under Section 46.28.070(C): two hundred fifty dollars and an additional two hundred dollar assessment pursuant to RCW 46.19.050 for a total of four hundred and fifty dollars;
4. Parking, stopping or standing in a marked fire lane or fire zone in violation of this chapter: fifty dollars;
5. Interfering with, concealing, obliterating or erasing marks in violation of this chapter: fifty dollars;
6. All other violations: forty dollars.
B. Unless otherwise directed by the court, payment of all parking infractions shall be made to the municipal court and at such other locations as designated by the court. All proceeds derived from individuals charged with a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the downtown improvement fund established by the city; however, the proceeds from penalties and assessments related to disabled parking infractions will be retained by the city or distributed in accordance with RCW 46.19.050.
C. After receiving three tickets in three hundred sixty-five days, the penalty for each additional ticket beyond three received within said time period shall be as follows:
1. For each forty-dollar penalty violation defined in subsection A of this section, the penalty shall be fifty dollars;
2. For each fifty-dollar penalty violation defined in subsection A of this section, the penalty shall be seventy-five dollars.
After receiving six tickets in three hundred sixty-five days, the penalty for each additional ticket received within said time period shall be as follows:
1. For each forty-dollar penalty violation defined in subsection A of this section, the penalty shall be seventy dollars;
2. For each fifty-dollar penalty violation defined in subsection A of this section, the penalty shall be one hundred twenty-five dollars.
D. Additionally, there is a penalty for failure to respond to notice of a parking infraction within thirty days of the violation date on the notice of infraction, which shall be twenty-five dollars.
E. For a second or subsequent violations of the disabled parking provisions of this chapter, in addition to the monetary fine, the violator must complete a minimum of forty hours of:
1. Community service for a nonprofit organization that serves the disabled community or persons having disabling diseases; or
2. Any other community service that may sensitize the violator to the needs and obstacles faced by persons who have disabilities.
F. The court may not suspend more than one-half of any fine imposed for a disabled parking infraction issued pursuant to Section 46.28.070(C). Any reduction in any penalty and assessment imposed pursuant to subsection (A)(3) of this section must be applied proportionally between the penalty and the assessment. When a reduced penalty is imposed, the amount deposited in the accounts identified under RCW 46.19.050(7) must be reduced equally and proportionally. (Ord. 3629-18 § 1, 2018; Ord. 3440-15 § 7, 2015; Ord. 3125-09 § 7, 2009; Ord. 2826-05 § 10, 2005; Ord. 2795-04 § 2, 2004; Ord. 2725-03 § 1, 2003; Ord. 2395-99 § 2, 1999; Ord. 2317-98 § 1, 1998; Ord. 2180-96 § 27, 1996.)