Ordinance No. 76-10 CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
ORDINANCE NO, 76-3,
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR PARKING RESTRICTIONS IN AREAS DESIGNATED
AS "LOADING ZONES" ON THE PUBLIC STREETS OF THE CITY OF TIGARD;
PRESCRIBING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE CITY OF TIGARD ORDAINS:
Section 1:- -Chapter 10.28 of the Tigard municipal Code, relating
to parking is hereby amended and supplemented by the
addition of a new section, .to be designated 10.28.13.4 as follows:
10,28136 Loading Zones.
(a) The City Council may establish loading zones along
and street for the purpose of permitting the loading
and unloading of merchandise and persons. The action
of the City Council establishing such loading zones
must be taken by ordinance. In establishing loading
zones the City CoirCii, shall give consider-at-Jon o
the;volume and nature of business within the area
under consideration, the traffic demands upon the
street in question, the nature of the need of the
adjacent business or businesses and of the needs of
other businesses within the immediate area, the width
and surface of the street, and any other relevant infor-
mation. In establishing loading zones the City Council
may limit the applicability of the loading zone restric-
tion to certain hours of the day or night. The charac-
terization of the loading zone as an area of restricted
parking shall be indicated by the placement of signs
which shall indicate clearly the area affected, and
which shall state the hours of the day during which.
the "loading zone restriction applies.
(b) Loading zones shall. be reserved for use by commercial
vehicles in loading and unloading persons and commodities
during the hours designated on all days except Sundays
and Holidays. No person shall stop, stand or park any
vehicle other than a commercial vehicle within the desig-
nated area between such hours, except that noncommercial
vehicles may use such zones while actually engaged in
the loading or unloading of persons or commodities, but
noncommercial vehicles shall upon demand give way to
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commercial vehicles whose drivers desire to use the
zone for loading or unloading purposes. Commercial
vehicles using loading zones shall be entitled to the
use of a loading zone only during such time as may
reasonably be necessary for the loading and unloading
of persons and materials and for so long as such activity
shall actually continue. Loading zones shall not be
used by employees of the business or busincoses fort-he
benefit of which they were established, for any purpose
except the continuous loading or unloading of persons
or materials.
(c) At all times other than those times designatedin the
ordinance establishing a particular loading zone, such
zones shall be available for general use under the
parking regulations applicable to the district in
which they are located.
(d) The City Council will consider creation of loading
zones upon application by any resident or property
owner, and if, after consideration of the factors identified
in (a) above, the City Council determines that a loading
zone should be created, it shall create such loading zone
e bs ordinance. and direct that the loading zone so estab-
lished be marked by appropriate signs. The City shall
procure appropriate signs and cause them to be installed.
The applicant shall pay the City the cost of the necessary
signs and poles and the cost of the labor necessary to
install them, and installation shall not be made before
such payment.
( Section _L: The following portions of public streets within the
City of Tigard are hereby designated as loading zones
for .the hours indicated:
(1) Within the northeasterly half of S. W. Burnham Street
from a point 15 feet southeasterly of the intersection
of the northeasterly line of S. W. Burnham Street with
the southeasterly line of S. W. Main Street, and extending
Southeasterly to a point 45 feet from said intersection.
The described portion of S. W. Burnham Street is hereby
designated as a loading zone between the hours of 8 a.m.
to 12 noon, Sundays and Holidays excluded.
Section 3 : Section 10.28.110, subsection (a) , designating that
portion of S. W. Burnham Street described in Section -2
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above as a 15-minute parking zone, is hereby repealed.
Section This This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after
its passage and approval by the City Council.
PASSED: By the City Council by unanimous vote of all Council
members present-, after being read three times by number
and title only, this 23 day of Ve ,,wry , 1976.
-Recorder of City of 797C .SIGNED: By the MyMlthis` �23 . day of February
President of Council
Malror Bresident of the Council
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