10.36.190 Commercial vehicles and large vehicles.
A. Except as provided for in this section, parking any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 16,000 pounds or more, as indicated on the vehicle or in the records of the Washington State Department of Motor Vehicles for the vehicle, on any street, alley or public right-of-way in the city is prohibited.
B. Parking vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 16,000 pounds or more, as indicated on the vehicle or as indicated in the records of the Washington State Department of Motor Vehicles, is permitted for vehicles displaying a valid city-issued large truck parking permit on the lower half of the driver’s side door. Vehicles must be registered to an Auburn, Washington, resident with an Auburn, Washington, business license within the corporate limits of the city, as set forth below.
1. Truck parking on public streets is only allowed with a valid city issued truck parking permit at the following locations:
a. D Street NW both sides, between 44th Street NW and S 277th Street, where legal;
b. E Street NE west side, between 23rd Street NE and 26th Street NE;
c. Lund Road SW East Side, W. Main Street to end.
2. The department of community development and public works shall process applications for large truck parking permits. The application for a parking permit shall be submitted on forms obtained from that department and shall contain all the information required by the city. Proof of residency of the owner or lessee of a vehicle must be presented when applying for a permit. The applicant shall sign and certify the information furnished on the application. The permit holder shall report any changes of address or changes in vehicle registration. A change of residential or business address to outside the corporate limits of the city of Auburn shall require surrender of the permit to the city.
3. Only city of Auburn residents with a valid Auburn, Washington, business license for a business located within the corporate limits of the city are eligible for a permit. Eligible residents are limited to one large truck parking permit. “Resident” as used in this chapter applies only to a person who lives in a residence, and does not include a person occupying property used exclusively as a place of business, or occupying property used for any other purpose other than as the person’s place of abode.
4. Permits shall be automatically revoked or suspended upon revocation or suspension of the resident’s business license, and shall be valid only as long as the resident’s business license is valid. A permit holder shall surrender such permit to the city upon written notification. Failure to surrender a permit, when so requested, shall be a violation of law subject to the process and penalties in Chapter 1.25 ACC.
5. A permit shall be valid for a calendar year and will renew automatically when the permit holder’s business license is renewed, unless the permit holder requests otherwise. At its discretion, the city may simultaneously issue to a resident parking permits for two calendar years if also issuing to that resident business licenses covering two calendar years.
6. Once granted, a permit shall be effective for the vehicle identified upon the resident’s permit application and it shall not be assignable or transferable to any other vehicle. A displayed parking permit shall be valid only in the locations described in this section. The permit does not guarantee a parking space nor shall it exempt the vehicle or operator from other regulations of this code. If a permit has been lost, stolen or destroyed, the city will reissue the permit if the resident’s business license is currently valid.
7. To be valid, a permit shall be affixed in a permanent fashion by its adhesive face to the lower half of the driver’s side door of the vehicle.
C. Commercial vehicles may be stopped or parked in other safe locations while in the process of actively loading, unloading or providing services to residences or businesses in the immediate vicinity of where the vehicle is parked; provided, that the free flow of traffic is unobstructed.
D. The penalty for parking in violation of this section shall be a fine of $250.00 per violation, in addition to other costs and assessments provided by law. A violation of this section shall be considered a parking infraction and shall be processed in accordance with the state statutes, court rules and city ordinances regarding parking infractions. Each calendar day during which a violation occurs shall constitute a separate infraction, and each instance when a commercial vehicle parks at a location in violation of this section shall be a separate violation.
E. The provisions of this section do not apply to recreational vehicles as regulated by ACC 10.36.191. Additionally, parking larger vehicles on or along certain arterial streets within residential zoning districts is further regulated by ACC 10.36.193.
F. This section does not permit or authorize anyone to park any vehicle weighing more than 16,000 pounds on any street within the city that does not have adequate space for parking or where parking is otherwise prohibited. (Ord. 6633 § 2, 2016; Ord. 6404 § 1, 2012; Ord. 6273 § 1, 2009; Ord. 6222 § 2, 2009; Ord. 6035 § 1, 2006; Ord. 6030 § 1, 2006; Ord. 5943 § 1, 2005; Ord. 5492 § 1, 2001.)