A. Issuance of residential parking permits. The issuance of residential parking permits for city owned parking lots shall be administered by the city of Yakima department of finance and budget in accordance with the following:

1. The number of residential parking permits to be issued for parking in any lot shall not exceed fifty percent of the parking spaces in each respective lot; provided the total number of such permits issued shall not exceed twenty percent of the total parking spaces in all lots. No residential parking permits shall be available and/or issued for city parking lot #2 and city parking lot #3. The director of finance and budget or her/his designee is authorized to determine the number of permits to be applicable to various lots from time to time, within the limitations and according to the authority, rules and regulations of this section. When quotas are filled, subsequent applications will be placed on file, a waiting list will be established, and permits will be issued as openings occur.

2. Residential parking permits shall be issued only to and upon the written application of a resident of the area of the city of Yakima bounded by the south curb line of ‘B’ Street on the north; the west curb line of Naches Avenue on the east; the north curb line of Walnut Street on the south; and the east curb line of First Street on the west.

3. No more than one residential parking permit may be issued to the resident of each residential unit within the area described in subsection (2) of this section. A residential unit means a housing unit in which all persons reside as a single group, such as a family, whether in a single or multiple dwelling.

4. Permits applications shall be made on forms furnished by the director of finance and budget or her/his designee. Said application forms shall require, at a minimum, the following information and documentation:

(a) Name, address, and telephone number of the applicant together with proof of residency at such address;

(b) Make, model, and year of the passenger motor vehicle or pickup truck, which vehicle shall not exceed eight thousand pounds in gross weight, which is registered to the applicant and for which the permit is sought;

(c) The names of those persons living in the same residential unit as the applicant;

(d) A copy of the current vehicle registration;

(e) A copy of the applicant’s current driver’s license;

(f) A copy of the applicant’s current proof of insurance in the form required by RCW 46.30.030;

(g) A representation that the vehicle is operable and may be legally driven on the public highways of Washington State; and

(h) Such other information as the director of finance and budget or her/his designee may deem necessary in complying with the terms of this section.

5. The issuance of a permit does not reserve a parking space in the parking lot and each applicant for a permit shall acknowledge in writing that no such space is reserved and that the issuance of a permit by the city does not guarantee the availability of a parking space at all times or at any particular time.

6. Each permit shall have designated thereon the parking lot for which the permit is valid, and the attempted use of a permit for parking in a lot other than designated on the permit shall not afford the parking privileges which otherwise may be enjoyed by the permit holder.

7. A permit issued under this section shall not apply to areas where parking is not otherwise allowed and the following restrictive parking zones: fifteen minute, thirty minute, loading zone, and handicapped parking space.

8. Permits will be issued on a quarterly calendar basis only, to expire on the last day of the months of March, June, September, and December of each year.

9. The fee for a residential parking permit under this section shall be sixty dollars per calendar quarter to be paid to the director of finance and budget or her/his designee at the time a new permit is issued, or at the time of making application for a renewal. The fee for a new permit to expire in less than three calendar months will be prorated at the rate of twenty dollars for any full or partial calendar month remaining in the calendar quarter. No fee will be prorated for less than one full calendar month.

10. Permits may be renewed on or after the twenty-fifth day of the month of expiration; applications for renewals will not be accepted prior to the twenty-fifth day of the month of expiration.

11. No new permits will be issued during the periods of time between March 25th and April 5th; June 25th and July 5th; August 25th and September 5th; and December 25th and January 5th of each year. Renewal permits only will be issued during those time periods.

12. Failure of a permit holder to apply for renewal within the renewal period specified by these rules may result in the loss of that permit to the next applicant therefor on the waiting list.

13. Permits will be cancelled on the application by the permit holder for such cancellation, and the unused permit fee will be refunded as prorated at the rate of twenty dollars per month for each full calendar month remaining in the period for which the permit was issued. No refund will be made for a partial calendar month.

14. Permits shall not be issued to persons with outstanding/unpaid parking violations and/or traffic infractions.

15. The city director of finance and budget is authorized to adopt such further rules and regulations, not inconsistent with rules and regulations of this subsection, as the director deems necessary or advisable to administer the permit system authorized and adopted by this section.

B. A vehicle displaying a valid parking permit issued pursuant to this section may remain parked in any parking space in the parking lot designated on the permit, without paying a parking fee, between the hours of 5:00 p.m. through 8:00 a.m. The permit must be displayed within the parked vehicle in such a manner as to be plainly visible and legible from a point outside the vehicle near the driver’s position. (Ord. 2003-39 § 2, 2003).