A. Authority. Residential parking permits for the central business district may be issued by the customer service manager or his designee. Such permits shall apply to the area bounded by the center line of 6th Street on the east; the center line of Spruce Street on the south; the west curb line of 6th Avenue on the west; and the north curb line of Lincoln Avenue on the north less the area described as the core business district in Section 9.50.080 of the city of Yakima Municipal Code.

B. Written Application. Permits may be issued to a resident of the area described in subsection A of this section upon written application of such resident to the customer service manager or his designee. Such application shall contain the following information:

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

(2) Make, model, and year of one passenger motor vehicle or pickup truck, neither of which shall exceed fourteen thousand pounds in gross weight, which is registered to the applicant and for which a permit is sought;

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

(4) Such other information as the customer service manager or his designee may deem necessary in complying with the terms of this section.

C. Issuance. Upon proper application, the customer service manager or his designee may issue a residential parking permit to the applicant upon payment of a twelve dollar non-refundable fee to cover the cost of administra-tion. Such permit shall expire a year after its issuance and may be renewed annually. The permit shall be in the form of a vehicle windshield sticker issued by the customer service manager or his designee, containing the name of the applicant, the address of his residence, the make, model, year, and license number of the vehicle to which such permit applies.

D. Rules and Regulations.

(1) No more than one residential parking permit may be issued to the resident of each residential unit within the area described in subsection A 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.

(2) The permit granted under this section shall apply only to the area designated in subsection A of this section. Such permit does not reserve a parking space in such area upon the public streets.

(3) In order for such permit to be valid, it must be displayed on the left rear window of the vehicle to which it applies.

(4) Such permit shall not be transferable. Provided, that a permit which has more than six months remaining may be reissued by the customer service manager or his designee for its unexpired term to the original applicant upon applicant's showing that the vehicle to which such permit applies has been sold, destroyed, or otherwise transferred or that the applicant has moved to another residential unit within the area described in subsection A and for which no permit is issued.

(5) The permit granted 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 zone. In addition, such permit applies only to parking within a quarter of a mile from the applicant's residence listed on the permit.

(6) It is unlawful to: (a) affix a permit issued under this section on a vehicle other than that to which it applies; (b) knowingly provide false information in obtaining such permit. (Ord. 3215 § 1, 1989).