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Ordinance No. 2826-05 .b/%c—a- An Ordinance relating to Parking regulations > Amending Sections 2, 3, 13 18, 20, 21, 22, 25 and 27 o Ordinance No. 2180-96 (Chapter 46.28 EMC), and adding a section. Whereas, the Everett City Council has been advised that at the present time, tickets issued for violations of repark provisions in the City's Parking Code are not being upheld due to failure of the law to specify that reparking is a violation whether or not the time zone limits are exceeded; and Whereas, the Everett City Council has been advised that additional clarifications to the City's parking regulations are necessary to resolve parking issues that arise from time to time, including commercial vehicles and service parking permits, parking in fire zones, parking of trailers, campers, motor homes and trucks in residential zones, parking on City streets for over seventy-two hours, and the means by which parking enforcement officers identify vehicles for enforcement purposes; and Whereas, the Everett City Council deems it appropriate to update the City's parking regulations to provide the necessary clarification; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1: Section 2 of Ordinance No. 2180-96, as amended by Section 1 of Ordinance No. 2691-03 and Section 1 of Ordinance No. 2795-04 (EMC 46.28.020), which reads as follows: Definitions. Unless otherwise provided or unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, the following terms shall have the meaning given to them herein: A. "Alley" means a public highway not designed for general travel and used primarily as a means of access to the rear of residences and business establishments. B. "Alley entrance" means that portion of the street which provides access to an alley through a curb cut or a depression in the constructed curb or, when there is no constructed curb, that area in front of such alley as is well defined or is designated by authorized signs or markings. "Alley entrance" shall include an alley exit for one-way alleys. C. "Bus" means every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than fifteen passengers and used for transportation of persons, and every motor vehicle, other than taxicabs, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation.