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Use of streets and alleys—Parking over 72 hours, storage of vehicles prohibited. <br /> A. The purpose of city streets and alleys is to facilitate vehicular and pedestrian travel <br /> and provide corridors for utilities. Those uses which are inconsistent with this purpose are <br /> prohibited unless otherwise approved by the;city through such processes as the right-of- <br /> way use permit or parade authorization process. No person shall stop, stand or park a <br /> vehicle in violation of this section. <br /> B. No person shall park any vehicle at the same location on any city street or other <br /> public right-of-way within the city for more than seventy-two (72) continuous hours <br /> without driving the vehicle through or across a street intersection. If the vehicle being <br /> parked in violation of this subsection is subject to a more restrictive statute or ordinance, <br /> the statute or ordinance with the more restrictive time period controls. <br /> C. No person shall store any vehicle on any city street or other public right-of-way <br /> within the city. <br /> Section 9: Section 25 of Ordinance No. 2180-96 (EMC 46.28.250), which reads as <br /> follows: <br /> Enforcement of parking regulations. <br /> A. The parking regulations set forth in this chapter shall be enforced by the city's police <br /> officers and the city's parking enforcement officers. For parking violations occurring <br /> within one thousand feet of any city park, the parking regulations may also be enforced <br /> by the city's park rangers. However, it shall be the primary responsibility of the parking <br /> enforcement officers to enforce this chapter, as well as any other parking regulations <br /> adopted by the city. Parking enforcement officers shall be employees of the city under the <br /> direction of the city's police department. <br /> B. Failure to perform any act required or the performance of any act prohibited by this <br /> chapter is designated as a parking infraction unless otherwise provided. <br /> C. City police officers and city parking enforcement officers have the authority to issue a <br /> notice of parking infraction when the parking infraction is committed in the officer's <br /> presence. <br /> D. In addition to city parking enforcement officers and city police officers, city park <br /> rangers have the authority to issue a notice of parking infraction when the parking <br /> infraction is committed in the park ranger's presence and the parking infraction is <br /> committed within one thousand feet of any city park. <br /> E. If any vehicle is found parked, standing or stopped in violation of this chapter or <br /> otherwise violates the provisions of this chapter, the officer or park ranger finding the <br /> vehicle shall take its registration (license) number and may take any other information <br /> displayed on the vehicle which may identify its user, and shall conspicuously affix to the <br /> vehicle a notice of parking infraction. A notice of parking infraction represents a <br /> determination that a parking violation has been committed. The determination will be <br /> final unless contested as provided in this chapter. <br /> F. Those responsible for the enforcement of the parking regulations of the city shall, and <br /> are authorized to mark or otherwise identify such vehicles parked, standing or stopped <br /> from time to time to aid in the enforcement of this chapter. Such mark shall be by chalk <br /> 16 <br />