A. 
Idling Defined.
"Idling" means the running of an engine which supplies the motive power for a vehicle, when not for the purpose of moving the vehicle with the normal flow of traffic on a street or roadway. Idling does not include running the vehicle's engine while stopped at a traffic signal or waiting for the passage of other vehicles to permit safe entry into the flow of traffic.
(Ord. 1566 § 1 (Att. A), 2018)
Excessive idling in the residential districts is prohibited. Unless permitted by LMC § 10.40.025 it is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine while located in the residential districts to cause said engine to idle for a period longer than five minutes.
(Ord. 1566 § 1 (Att. A), 2018)
To the extent necessary for the specified purpose, idling is permitted in the following cases:
A. 
Police, sheriff or other law enforcement vehicles, including meter patrols, as required for safe and effective performance;
B. 
Fire department vehicles, ambulances and other emergency vehicles when responding to an emergency or when the use of special equipment requires that the engines remain in operation;
C. 
Construction or demolition equipment or other machinery when actually employed at the site of such work, and only to the extent necessary for efficient operation;
D. 
Trucks, buses, or automobiles equipped with lift gates, winches, or other devices powered by take-offs from their engines, to the extent necessary to allow use of those devices; provided, however, that this subsection does not authorize idling solely for the purpose of operating any heating device, cooling device, radio, power-assisted brakes, steering, seat adjustment or any luxury device not then required for safe operation of the vehicle;
E. 
Vehicles participating in parades if authorized by the city;
F. 
Buses or other mass transit vehicles while operated on a regular schedule;
G. 
Insofar as necessary for diagnosis, adjustment, or testing, vehicles undergoing repair or maintenance; but only when on the premises of the owner or person performing the work;
H. 
Any vehicle when required in an emergency for the protection of life, health, or property.
(Ord. 1566 § 1 (Att. A), 2018)
The city administrator and/or his/her designee shall cause to be placed such notices as he may deem necessary to inform drivers of the prohibition against excessive vehicle idling; however, actual knowledge of the prohibition is not an element of an offense under this chapter.
(Ord. 1566 § 1 (Att. A), 2018)
Any person who owns, operates or controls a vehicle which is found to be in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of an infraction and shall pay a monetary penalty set forth per Chapter 10.08 LMC. The penalty for violation shall be as follows:
A. 
If the violation is designated a parking infraction the penalty shall be at a rate set by city council resolution as amended from time to time for each infraction;
B. 
Unauthorized disabled zone parking: $250.00 or the state penalty for each infraction; and
C. 
If the violation is designated a civil infraction, the civil penalty for violation of any provisions of this chapter shall be $25.00 on the first offense, $50.00 on the second offense and $100.00 on the third offense.
(Ord. 1566 § 1 (Att. A), 2018)