It shall be unlawful to park or stand upon any street or public right-of-way in the city any vehicle not bearing the proper license or tag currently required for such vehicle.
(Ord. 911 § 3(a), 1981)
No vehicle having an overall width at the widest portion of the body or chassis in excess of 84 inches shall be parked upon any street or public right-of-way, except for the purpose of loading or unloading.
(Ord. 911 § 3(b), 1981; Ord. 947 § 1, 1983)
It is a traffic infraction, with a monetary penalty of $50.00, for any person to park a vehicle in a parking place provided on private property without charge or on public property reserved for physically disabled persons without a special license plate, card or decal. If a person is charged with a violation, the person shall not be determined to have committed an infraction if the person produces in court or before the court appearance the special license plate, card or decal required under RCW 46.16.381, or demonstrates that the person was entitled to the special license plate, card, or decal.
(Ord. 1014 § 1, 1986)
No person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon a street in such a manner or under conditions which leave available less than 10 feet of the width of the lane of the roadway being traveled for free movement to vehicular traffic.
(Ord. 911 § 3(c), 1981)
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner or under conditions which leave available less than eight feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic.
(Ord. 911 § 3(d), 1981)
(1) 
The chief of police is authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon either or both sides of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in his opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.
(2) 
When official signs are erected indicating no parking on that side of a street adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.
(Ord. 911 § 8(e), 1981)
When, under the provisions of RCW 46.90.265(11), official signs are erected on narrow streets, no person shall park a vehicle on any such street in violation thereof.
(Ord. 911 § 8(f), 1981)
(1) 
Fire lanes are authorized up streets and ways open to the public, where, because of the congregating of people, the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles would create an especially hazardous condition in case of fire or other disaster. The chief of police is authorized to erect signs indicating such fire lanes.
(2) 
When official signs have been erected indicating such fire lanes, no person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle in any such designated fire lane.
(Ord. 911 § 8(h), 1981)
In any garage, park, parking area or other property owned and operated by the city, where signs prohibit or restrict parking, any vehicle parked or standing without lawful authority or permission shall be subject to penalties set forth in CMC 11.24.380. Notwithstanding any penalty imposed or action taken pursuant to CMC 11.24.380, any vehicle found in violation of this section may be towed, after notice as required in CMC 11.24.170.
(Ord. 911 § 8(1), 1981; Ord. 1667 § 1, 2022)
(1) 
Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following words shall have the same meanings indicated unless the content clearly requires otherwise:
(a) 
"Vehicle"
shall have the same meaning as in RCW 46.04.670.
(b) 
"Abandoned vehicle"
means any hulk, junk vehicle or automobile hulk left within the right-of-way of any public street, highway, alley or way open to the public for a period exceeding 24 hours. Indicators of an abandoned vehicle may be, but are not limited to:
(i) 
Debris or wind-blown accumulations under or around vehicle suggesting it has not been moved recently.
(ii) 
Inoperable as indicated by flat tires, missing vehicle body parts, leaking fluids, broken windows, weeds growing around the vehicle, or other indicators.
(c) 
"Automobile hulk" or "hulk" or "junk vehicle"
means the remnant or remains of a vehicle which is apparently inoperable and is extensively damaged or missing vital parts or mechanisms.
(d) 
"Unauthorized"
means without lawful authority or without permission of a city official.
(e) 
"Unlicensed"
means a vehicle with expired license plates, unregistered license plates, or absence of license plates.
(f) 
"Block face"
means the side of the street where the vehicle was parked between two intersecting streets.
(2) 
The provisions in this code grant the Clarkston police department and its officers the authority to tow unauthorized, abandoned, or unlicensed vehicles, as defined in this section, and vehicles on public property and/or public roadways for criteria contained herein.
(3) 
No person may continuously park an unauthorized vehicle on any public street, highway, alley, or way for a period exceeding 14 days, unless an official sign provides a shorter period of time, or otherwise provided by law. Nor may a person allow an abandoned or unlicensed vehicle to remain continuously parked on a public street, highway, alley, or way for a period longer than 24 hours. Time limits imposed by this subsection shall begin to run when an officer observes the vehicle in person.
(4) 
Authorized or official vehicles on municipal property are excluded from the provisions of this section, as are vehicles displaying proof of payment when parked in spaces controlled by a parking payment device and vehicles displaying a parking permit issued by the city of Clarkston.
(5) 
Any vehicle which is moved from a parking spot and then reparked on the same street block face within 72 hours from the time of said removal shall be deemed to have been continuously parked for the purposes of this section.
(Ord. 911 § 8(j), 1981; Ord. 1667 § 1, 2022)
Chapter 46.55 RCW is adopted by reference as the towing and impoundment ordinance of the city as if set forth in full.
(Ord. 487 § 5, 1953; Ord. 911 § 6, 1981; Ord. 947 § 3, 1983; Ord. 1667 § 1, 2022)