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Port Orchard to pilot license-plate readers; staff warns code changes may be needed to enforce timed parking citywide
Summary
Director Bond told the committee the parking enforcement vehicle is out of service and the city will demo a license-plate-reader (LPR) this week; staff highlighted ambiguities in code sections 10.12.060 and 10.12.160 that affect whether a vehicle must move a block or just another marked stall to reset timed parking.
Director Bond said the city's parking enforcement vehicle is no longer usable and staff will demo a license-plate-reader system on Thursday. The LPR would replace the current practice of chalking tires to record parked time, but the new technology reveals ambiguities in the municipal code that the committee must address before full deployment.
Bond explained the relevant code language: Port Orchard Municipal Code 10.12.060 prohibits parking within two blocks of the original space to avoid time limits (the city calls this…
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