Ordinance 1668 - Amends Kalispell Municipal Code - Parking Restrictions near Legends FieldORDINANCE NO. 1668
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 17-54, KALISPELL CITY CODE, PROHIBITING
VEHICULAR PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE OF 4TH AVENUE WEST FROM 11TH STREET
WEST TO THE SOUTHERN TERMINUS OF 4TH AVENUE WEST AND ON THE NORTH SIDE
OF 12TH STREET WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF ONE HALF BLOCK FROM 4TH AVENUE
WEST TO THE NEXT ALLEY ENTRANCE TO THE EAST AND DIRECTING THE
PLACEMENT OF APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE THEREFORE, AND DECLARING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, 41h Avenue West, from 111h Street West to its southern terminus is a narrow city street that
does not allow adequate access for emergency fire apparatus when motor vehicles are
parked on both sides of the street, nor can emergency fire apparatus negotiate the corner of
4th Avenue West and 12th Street West when motor vehicles are parked on both sides of the
street of 121h Street West in that vicinity; and
WHEREAS, the above -described streets are in the vicinity of School District No. 5 Legends Field which,
during sporting events, generates the parking of motor vehicles on both sides of the subject
streets in this vicinity; and
WHEREAS, it is therefore in the best interest of public safety that vehicular parking be prohibited on the
east side of 4th Avenue West from 11th Street West to the southern terminus of 41h Avenue
West and on the north side of 12th Street West for a distance of one half block from 4th
Avenue West to the next alley entrance to the east.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Section 17-54 of the Kalispell City Code is hereby amended to add a paragraph EE
to read as follows:
"EE. 41h Avenue West and 12th Street West. Vehicular parking is prohibited
on the East side of 4th Avenue West from 111h Street West to the
southern terminus of 4th Avenue West and on the north side of 12th
Street West for a distance of one half block from 4th Avenue West to
the next alley entrance to the East."
SECTION II. The Police Chief is directed to have the appropriate signage placed at each
of the above -described locations.
SECTION I11. All other portions of Section 17-54, Kalispell City Code, shall remain
unchanged.
SECTION IV. This Ordinance shall take effect from and after 30 days of its passage on second
reading by the City Council.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL,
CITY OF KALISPELL THIS 21ST DAY OF SEPTEMBER,
ATTEST:
Theresa White
City Clerk
NED BY THE MAYOR OF THE
Pamela B. Kennedy
Mayor