Thursday, April 4, 2019

Contractors Must Adhere to City Parking Codes And Construction Hours

The Laurelhurst Blog received this information from several residents about contractors adhering to City policies regarding noise and parking. 

One neighbor said:

How about a friendly reminder to help neighbors get through remodeling projects in Laurelhurst.  
Ask your Contractors and workers not to park on the side of the street where a sign says “No Parking”.  Many streets are lined with large trucks that you can barely pass by and curbs are usually left with broken concrete.  Garbage trucks and or Delivery trucks can not pass by.   
  Contractors and workers please, "Do not block driveways." 
Morning start time for any workers  should not work earlier or later than City code allows. 


Another neighbor commented:
For those of you having contractors or other delivery people using the alleys, please have them keep a person immediately nearby to move their vehicle.  
There have now been multiple times where the alley has been blocked on both ends, with no one near the vehicles.  This has forced us to be late picking up our kids at school and would be dangerous if there was an emergency situation.

Seattle City Municipal Codes states on loading and blocking alleys:

Section 11.72.025: No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley in such a position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property.” (RCW 46.90.433(2) 
Section 11.72.020No person shall stand or park a vehicle except a commercial vehicle, a vehicle displaying a valid commercial loading permit, or authorized emergency vehicle in an alley.” 
Section 11.74.010No person shall stop, stand or park a commercial vehicle or a vehicle displaying a valid commercial loading permit in any alley for any purpose or length of time other than the expeditious unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of property and then in no case shall such parking for loading and unloading of property exceed thirty (30) minutes.

The Noise code states:
Limit construction noise, in general, to the following times:

  • 7:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m., weekdays
  • 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m., weekends and holidays

For more information on Seattle Municipal Codes go here and here to file a complaint.

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