Parking violations on blockfaces, or portions thereof, requiring payment to park
Seattle Mun. Code § 11.76.015
in effect11.76.015 - Parking violations on blockfaces, or portions thereof, requiring payment to park
A. No person shall stop, stand, or permit a vehicle within the person's control to be parked on any blockface, or portions thereof, controlled by pay-to-park signage without properly making payment for parking under Section 11.76.005.
B. The prohibitions in this Section 11.76.015 shall not apply to:
1. The act of parking;
2. The necessary time required to activate the time on a parking payment device;
3. As indicated by signposting, the parking of a vehicle in a restricted parking zone in accordance with Section 11.16.315, or of certified carpool vehicles in accordance with Section 11.23.410, or of free-floating car sharing vehicles in accordance with Section 11.23.160, or of permitted e-cargo bicycles in accordance with Section 11.44.300.
C. The prohibitions in this Section 11.76.015 shall not apply on legal parking holidays as defined in Section 11.14.277, except that the prohibitions in this Section 11.76.015 shall apply to parking for large Seattle Center events, defined in Section 11.14.276, regardless of whether the day is a parking holiday.
D. Any parking payment made on a parking payment device is valid only for the blockface, or portion thereof, on which the vehicle is parked.
(Ord. 127314, § 6, 2025; Ord. 126399, § 4, 2021; Ord. 125609, § 8, 2018; Ord. 124063, § 10, 2012; Ord. 123941, § 5, 2012; Ord. 123001, § 15, 2009; Ord. 122274, § 4, 2006; Ord. 122243, § 8, 2006; Ord. 121954, § 3, 2005; Ord. 121388, § 17, 2004; Ord. 112261, § 1, 1985; Ord. 110956, § 2, 1982.)
Source: City of Seattle, Seattle Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT11VETR_SUBTITLE_ITRCO_PT7STSTPALO_CH11.76PAPADEOP_11.76.015PAVIBLPOTHREPAPAFetched: 11/1/2026