HomeMy WebLinkAbout01482ORDINANCE NO. 16 / l
AN ORDINANCE relating to vehicles and the use and operation thereof on the public
streets, alleys and ways of the City of Port Townsend; limiting and
restricting certain uses of the public streets, alleys and ways of
the City of Port Townsend; prescribing rules of the road for vehicles
operating upon the some; providing for conduct in the event of veh-
iole accidents; providing procedure for enforcement of the provisions
of this ordinance; providing for certain records and reports; pre-
scribing the powers and duties of peace officers within the City of
Port Townsend relative to the enforcement of this ordinance; provid-
ing for the distribution of fines collected for violation of any of
the provisions of this ordinance; defining offences and fixing pen-
alties, and repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances of the
City of Port Townsend in conflict herewit14 e s
perfonserl.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLONSs
CHAPTER I.
DEFINITIONS.
Section 1. Words and phrases, wherever used in this ordinance shall have the
meaning ascribed to them by Section 1 of Chapter 189, of the Laws of Washington,
1937, unless where used the context thereof shall clearly indicate to the contrary.
Words and phrases used heroin in the past, present or future tense shall include
the past, present and future tenses; words and phrases used herein in the masculine,
feminine and neuter genders shall include the masculine,.feminine and neuter genders;
and words and phrases used heroin in the singular or plural shall include the singular
and plural; unless the context thereof shall indicate to the contrary.
CHAPTER II.
SCOPE OF ORDINANCE.
Section 2. The provisions of this ordinance relating to the operation of vehicles
shall be applicable and uniform upon all persons operating vehicles upon the public
streets of the City of Port Townsend, except as otherwise specifically provided.
Section 3. Every person riding a bicycle or an animal, or driving any animal, or
operating any nature of conveyance or drawing any vehicle upon any publlo street of the
City of Port Townsend shall be subject to the provisions of this ordinance relating to
the operation of vehicles and applicable to the operator of a vehicle, except those
provisions of this ordinance which by their nature can have no application.
Section 4. The provisions of this ordinance shall be applicable to the operation
of any and all vehicles upon the public streets of the City of Port Townsend, except
that they shall not apply in the following cases
(a) To any authorized emergency vehicle properly equipped as provided by law and
ago actually responding to an emergency call, or in immediate pursuit of an actual or
suspected violator of the lap, within the purpose for which such emergency vehicle has
been authorizeds PROVIDED, that the provisions of this ordinance shall not relieve the
operator of an authorized emergency vehicle of the dutyto operate with due regard for
the safety of all persons using the public streets, nor shall it protect the operator