HomeMy WebLinkAbout1964-499 ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE relating to the enforcement of moving traffic regulations
of the City of Yakima, authorizing the issuance of cita-
tions for violations thereof, and prescribing the form
of such citatidns; declaring a misdemeanor for failure
to comply with such citations; amending Section 9.16.010,
.020 and .030, of the City of Yakima Municipal Code;
repealing Section 9.16.040, .050, .060, .070 and .080
• of the City of Yakima Municipal Code; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. That Section 9.16.010 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
°`9.16.010 CITATION TO OFFENDERS—PROMISE TO REPORT TO TRAFFIC
VIOLATIONS BUREAU.
Whenever any person is arrested for a moving traffic
offense commited in violation of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code, the arresting officer shalt fill out
a complaint and citation form which shall be substan-
tially in the form known as the "Uniform Traffic Ticket
and Complaint" specified by the Washington State Traffic
Rules for Courts of Limited Jurisdiction, and serve a
copy thereof on the person arrested. Such complaint
and citation shall contain a provision for the person
arrested to give his written promise to report to the
• Traffic Violations Bureau of the City of Yakima within
five days from the date the citation is issued. The
person arrested, in order to secure his release, and
when permitted by the arresting officer, must give his
written promise to report as contained on the complaint
and citation form."
Section 2. Section 9.16.020 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"9.1 6.020 NONAPPEARANCE AFTER WRITTEN PROMISE— MISDEMEANOR.
Any person wilfully violating his written promise to
report, as provided by Section 9.16.010 hereof, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor regardless of the disposition
of the charge upon which he was originally arrested:
Provided, That such a written promise to report may be
complied with by an appearance by counsel for the per-
son arrested."
Section 3. That Section 9.16.030 of the City of Yakima Municipal
• Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"9.16.030 COMPLIANCE WITH TRAFFIC RULES FOR COURTS OF
LIMITED JURISDICTION.
The provisions of the Washington State Traffic Rules
for Courts of Limited Jurisdiction shall govern the
issuance of traffic citations for moving traffic
offenses committed in violation of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code, and nothing herein cost ai: -ned shall be
construed so as to alter or restrict such Traffic Rules
or their application within the City of Yakima."
Section 4. Sections 9.16.040, .050, .060, .070 and .080 are
hereby repealed.
Section 5. This Ordinance is one to provide for the immediate
411 preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and wel-
fare of the people of the City of Yakima and an emergency is hereby
declared to exist and this Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect immediately upon its passage, approval and publication as
provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 17th day of
February, 1964.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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41° ." ,e City Clerk
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