HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-1752 USE OF EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT ON POLICE VEHCILES. ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE relating to traffic control; regulating the use of
emergency equipment on police vehicles; and enacting
Section 9.50.065 as a new section of the City of
Yakima Municipal Code.
11 0 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 9.50.065 is hereby enacted as a new
section of the City of Yakima Municipal Code to read as follows:
"9.50.065 Authorized emergency vehicles--Visual signal
exemption. The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle
shall drive in compliance with the requirements, conditions
and exemptions provided for in Section 9.50.060 of this
chapter; provided, that no display of lights of any nature
shall be required under circumstances in which the use of
visual signals would, in the opinion of the police officer,
hinder him in detecting or apprehending a person suspected
of violating a law."
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
thirty days after its passage, approval and publication as pro-
vided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this /4
day oLX, 1975.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
Ci Clerk
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