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• ORDINANCE ��ORDINANCE NO. 3007
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AN ORDINANCE relating to traffic and the use of safety belts In motor
vehicles; providing for a traffic infraction; and enacting a
new Section 9.50.400 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
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Section 1. Section 9.50.400 is hereby enacted as a new section of the
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City of Yakima Municipal Code, to read as follows:
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9.SO.40O Safety Belts, Use ired - Penalties - Exemptions.
A. For purposes of t is section, the term motor vehicle'
includes:
(1) 'Buses', meaning motor vehicles with motive power,
except trailers, designed to carry more than ten passengers;
(2) 'Multipurpose passenger vehicles', meaning motor
vehicles with motive power, except trailers, designed to carry ten persons or
less that are constructed either on a truck chassis or with special features
for occasional off-road operation;
(3) 'Passenger cars', meaning motor vehicles with motive
power, except multipurpose passenger vehicles, motorcycles, or trailers,
designed for carrying ten passengers or less; and
(4) 'Trucks', meaning motor vehicles with motive power,
except trailers, designed primarily for the transportation of property.
B. This section only applies to motor vehicles that meet the
manual seat belt safety standards as set forth in Federal Motor Vehic|m
Safety Standard, section 571,208 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations,
Chapter V. This section does not apply to a vehicle occupant for whom no
safety belt is available when all designated seating' itions as required by
said section 571.208 are occupied.
C. Every person sixteen years of age or older operating or
riding in a motor vehicle shall wear the safety belt assembly in a properly
adjusted and securely fastened manner.
D. No person may operate a motor vehicle unless all
passengers under the age of sixteen years are either wearing a safety belt
assembly or are securely fastened into a child restraint device approved by
the State COmnission On Equipnent,
E. A person violating this section shall be issued a notice
of traffic infraction under Chapter 46.63 RCN. A finding that a person has
cmnnittmd a traffic infraction under this section shall be contained in the
driver's abstract but shall not be available to insurance companies or
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employers.
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F. Failure to comply with the requirements of this section
does not constitute negligence, nor' may failure to wear a safety belt
assembly be admissable as evidence of negligence in any civil action.
C. Enforcement of this section by law enforcement officers
may be accomplished only as a secondary action when a driver of a motor
vehicle has been detained for a suspected violation of Title 46 of the
Revised Code of Washington or Title 9 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code.
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H, This section does not apply to an operator or passenger
vino possesses written verification from a licensed physician that the
operator or passenger is unable to wear a safety belt for physical or medical
reasons."
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Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty
days after its passage, approval, and publication as provided by law and the
City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL; signed and approved this � «�- day of
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CITY CLERK
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Publication Date:
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