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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2458 OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 2458 AN ORDINANCE relating to penalties for traffic offenses and infractions; amending § 10.05.010 of the PMC; repealing § 10.05.060 of the PMC; declaring an emergency; and providing an effective date. WHEREAS, the state legislature has specifically provided by passage of laws 1983 Chapter 165 5 49 that "Except as limited by the maximum penalties authorized by law, no city or town may establish a penalty for an act that constitutes the crime of driving while under the influence of intoxicating Liquor or any drug, as provided in RCW 46.61.502, or the crime of being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the Influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, as provided in RCW 46.61.504, that is less than the penalties prescribed for those crimes in RCW 46.61.515; and WHEREAS, thd City of Pasco has prescribed penalties less than the penalties prescribed for those crimes through the exception of the penalty provisions of the Model Traffic Ordinance in § 10.05.010 PMC and by specific Penalties set forth in § 10.05.060 PMC; and WHEREAS, the effective date of the above state legislation is July 1, 1983, and the City of Pasco must in the furtherance of law comply with the above stated state legislation, now, therefore, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section One. § 10.05.010 of the Pasco Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows (deletions in text are indicated by strikeouts AW4000Y): 10.05.010 ADOPTION BY REFERENCE. The "Washington Model Traffic Ordinance," RCW Chapter 46.90, herein- after referred to as the "MTO," and RCW 46.52.088, 46.61.202, 46.61.215, 46.61.261, 46 61.264, 46.61.266, 46.61.269 with exception of paragraph (1) thereof, 46.61.540, 46.61.606, 46.61.608, 46.61.614, 46.61.017, and as are presently or are hereinafter amended or repealed are adopted by reference as and for the traffic ordinance of this city as if set forth in full herein Noqi2/0102197§WWWCIP1917146XN9(1/712Y/PWY4/1 A2C0 VVOVVYAIVYVV/3/V/VVyq 1/VV91V9VVV/VVV/p4pVYVV/vh/d19W 947 -171A4/0-MAY0701701/YOVV/Y 121751 /YV/95i/VVV 00 except as provided in § 10.05.020. 0 TO FORM: 11 nate; stello, City Attorney APP Section Two. § 10.05.060 of the Pasco Municipal Code is hereby repealed in its entirety Section Three. §§ 1 and 2 of this ordinance shall take effect immediately for all traffic offenses and infractions occurring subsequent to the passage of this ordinance. This is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, support of state government and its existing public institutions, and compliance with the law. PASSED this S — day of July, 1983. E. A Snider, Mayor ATTEST- -- Evelyn 0 ells, City Clerk COUNTY OF AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION Franklin )ss STATE OF WASHINGTON Bileen Scott , being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says she is the Principal clerk of the Tr-City Herald, a daily newspaper That said newspaper is a legal newspaper and has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the superior court in the county in which it is published and it is now and has been for more than six months prior to the date of the publication hereinafter referred to, published in the English language continually as a daily news- Franklin paper in County, Washington, and is now and during all of said time was printed in an office maintained at the aforesaid place of publication of said newspaper That the annexed is a true copyofa legal advertisement "Ordinance No. 2458 soego as it was printed in the regular and entire issue of the Tr-City Herald itself and not in a supplement thereof, for a period of One time XIMEERNWPWrcommencing 8th y on the 8 day of Jul , 19 83 , and ending on the 8th day of July , 19 83 — , and that said newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of this period That the full amount of $ 66 -00 has been paid in full, also at the rate of 10 inches @ k. .60 is $66.00 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 32thday of Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, residing at Pasco 3 FINANCE DI TIARTMENT 15091 S4,23401 Sean 726-3401 4 P. O. BOX 293 412 WEST CLARK PASCO, WASHINGTON 99301 July 6, 1983 In City Herald P.O. Box 2608 Pasco, Washington 99302 Gentlemen: Please publish Ordinance No 2458 on the following date: July 8, 1983 Please send two (2) Affidavits of Publication. Sincerely yours, Evelyn Wells City Clerk ew