ORD 69-02 AMENDING TRAFFIC ORDINANCECRDINANCE NO. 69 - 2
ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 133
AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 153 AND
ORDINANCE NO. 65-7 KNOWN AS THE
TRAFFIC ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF WINSLOW
BE IT ORDAINED by the Town of Winslow~as follows:
The following statutes which were adopted by
reference in Ordinance 65-7 are repealed:
46.56 030
46.56 070
46.56 100
46.56 130
46.56 135
46.56 190
46.56 200
46.56210
46.56.220
46.56.230
Section 74 of Ordinance No. 33 is amended to read as
follows:
Section 74. Statutes adopted. The following statutes
are hereby adopted by reference:
RCW 46.61.005
46.61.010
46.61 015
46.61 020
46.61 025
46.61 030
46.61 035
46.61 050
46.61 055
46.61 060
46.61 065
46.61 070
4661 075
4661 080
46 61 085
46 61 100
46 61 105
46 61 ll0
46.61 ll5
46.61 120
46.61 125
46.61 130
46.61 135
46.61 140
46.61.145
46.61 150
46.61 155
46.61 160
46.61 180
46.61 185
46.61 190
46.61 195
46.61 200
~6.61 205
46.61 210
46.61 230
46.61 235
46 61 240
46 61 245
46.61 250
46,61 255
4661 260
4661 265
46 61 270
46 61 290
46 61 295
46 61 300
46.61 305
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RCW
46,61,310
46,61,315
46,61,340
46,61,345
46.61.350
46,61.355
46,61,360
46,61.365
46,61 370
46,61 380
46,61 385
46,61 400
46,61 405
46,61 410
46,61 415
46,61 420
46,61 425
46,61 430
46,61 435
46,61,440
46,61,445
46,61,450
46,61,460
46,6], 465
46,6], 470
46,6], 475
46.61,500
46,61,510
46,61,515
4~ 61,520
46, 61,525
46,61,530
46,61,535
46.61,560
46,61,565
46.61.570
46,61.575
46,61.580
46,61.600
46,61,605
46.61,610
46,61,611
46,61.612
46,61,613
46,61,615
46,61.620
46,61,625
46,61,630
46,6t,635
46.61,640
46 61. 645
46,61. 650
46,61. 655
46.61,660
46 61. 665
46.61,670
46 61,675
46 61,680
46 61,685
46 61,690
46.61.700
46,61,750
46,61,760
46,61.765
46,61,770
46.61,775
46.61,780
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Section 74.4 PERSONS OPERATING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR OR DRUGS.
It is unlawful for any person who is under the influence
of or affected by the use of intoxicating liquor or of any narcotic
drug to drive or be in actual physical control of any vehicle or to
sit at the steering wheel of any standing or parked vehicle upon
the streets or ways open to the public.
Any person who operates a motor vehicle upon the streets
of this Town shall be deemed to have given consent, subject to the
provisions of this section, to a chemical test or tests of his
breath or blood for the purpose of determining the alcoholic con-
tent of his blood if arrested for any offense where, at the time
of the arrest, the arresting officer has reasonable grounds to
believe the person had been driving or was in actual physical control
of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor.
The test or tests shall be administered at the direction of a law
enforcement officer having reasonable grounds to believe the person
to have been driving or in actual physical control of a motor
vehicle upon the streets of this Town while under the influence of
intoxicating liquor. Such officer shall inform the person of his
right to refuse the test, and of his right to have additional tests
administered by any qualified person of his choosing as provided
elsewhere in this section. The officer shall warn the driver that
his privilege to drive will be revoked or denied if he refuses to
submit to the test. Unless the person to be tested is unconscious,
the chemical test administered shall be of his breath only.
Any person who is dead, unconscious or who is otherwise in
a condition rendering him incapable of refusal, shall be deemed not
to have withdrawn the consent provided by this section and the test
or tests may be administered, subject to the provisions hereof.
If, following his arrest, the person arrested refuses upon
the request of a law enforcement officer to submit to a chemical
test of his breath, after being informed that his refusal will
result in the revocation or denial of his privilege to drive, no
test shall be given. The law enforcement officer shall forward to
the Department of Motor Vehicles a sworn report that he had
reasonable grounds to believe that the arrested person had been
driving or was in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon
the streets of this Town while under the influence of intoxicating
liquor and that the person has refused to submit to the test upon
the request of the law enforcement officer after being informed
that such refusal would result in the revocation or denial of
his privilege to drive.
In any criminal prosecution for a violation of the pro-
visisions of this section relating to operating or controlling or
sitting at the wheel of a motor vehicle on a street or way open
to the public, the amount of alcohol in the person's blood at the
time alleged as shown by chemical analysis of his blood, breath, or
other bodily substance shall give rise to the following presumptions:
If there was at that time 0.05 per cent or less by
weight of alcohol in the person's blood, it shall be
presumed that he was not under the influence of
intoxicating liquor;
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If there was at that time in excess of 0.05 per cent
but less than 0.10 per cent by weight of alcohol in the
person's blood, such fact shall not give rise to any
presumption that the person was or was not under the
influence of intoxicating liquor, but such fact may be
considered with other competent evidence in determining
whether the person was under the influence of intoxicating
liquor~
If there was at that time 0.10 per cent or more by
weight of alcohol in the person's blood, it shall be
presumed that he was under the influence of intoxicating
liquor;
Per cent by weight of alcohol in the blood shall be
based upon milligrams of alcohol per one hundred cubic
centimeters of blood.
The foregoing provisions of this section shall not be
construed as limiting the introduction of any other com-
petent evidence bearing upon the question whether the
person was under the influence of intoxicating liquor.
Chemical analysis of the person's blood or breath to be
considered valid under the provisions of this section shall have
been performed according to methods approved by the state toxicologist
and by an individual possessing a valid permit issued by the state
toxicologist for this purposes.
When a blood test is administered in accordance with this
section~ the withdrawal of blood for the purpose of determining its
alcoholic content may be performed only by a physician, a registered
nurse, or a qualified technician. This limitation shall not apply
to the taking of breath specimens.
The person tested may have a physician, or a qualified
technician, chemist, registered nurse, or other qualified person of
his own choosing administer a chemical test or tests in addition to
any administered at the direction of a law enforcement officer. Such
additional test or tests shall be administered in the medical facilities
of the town Jail, and the equipment, facilities and premises of the
Jail shall be made available, upon request by the person tested, for
such additional test or tests to be administered. The person
administering the additional test shall be permitted, at his option,
to use his own equipment for testing and analysis, provided such
usage does not require the transportation of the person tested to
another location for testing. The person tested shall be permitted
reasonable access to the telephone for purposes of arranging the
additional tests, but his failure or inability to obtain an additional
test shall not preclude the admission of evidence relating to the
test or tests taken at the direction of a law enforcement officer.
All costs - including expenses incurred by the Town in making its
own equipment and facilities available to the person tested - relating
to any additional test or tests administered at the option of the
person tested shall be borne by the person tested.
Upon the request of the person who shall submit to a
chemical test or tests at the request of a law enforcement officer,
full information concerning the test or tests shall be made
available to him or his attorney.
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It is unlawful for any person who is a habitual user of or
under the influence of any narcotic drug or who is under the
influence of any other drug to a degree which renders him incapable
of safely driving a vehicle, to drive upon the streets. The fact
that any person charged with a violation of this section is or has
been entitled to use such drug under the laws of this state shall
not constitute a defense against any charge of violating this section.
Upon the first conviction for the violation of the provisions
of this section the court shall impose a fine of not less than fifty
dollars ($50.00) or more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and not
less than five days or more than six months in Jail. Upon second
conviction for a violation of the provisions of this section within
a period of five years, the court shall impose a fine of not less
than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than five hundred dollars
($500.00) and not less than thirty days or more than six months in
Jail~ and neither the fine nor the Jail sentence so imposed shall
be suspended. Upon any subsequent conviction for a violation of the
provisions of this section within a period of five year~ the court
shall impose a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00)
or more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and not less than thirty
days or more than six months in Jail, and neither the fine nor the
jail sentence so imposed shall be suspended.
If any provision of this ordinance or its application to
any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this
ordinance, or the application of the provision to other persons or
circumstances is not affected and to that end the provisions of
this section are hereby delcared to be severable.
PASSED by the Town Council of the Town of Winslow, Washington,
and approved by its Mayor this ~,3 day of January, 1969.
ATTEST:
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