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ORDINANCE NO. / 7 Y 1 AN ORDINANCE amending the Traffic Code of the City of Everett by establishing penalties for which 2 fines only shall be imposed and general penalties for which jail sentences or fines or both such 3 fine and imprisonment may be imposed, and amending Section 303 (ECC 46. 64. 050) of Ordinance No. 4 123-71) and declaring an emergency to exist. 5 WHEREAS, the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that a 6 court appointed attorney shall be provided for all indigents faced with 7 criminal prosecution under misdemeanors for which a risk of imprisonment 8 may result, and 9 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Everett finds that imprison- 10 ment is not a suitable disposition with regard to violations of the traffic 11 code except only with regard to certain serious violations such as driving 12 while intoxicated, driving on suspended license, reckless driving and 13 hit and run, 14 NOW, THEREFORE, 'III E CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: 15 Section 1: 16 "General Penalty 17 Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this title, or who shall counsel, aid or abet any such violations 18 or failure to comply, except parking and parking meter violations and other violations for which penalties are specifically provided 19 elsewhere in the traffic code, shall be deemed guilty of a traffic offense, and upon a finding of guilty, where no other penalty or 20 punishment is provided herein, shall be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding $500. 00; provided, however, that any person who 21 shall violate or fail to comply with Section 10 of Ordinance No. 123-71 (ECC 46. 02. 110) False Representations; RCW 46. 20. 420 - Driving 22 on Suspended License, as adopted under Section 110 of Ordinance No. 123-,71 (ECC 46. 20. 420); RCW 46. 52. 010 - Duty on striking 23 unattended car or other property and RCW 46. 52. 020 - Duty in case of injury to or death of person or damage to attended vehicle 24 and RCW 46. 52. 030 - Accident Reports as adopted under Section 170 of Ordinance No. 123-71 (ECC 46. 52. 010-46. 52. 030); 25 RCW 46. 61. 500 - Reckless driving as adopted under Section 221-B of Ordinance No. 123-71 (ECC 46. 61. 506) - Operating 26 under the influence of intoxicants or drugs - Chemical analysis, tests, presumptions, penalties; RCW 46. 61. 510 - Persons under 27 the influence of drugs and RCW 46. 61. 515 - Driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs - Penalties as adopted 28 by Section 223 of Ordinance No. 123-71; Section 29b of Ordinance No. 123-71 (ECC 46. 61. 940) - Tampering with meters - Unlawful; 29 Section 296 of Ordinance No. 123-71 (ECC 46. 61. 945) - Depositing slugs - Unlawful; and RCW 46. 64. 020 - Non-appearance after 30 written promise - Misdemeanor as adopted under Section 302 31 32