Ordinance 123-71 - Laserfiche WebLink

• • Section 219 . 46. 61. 417 Decreased 'speed, limits . The City Council• may, by resolution, decrease the maximum speed allowed upon any portion of a street where, it is deemed inadvisable by means of a traffic engineering investigation to operate at the maximum speed allowed by this code : Provided, that in no case shall speed limits be less than twenty miles per hour. Section 219-A. Altered speed limits - when effective. Any altered limit established as hereinbefore authorized shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected. Such maximum speed limit may be declared to be effective at all times or at such times as are indicated upon such signs ; and differing limits may be established for different times of day, different types of vehicles , varying weather conditions , and other conditions , and other factors bearing on safe speeds , which shall be effective when posted upon appropriate fixed or variable signs . Section 220 . Statutes adopted. The following statutes are hereby adopted by reference. RCW 46 .61. 425 Minimum speed regulation. RCW 46 . 61. 430 Authority of state highway commission to fix speed limits on limited access facilities exclusive--Local regulations . RCW 46 . 61. 435 Local authorities to provide "stop" signs at intersections with increased speed highways--Designated as arterials . RCW 46 . 61. 445 Due care required. RCW 46 . 61. 450 Maximum speed, weight or size in traver- sing bridges , elevated structures , tunnels , underpasses--Posting limits . RCW 46 . 61. 455 Vehicles with solid or hollow cushion tires . RCW 46 . 61. 460 Special speed limitation on motor-driven cycle. RCW 46 .61. 665 Exceeding speed limit evidence of reckless driving. RCW 46 . 61. 470 Speed traps outlawed--Measured courses . RCW 46 . 61. 475 Chaff ng violations of speed regulations . RECKLESS DRIVING, DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED Section 221-A - Statute adopted. The following statute is hereby adopted by reference: R.C.W. 46 .61 .500 Reckless Driving Section 221-B 46 .61. 506 Operating under the influence of intoxicants or drugs--Chemical analysis , tests, presumptions , penalties . It is unlawful for any person who is under the influence of or affected by the use of intoxicating liquor or any narcotic drug to drive or be in actual physical control of any vehicle upon the public streets or alleys of this city or over, along or upon private or public property in this city. Any person who operates a motor vehicle upon the streets or alleys of this city or upon private property 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 content 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 has been driving or was in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. The tests or test shall be administered under the direction of a law enforcement officer having reasonable ground to believe the person to have been driving or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon the streets or alleys of the city or upon private or public property 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 -31-