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• • E ' ETT ORDINANCE NO. 2064-95 AN ORDINANCE relating to Unlawful Bus Conduct, amending section 2 of Ordinance 1895-92 (Everett Municipal Code 10.49.010). WHEREAS, the City of Everett City Council finds that it is important to preserve and protect the comfort and safety of transit vehicles and the downtown Everett transit station area; and WHEREAS, the City of Everett City Council finds it desirable to bring the City's Unlawful Bus Conduct ordinance into conformity with state law. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1: Section 2 of Ordinance No. 1895-92 (EMC 10.49.010), which reads as follows: Unlawful acts designated. A. A person is guilty of unlawful bus conduct if while on or in a municipal transit vehicle as defined by RCW 46.04.355 or in or at a municipal transit station and with knowledge that such conduct is prohibited, he or she: 1. Except while in or at a municipal transit station, smokes or carries a lighted or smoldering pipe, cigar or cigarette; 2. Discards litter other than in designated receptacles; 3. Plays any radio, recorder or other sound-producing equipment, except that nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the use of such equipment when connected to earphones that limit the sound to individual listeners or the use of a communication device by an employee of the owner or operator of the municipal transit vehicles or municipal transit station; 4. Spits or expectorates; 5. Carries any flammable liquid, explosive, acid or other article or material likely to cause harm to others except that nothing in this chapter shall prevent a person from carrying a cigarette, cigar or pipe lighter or carrying a firearm or ammunition in a way that is not otherwise prohibited by law; or 6. Intentionally disturbs others by engaging in loud or unruly behavior. B. For the purposes of this section, "municipal transit station" means all facilities, structures, lands, interest in lands, air rights over lands and rights-of- way of all lands that are owned, leased, held or used by a public agency for the purpose of providing public transportation services. is hereby amended to read as follows: