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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A TRAFFIC
STATUTE NOT CONTAINED IN THE
WASHINGTON MODEL TRAFFIC ORDINANCE
THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. That a new section be added to Title 10
of the Port Orchard Municipal Code which reads as follows:
The following section of the Revised Code of Wash-
ington which was not adopted by the "MTO" is adopted by reference
together with any amendments thereof and is included in the traffic
ordinance of this City as if set forth in full in this chapter:
New Section 28 added to Chapter 46.61 RCW (1983).
PASSED by the City Council and approved by the
Mavor this 10th day of October 1983.
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L E CALDS^TELL
Mayor
ATTESTED BY:
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hOBERT G. LLOYD, City 1 rk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
New Section 28 added to Chapter 46.61 RCW:
(1) It is a traffic infraction to drink any alcoholic
beverage in a motor vehicle when the vehicle is upon a highway.
(2) It is a traffic infraction for a person to have
in his possession while in a motor vehicle upon a highway, a bottle,
can, or other receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage if the con-
tainer has been opened or a seal broken or the contents partially
removed.
(3) It is a traffic infraction for the registered
owner of a motor vehicle, or the driver if the registered owner is
not then present in the vehicle, to keep in a motor vehicle when the
vehicle is upon a highway, a bottle, can, or other receptacle con-
taining an alcoholic beverage which has been opened or a seal broken
or the contents partially removed, unless the container is kept in
the trunk of the vehicle or in some other area of the vehicle not
normally occupied by the driver or passengers if the vehicle does not
have a trunk. A utility compartment or glove compartment is deemed
to be within the area occupied by the driver and passengers.
(4) This section does not apply to a public convey-
ance that has been commercially chartered for group use or to the
living quarters of a motor home or camper or, except as otherwise
provided by RCw 66.44.250 or local law, to any passenger for compen-
sation in a for -hire vehicle licensed under city, county or state law.