Chapter 5.76
TRAFFIC ESCORT SERVICE
Sections:
5.76.010 Definitions—License required.
5.76.030 Employee’s compliance required.
5.76.050 Rules and regulations.
5.76.060 Vehicle conformance with state standards.
5.76.010 Definitions—License required.
No person shall conduct the business of traffic escort service or traffic control service within the city without first obtaining a license as hereinafter provided from the city clerk. “Traffic escort service” means the utilization of persons and/or vehicles to accompany and guide other vehicles through city streets, and “traffic control service” means any exercise of control over vehicular and/or pedestrian traffic movement upon the public right-of-way in connection with construction or demolition activities or movement of large or oversize objects upon the right-of way. (Ord. 295-74 Ch. 19 § 1, 1974)
5.76.020 License application.
Application for licenses issued under this chapter shall be made upon blank forms prepared and made available by the clerk and shall state:
A. Whether the person signing the application is a citizen of the United States;
B. Address of the principal place of business of the applicant;
C. The number of years of experience the applicant has had in the field of traffic enforcement or related fields;
D. The length of time applicant has been a bona fide resident of the state immediately preceding the filing of the application;
E. The application shall be accompanied by an application fee of fifteen dollars. Such application fee shall not be refundable, except prior to investigation by the chief of police. (Ord. 295-74 Ch. 19 § 2, 1974)
5.76.030 Employee’s compliance required.
All employees of any person having or applying for a license under this chapter shall make application and be subject to approval by the chief of police in accordance with this chapter. (Ord. 295-74 Ch. 19 § 3, 1974)
5.76.040 Insurance required.
No license shall be issued under this chapter unless the applicant files with the city a certificate of insurance showing that licensee has liability insurance in effect during the term of the license with an insurance company acceptable to the city clerk, with minimum limits for bodily injury to any one person and any one accident of one hundred thousand dollars and a limit of three hundred thousand dollars for bodily injury in any one accident, and providing that such insurance shall be cancellable only after ten days’ written notice to the city. The insurance will specifically include the city as an insured party and will indemnify and save harmless the city from all suits, accidents and damages consequent therefrom for or by any reason of any suits, accidents and damages resulting from the licensee’s operation of the traffic escort service in the above stated policy limits. Cancellation or voiding of applicant’s insurance policy by whatsoever means shall automatically cancel applicant’s license. (Ord. 295-74 Ch. 19 § 4, 1974)
5.76.050 Rules and regulations.
The chief of police shall have the authority to enact and enforce reasonable rules and regulations for the operation of traffic escort services in the interest of public safety and to effectually effect the general purposes of this chapter. (Ord. 295-74 Ch. 19 § 5, 1974)
5.76.060 Vehicle conformance with state standards.
All motor vehicles utilized for purposes of traffic escort service shall meet the standards of the Washington State Patrol, or other applicable regulatory agencies of the state. (Ord. 295-74 Ch. 19 § 6, 1974)
5.76.070 Exemptions.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be so deemed as to prevent any business, corporation or utility company from providing for its own internal traffic escort service or traffic control service without having first acquired a license from the city clerk so long as the escort vehicles comply with Section 5.76.060. (Ord. 295-74 Ch. 19 § 7, 1974)