Chapter 10.05
MODEL TRAFFIC ORDINANCE1
Sections:
10.05.040 Driving or being in control of a vehicle while under the influence – Statutes adopted.
10.05.050 Failure to respond – Unlawful.
10.05.070 Use of traffic circle for access to State Route 520 prohibited.
10.05.010 Adopted.
Except as provided in HPMC 10.05.030, the Washington Model Traffic Ordinance adopted by the Department of Licensing, Chapter 308-330 WAC, as hereinafter modified and amended, is hereby adopted by reference as if set forth in full herein and shall be known as the town traffic ordinance. [Ord. 272 § 1, 1994]
10.05.020 Amendments.
Pursuant to RCW 46.90.010 and WAC 308-330-010, the addition of any new section to, or amendment or repeal of any section in, the Washington Model Traffic Ordinance shall add to, amend or repeal this chapter without the necessity for any action by the town council. [Ord. 272 § 2, 1994]
10.05.030 Excluded portions.
The following sections of the Washington Model Traffic Ordinance are not adopted and are hereby excluded from the town traffic ordinance:
(1) WAC 308-330-210 and 308-330-215 providing for a traffic division.
(2) WAC 308-330-230 through 308-330-245 delegating duties to the traffic division.
(3) WAC 308-330-260 through 308-330-275 establishing the office of traffic engineer and a traffic safety commission.
(4) WAC 308-330-500 through 308-330-540 requiring licensing of bicycles. [Ord. 272 § 3, 1994]
10.05.040 Driving or being in control of a vehicle while under the influence – Statutes adopted.
Chapter 275, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 32 and 40, Laws of 1994, are hereby adopted by reference as and for a portion of the Hunts Point Traffic Code. [Ord. 519 § 3, 2016; Ord. 286 § 1, 1994. Formerly 10.05.050]
10.05.050 Failure to respond – Unlawful.
It is unlawful for a person who has been issued a traffic infraction relating to parking, standing, stopping, or pedestrian infractions, defined by town ordinance, to fail to respond in the manner directed on the notice of infraction. Unless otherwise specified by state law or town ordinance, the penalty for such failure to respond shall be $25.00. This penalty is in addition to penalties imposed for the underlying infraction. [Ord. 519 § 3, 2016; Ord. 364 § 1, 1999. Formerly 10.05.060]
10.05.070 Use of traffic circle for access to State Route 520 prohibited.
(1) It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle originating south of the State Route 520 traffic circle to travel through and around the traffic circle located at the intersection of Hunts Point Road/Hunts Point Circle and fail to exit onto either northbound Hunts Point Road or westbound Hunts Point Circle and then exit onto southbound Hunts Point Road.
(2) A violation of this section is a civil infraction. Any person found to have committed a violation of this section shall be required to pay the traffic penalty and assessments imposed by the Washington Supreme Court for violation of RCW 46.61.050(1) (Failure to obey a traffic control device). [Ord. 519 § 3, 2016; Ord. 514 § 1, 2015; Ord. 497 § 1, 2013]
Prior legislation: Ord. 185.