HomeMy WebLinkAbout4196AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington, amending sections
9.36.010 and 9.36.015 of the Kent City Code to: (i)
adopt the current version of the Washington Model
Traffic Ordinance, (ii) repeal the City's separate
adoption of state statutes that have now been
incorporated into the Model Traffic Ordinance, and
(iii) clarify that all traffic infractions and traffic
offenses adopted by the state Legislature and in
effect prior to their inclusion, in the Model Traffic
Ordinance are adopted by reference for application
and enforcement within the city of Kent.
RECITALS
A. Through the authority provided for by RCW 49.90.010, the
state Department of Licensing, in consultation with the Washington State
Patrol and the Traffic Safety Commission, has adopted a Model Traffic
Ordinance, which is available to any local authority who wishes to adopt it
for application and enforcement within its jurisdictional boundaries.
B. A Model Traffic Ordinance is beneficial in that it encourages
highway safety and uniform traffic laws from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
The city of Kent first adopted the Model Traffic Ordinance in the 1990s.
Through that adoption, the Kent City Council provided that the Model
Traffic Ordinance, as enacted at that time and as thereafter amended from
time to time, was applicable and enforceable within the city of Kent.
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C. The Model Traffic Ordinance was most recently updated by
the state Department of Licensing on November 30, 2015. That update
incorporated state statutes into the Model Traffic Ordinance that the city of
Kent had previously adopted into the Kent City Code ("KCC") through its
adoption and amendment of KCC 9.36.015. For that reason, it is no longer
necessary for the city of Kent to maintain its duplicative adoption of these
statutes.
D. While the Model Traffic Ordinance and the Kent City Code
both provide that it is not necessary for Kent to adopt subsequent
amendments of the Model Traffic Ordinance for those amendments to be
applicable and enforceable in Kent, it makes sense to update that adoption
given the amendment that is needed to KCC 9.36.015. A further
amendment to KCC 9.36.015 is provided to clarify that all state laws
enacted or amended concerning traffic infractions or offenses, and prior to
their inclusion or adoption into the Model Traffic Ordinance, are specifically
adopted for application and enforcement within the jurisdictional
boundaries of the city of Kent.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT,
WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
ORDINANCE
SECTION Y, —Amendment —K('
C 9.36.010. Section 9.36.010 of
the Kent City Code relating to the City's Traffic Code and entitled "Adopting
ordinance," is amended as follows:
Sec. 9.36.010. Adopting ordinance. Pursuant to RCW
46.90.010, the Washington Model Traffic Ordinance (M
TO) as set forth in
Chapter 308-330 WAC, attached as Exhibit A to Ordinance No. ,1 is
hereby adopted by reference as currently enacted and as hereinafter
1 Code reviser to insert the number assigned to this ordinance by the City Clerk at the time this
ordinance is passed by the City Council.
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amended or recodified from time to time, and shall be given the same
force and effect as if set forth herein in full. The MTO, in conjunction with
the other provisions of Ch. 9.36 KCC, shall constitute the traffic ordinance
of the city of Kent. As provided for in the MTO the addition of any new
section to or amendment or repeal of any section in the MTO shall be
deemed to amend the traffic ordinance of the city of Kent, and it shall not
be necessary for the Kent City Council to take any action with respect to
such addition, amendment, or repeal.
A co Ry of the MTO ad�ted by reference for application and
enforcement within the city limits of Kent is available online for public
viewing through the Washington State Legislature's website at.a
http://app leg wa.gov/wac/. Physical copies of these statutes are also
maintained by the City Clerk and available for public inspection during the
regular business hours of the City Clerk's Office.
SECTION 2. -Amendment -KCC 9.36.015. Section 9.36.015 of
the Kent City Code relating to the City's Traffic Code and entitled "'
Driving
regulations," is amended as follows.
Sec. 9.36.015. Driving regulations. All RCW sections that
constitute traffic infractions or traffic offenses, and the RCW sections
necessary for the investigation citation, prosecution enforcement, and
adjudication of those traffic infractions or traffic offenses, or necessary to
define or interpret terms used therein, that are enacted, amended,
repealed or recodified by the state Legislature, after the Department of
Licensing's Jast update of the MTO and prior to the Department of
Licensing's next update of the MTO, are hereby adopted by reference as
they are enacted or as they are amended, repealed or recodified from
time to time, and shall be given the same force and effect as if set forth
herein in full. The fellewing sections ef Chapters 46.20 and 46.61 RGW aFe
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SECTION 3. -Severability. If any one or more section, subsection,
or sentence of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this
ordinance and the same shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4, -Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser. Upon
approvaI
of the city attorney, the city clerk and the code reviser are
authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance, including the
correction of clerical errors; ordinance, section, or subsection numbering;
or references to other local, state, or federal laws, codes, rules, or
regulations.
SECTION 5, -Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and
be in force thirty (30) days from and after
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SECTION 3. -Severability. If any one or more section, subsection,
or sentence of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this
ordinance and the same shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4, -Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser. Upon
approvaI
of the city attorney, the city clerk and the code reviser are
authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance, including the
correction of clerical errors; ordinance, section, or subsection numbering;
or references to other local, state, or federal laws, codes, rules, or
regulations.
SECTION 5, -Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and
be in force thirty (30) days from and after
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
TORI BRUBAKERI CITY ATTORNEY
PASSEDa day of , 2016.
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APPROVED. day of , 2016.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance No.
passed by the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, and approved
by the Mayor of the City of Kent as hereon pdi ted.
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Chapter .36 KCC — Traffic Code
Chapter 308-330 WAC
Last Update: 11/30/15
WASHINGTON MODEL TRAFFIC ORDINANCE
WAC Sections
308-330-005 Purpose of this chapter.
308-330-010 Amendments to this chapter automatically included.
308-330-030 Uniformity in application.
308-330400 Chapter 46.04 RCW (Definitions) adopted by reference.
308-330409 Bus.
308-330412 Bus stop.
308-330-115 City.
308-330-118 Demolish.
308-330427 Holidays.
308-330433 Loading zone.
308-330-136 Official time standard.
308-330439 Ordinance,
308-330442 Parking meter.
308-330-145 Parking meter space.
308-330-148 Parking meter zone.
308-330451 Passenger loading zone.
308-330-154 Planting strip.
308-330-157 Police or police officer.
308-330-160 Police chief or chief of police.
308-330-163 Police department.
308-330469 School bus zone.
308-330472 Service parking.
308-330-175 Street.
308-330-178 Taxicab.
308-330-181 Taxicab stand.
308-330-184 Tow truck operator.
308-330487 Traffic division.
308-330-190 U-turn.
308-330-195 RCW sections adopted—Livestock.
308-330497 RCW sections adopted—Off-road and nonhighway vehicles.
308-330-200 RCW sections adopted—Snowmobiles.
308-330-205 Public employees to obey traffic regulations.
308-330-210 Police administration.
308-330-215 Duty of traffic division.
308-330-220 Authority of police and fire department officials.
308-330-225 Records of traffic violations.
308-330-230 Traffic division to investigate accidents.
308-330-235 Traffic accident studies.
308-330-240 Traffic accident reports.
308-330-245 Traffic division to submit annual traffic safety report.
308-330-250 Police department to administer bicycle licenses.
308-330-255 Police department to regulate parking meters.
308-330-260 Traffic engineer.
308-330-265 Traffic engineer—Authority.
308-330-270 Local authority—Authority.
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308-330-300
308-330-305
308-330-307
308-330-309
308-330-310
308-330-31.2
308-330-314
308-330-316
308-330-320
308-330-322
308-330-325
308-330-327
308-330-330
308-330-360
308-330-365
308-330-370
308-330400
308-330403
308-330406
308-330408
308-330409
308-330412
308-330415
308-330421
308-330423
308-3304
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308-330430
308-330433
308-330436
308-330439
308-3304
Traffic safety commission—Powers and duties.
RCW sections adopted—Certificates of ownership and registrations,
RCW sections adopted—Vehicle licenses.
RCW sections adopted—Driver licenses and identicards.
RCW sections adopted—Uniform Commercial Driver's License Act.
RCW sections adopted—Financial responsibility.
RCW sections adopted—Mandatory liability insurance.
RCW sections adopted—Vehicle inspection.
RCW sections adopted—Vehicle lighting and other equipment.
RCW sections adopted—Size, weight, load.
RCW sections adopted—Transportation of hazardous materials.
RCW sections adopted—Accidents, reports.
RCW sections adopted—Hulk haulers and scrap processors.
RCW sections adopted—Motor vehicle wreckers.
Owner of record presumed liable for costs when vehicle abandoned—Exception.
Contract with registered disposer to dispose of vehicles and hullos—Compliance required.
Stolen and abandoned vehicles—Reports of—Recovery, report required, penalty—Disposition.
Provisions of chapter refer to vehicles upon highway—Exception.
Required obedience to traffic ordinance.
RCW sections adopted—Abandoned, unauthorized, and junk vehicle tow truck operators.
RCW sections adopted—Traffic laws, signs, signals, markings.
Traffic control devices required—Stopping, standing, and parking.
Crossing new pavement and markings.
RCW sections adopted—Right of way.
RCW sections adopted—Turning, starting and stopping.
RCW sections adopted—Speed restrictions.
RCW sections adopted—Reckless driving, negligent driving, vehicular homicide and assault.
Obedience to angle -parking signs or markings,
Parking not to obstruct traffic.
Parking for certain purposes unlawful.
Standing in passenger loading zone.
Standing in loading zone.
Standing in a tow -away zone.
Violating permits for loading or unloading at an angle to the curb.
Standing or parking on one-way roadways.
Stopping, standing, and parking of buses and taxicabs regulated.
Restricted use of bus stops and taxicab stands.
Right of way for parking.
RCW sections adopted—Stopping, standing, and parking,
RCW sections adopted—Operation and restrictions.
Funeral processions.
When permits required for parades and processions.
Interfering with processions.
Boarding or alighting from vehicles.
Unlawful riding.
RCW sections adopted—Operation of nonmotorized vehicles.
Bicycle license required.
Bicycle license application.
Issuance of bicycle license.
Attachment of bicycle license plate or decal.
Inspection of bicycles.
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308-330448
308-330451
308-330454
308-330457
308-330460
308-330462
308-330464
308-330466
308-330469
308-330472
308-330475
308-330478
308-330481
308-330-500
308-330-505
308-330-510
308-330-515
308-330-520
Traffic safety commission—Powers and duties.
RCW sections adopted—Certificates of ownership and registrations,
RCW sections adopted—Vehicle licenses.
RCW sections adopted—Driver licenses and identicards.
RCW sections adopted—Uniform Commercial Driver's License Act.
RCW sections adopted—Financial responsibility.
RCW sections adopted—Mandatory liability insurance.
RCW sections adopted—Vehicle inspection.
RCW sections adopted—Vehicle lighting and other equipment.
RCW sections adopted—Size, weight, load.
RCW sections adopted—Transportation of hazardous materials.
RCW sections adopted—Accidents, reports.
RCW sections adopted—Hulk haulers and scrap processors.
RCW sections adopted—Motor vehicle wreckers.
Owner of record presumed liable for costs when vehicle abandoned—Exception.
Contract with registered disposer to dispose of vehicles and hullos—Compliance required.
Stolen and abandoned vehicles—Reports of—Recovery, report required, penalty—Disposition.
Provisions of chapter refer to vehicles upon highway—Exception.
Required obedience to traffic ordinance.
RCW sections adopted—Abandoned, unauthorized, and junk vehicle tow truck operators.
RCW sections adopted—Traffic laws, signs, signals, markings.
Traffic control devices required—Stopping, standing, and parking.
Crossing new pavement and markings.
RCW sections adopted—Right of way.
RCW sections adopted—Turning, starting and stopping.
RCW sections adopted—Speed restrictions.
RCW sections adopted—Reckless driving, negligent driving, vehicular homicide and assault.
Obedience to angle -parking signs or markings,
Parking not to obstruct traffic.
Parking for certain purposes unlawful.
Standing in passenger loading zone.
Standing in loading zone.
Standing in a tow -away zone.
Violating permits for loading or unloading at an angle to the curb.
Standing or parking on one-way roadways.
Stopping, standing, and parking of buses and taxicabs regulated.
Restricted use of bus stops and taxicab stands.
Right of way for parking.
RCW sections adopted—Stopping, standing, and parking,
RCW sections adopted—Operation and restrictions.
Funeral processions.
When permits required for parades and processions.
Interfering with processions.
Boarding or alighting from vehicles.
Unlawful riding.
RCW sections adopted—Operation of nonmotorized vehicles.
Bicycle license required.
Bicycle license application.
Issuance of bicycle license.
Attachment of bicycle license plate or decal.
Inspection of bicycles.
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308-330-530
308-330-535
308-330-540
308-330-545
308-330-550
308-330-5.55
308-330-560
308-330-565
308-330-600
308-330-610
308-330-620
308-330-630
308-330-640
308-330-650
308-330-660
308-330-700
308-330-705
308-330-710
308-330-720
308-330-730
308-330-740
308-330400
308-330410
308-330-815
308-330-820
Renewal of bicycle license.
Bicycle transfer of ownership.
Bicycle rental agencies.
Bicycle dealers.
Bicycles—Obedience to traffic control devices.
Bicycles—Parking.
Bicycles—Riding on sidewalks.
Bicycles—Penalties.
Unclaimed bicycles.
Parking meter spaces.
Parking meters—Deposit of coins and time limits.
Parking meters—Use of slugs prohibited.
Tampering with parking meter.
Parking meters—Rule of evidence.
Parlcing meters—Application of proceeds.
Service parking.
RCW sections adopted—Disposition of traffic infractions.
RCW sections adopted—Enforcement.
Penalties.
Citation on illegally parked vehicle.
Failure to comply with traffic citation attached to parked vehicle.
Presumption in reference to illegal parking.
RCW sections adopted—Traffic control devices.
RCW sections adopted—Limited access facilities.
RCW sections adopted—Alcoholic beverage control.
RCW sections adopted—Guide and service dogs.
308-330-825 RCW sections adopted—Littering.
308-330-910 Uniformity of interpretation.
DISPOSITION OF SECTIONS FORMERLY CODIFIED IN THIS CHAPTER
308-330-121 Department. [Statutory Authority; RCW 46.90,010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330421, filed 12/13/93,
effective 7/1/94,] Repealed by WSR 97-10-068, filed 5/5/97, effective 6/5/97. Statutory Authority:
RCW 46,90.010.
308-330423 Director. [Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330423, filed 12/13/93,
effective 7/1/94.] Repealed by WSR 9740-068, filed 5/5/97, effective 6/5/97. Statutory Authority:
RCW 46.90.010.
308-330-329 RCW sections adopted—Rental car businesses. [Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-
082, § 308-330-329, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.] Repealed by WSR 9740-068, filed 5/5/97,
effective 6/5/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010.
308-330-375 Disposition of abandoned junk motor vehicles. [Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-
082, § 308-330-375, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.] Repealed by WSR 9740-068, filed 5/5/97,
effective 6/5/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 46,90.010.
308-330-005
Purpose of this chapter.
The purpose of this chapter is to encourage highway safety and uniform traffic laws by authorizing the
department of licensing to adopt a comprehensive compilation of sound, uniform traffic laws to serve as a guide
which local authorities may adopt by reference or any part thereof, including all future amendments or additions
thereto. Any local authority which adopts this chapter by reference may at any time exclude any section or
sections from this chapter which it does not desire to include in its local traffic ordinance. This chapter is not
intended to deny any local authority its legislative power, but rather to enhance safe and efficient movement of
traffic throughout the state by having current, uniform traffic laws available.
[Statutory Authority$ RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-005, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-010
Amendments to this chapter automatically included.
The addition of any new section to, or amendment or repeal of any section in, this chapter shall be deemed
to amend any city, town, or county ordinance which has adopted by reference to this chapter or any part thereof,
and it shall not be necessary for the legislative authority of any city, town, or county to take any action with
respect to such addition, amendment, or repeal notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 35.21.180, 35A.12.1405
35A.13.180, and 36.32.120(7).
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 30&330-010, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-030
Uniformity in application.
The provisions of this chapter relating to the operation of vehicles shall be applicable and uniform upon all
persons operating vehicles upon the public highways of this state, except as otherwise specifically provided.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-030, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-100
Chapter 46.04 RCW (Definitions) adopted by reference.
All sections of chapter 46.04 RCW as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part
of this chapter in all respects as though such sections were set forth herein in full.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010, WSR 94-01-0825 § 308-330400, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330409
Bus.
"Bus" means every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten passengers and used for
transportation of persons, and every motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the
transportation of persons for compensation.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-0825 § 308-330409, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330412
Bus stop.
"Bus stop" means a fixed portion of the highway parallel and adjacent to the curb to be reserved exclusively
for buses for layover in operating schedules or while waiting for, loading, or unloading passengers: Provided,
That such bus provides regularly scheduled service within the jurisdiction of the local authority.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-112, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330415
City.
"City" means every incorporated city and town.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 30&330415, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330418
Demolish.
"Demolish" means to destroy completely by use of a hydraulic baler and shears, or a shredder.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46,90,010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-118, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-127
Holidays.
"Holidays" include the first day of January, commonly called New Year's Day; the third Monday in January,
commonly called Martin Luther King Jr. day; the third Monday of February, being celebrated as the anniversary
of the birth of George Washington; the thirtieth day of May, commonly known as Memorial Day; the fourth day
of July, being the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence; the first Monday in September, to be known
as Labor Days the fourth Thursday in November, to be known as Thanksgiving Day; the twenty-fifth day of
December, commonly called Christmas Days and any other day specified by ordinance by the local authority to
be a holiday. Whenever any holiday falls upon a Sunday, the following Monday shall be a holiday.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330427, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-133
Loading zone.
"Loading zone" means a space reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of
property or passengers.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330433, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94•]
308-330436
Official time standard.
"Official time standard" means, whenever certain hours are named, standard time or daylight saving time as
may be in current use within the jurisdiction of the local authority.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-136, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-139
Ordinance.
"Ordinance" means a city or town ordinance or a county ordinance or resolution.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010, WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-139, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-142
Parking meter.
"Parking meter" means any mechanical device or meter placed or erected adjacent to a parking meter space,
for the purpose of regulating or controlling the period of time of occupancy of such parking meter space by any
vehicle. Each parking meter installed shall indicate by proper legend the legal parking time and when operated
shall at all times indicate the balance of legal parking time, and at the expiration of such period shall indicate
illegal or overtime parking. Each meter shall bear a legend indicating the days and hours when the requirement
to deposit coins therein shall apply, the value of the coins to be deposited, and the limited period of time for
which parking is lawfully permitted in the parking meter space in which such meter is located.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330442, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330445
Parking meter space.
"Parking meter space" means any space within a parking meter zone, adjacent to a parking meter and which
is duly designated for the parking of a single vehicle by appropriate markings on the pavement and/or the curb.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010, WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330445, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330448
Parking meter zone.
"Parking meter zone" means any highway or part thereof or any off-street parking lot on which parking
meters are installed and in operation.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330448, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330451
Passenger loading zone.
"Passenger loading zone" means a place reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles while receiving or
discharging passengers.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330451, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-154
Planting strip.
"Planting strip" means that portion of a highway lying between the constructed curb, or edge of the
roadway, and the property line exclusive of the sidewalk area.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330454, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-157
Police or police officer.
"Police or police officer" includes, in addition to the meaning in RCW 46.04.391, the police officers of a
city, a town, marshal, or the sheriff and his/her deputies of a county whichever is applicable, but when the term
sheriff is used in this chapter, it shall only mean the sheriff.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-23-029, § 30&330-157, filed 11/8/94, effective 12/9/94; WSR 94-01-082,
§ 308-330457, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-160
Police chief or chief of police.
"Police chief or chief of police" includes the police chief or chief police officer of a city, a town marshal, or
the sheriff of a county, whichever is applicable, but when the term sheriff is used in this chapter, it shall only
mean the sheriff.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 30&330460, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-163
Police department.
"Police department" includes the police department of a city or town or the sheriffs office of a county
whichever is applicable, but when the term sheriff is used in this chapter, it shall only mean the sheriff.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-163, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-169
School bus zone.
"School bus zone" means a designated portion of the highway along the curb reserved for loading and
unloading school buses during designated hours.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-169, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330472
Service parking.
"Service parking" means the use of a parking meter space while rendering service in cleaning, painting,
adjusting, or malting minor repairs or replacements in or to buildings or building equipment or to public
utilities.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330472, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330475
Street.
"Street" means a "city street."
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330475, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-178
Taxicab.
"Taxicab" means a motor vehicle for hire used for the transportation of persons for compensation, and not
operated exclusively over a fixed route or between fixed termini.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330478, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-181
Taxicab stand.
"Taxicab stand" means a fixed portion of a highway set aside for taxicabs to stand or wait for passengers.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330481, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-184
Tow truck operator.
"Tow truck operator" means a person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation which, in its course of
business, provides towing services for vehicles and automobile hulks.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330484, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-187
Traffic division.
"Traffic division" means the traffic division of the police department of the local authority, or in the event a
traffic division is not established, then said term whenever used in this chapter shall be deemed to refer to the
police department of the local authority.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330487, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-190
U-turn.
"U-turn" means turning a vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction on the same roadway.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-190, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-195
RCW sections adopted -Livestock.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to livestock on highway right
of way as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects as
though such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 16.24.065, and 16.24.070.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330495, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330497
RCW sections adopted -Off-road and nonhighway vehicles.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to off road and nonhighway
vehicles as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects as
though such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.09.310, 46.09.330, 46.09.350, 46.09.360, 46.09.420,
46.09.4401 46.09.442, 46.09.444, 46.09.450, 46.09.455, 46.09.457, 46.09.460, 46.09.470, 46.09.480, 46.09.485,
and 46.09.490.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 15-24-085, § 308-330497, filed 11/30/15, effective 12/31/15; WSR 13-21-
026, § 308-330497, filed 10/8/13, effective 11/8/13; WSR 11-20-041, § 308-330497, filed 9/28/11, effective 10/29/11;
WSR 1048-058, § 308-330-197, filed 8/30/10, effective 9/30/10; WSR 0448-061, § 308-330497, filed 8/27/04,
effective 9/27/04; WSR 9740-068, § 308-330497, filed 5/5/97, effective 6/5/97; WSR 94-23-029, § 308-330497, filed
11/8/94, effective 12/9/94; WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330497, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-200
RCW sections adopted -Snowmobiles.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to snowmobiles as now or
hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects as though such
sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.10.300, 46.10.3105 46.10.330, 46.10.4605 46.10.4705 46.10.480,
46.10.490, 46.10.495, and 46.10.500.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 15-24-085, § 308-330-200, filed 11/30/15, effective 12/31/15, WSR 11-20-
041, § 308-330-200, filed 9/28/11, effective 10/29/11; WSR 97-10-068, § 308-330-200, filed 5/5/97, effective 6/5/97;
WSR 94-01-0825 § 308-330-200, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-205
Public employees to obey traffic regulations.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the drivers of all vehicles owned or operated by the United
States, the state, or any county, city, town, district, or any other political subdivision of the state, subject to such
specific exceptions as are set forth in this chapter.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-205, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-210
Police administration.
There is established in the police department of the local authority a traffic division to be under the control
of a police officer appointed by, and directly responsible to, the chief of police.
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[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-210, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-215
Duty of traffic division.
itshall be the duty of the traffic division with such aid as maybe rendered by other members of the police
department to enforce the traffic regulations of the local authority, to make arrests for traffic violations, to
investigate accidents and to cooperate with the traffic engineer and other officers of the local authority in the
administration of the traffic laws and in developing ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and to carry
out those duties specially imposed upon the said division by this chapter and the traffic ordinances of the local
authority.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-215, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-220
Authority of police and fire department officials.
(1) Officers of the police department or such officers as are assigned by the chief of police are authorized to
direct all traffic by voice, hand, or signal in conformance with law: Provided, That in the event of a fire or other
emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the police department may direct traffic
as conditions may require notwithstanding the provisions of law.
(2) Officers of the fire department, when at the scene of a fire, may direct or assist the police in directing
traffic thereat or in the immediate vicinity.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010, WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-220, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-225
Records of traffic violations.
(1) The police department or the traffic division thereof shall keep a record of all violations of the traffic
ordinances of the local authority or of the state motor vehicle laws of which any person has been charged, with
the exception of illegal parking or standing violations, together with a record of the final disposition of all such
alleged offenses. Such records shall be so maintained as to show all types of violations and the total of each.
Such records shall accumulate during at least a five-year period, and from that time on the records shall be
maintained complete for at least the most recent five-year period.
(2) All forms for records of violations and notices of violations shall be serially numbered. For each month
and year a written record of all such forms shall be kept.
(3) Records and reports concerning a person shall be available upon request only to that particular person
requesting such record or report concerning himself, or the legal guardian thereof, the parent of a minor, or any
authorized representative of such interested party, or the attorney or insurer thereof.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-225, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-230
Traffic division to investigate accidents.
It shall be the duty of the traffic division, assisted by other members of the police department, to investigate
traffic accidents, to arrest, and to assist in the prosecution of those persons charged with violations of law
causing or contributing to such accidents.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-230, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-235
Traffic accident studies.
Whenever the accidents at any particular location become numerous, the traffic division shall cooperate
with the traffic engineer in conducting studies of such accidents and in determining remedial measures.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010, WSR 94-01-082, § 30&330-235, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-240
Traffic accident reports.
The traffic division shall maintain a suitable system of filing traffic accident reports. Accident reports or
cards referring to them shall be filed alphabetically by location. Such reports shall be available for the use and
the information of the traffic engineer.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 30&330-240, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-245
Traffic division to submit annual traffic safety report.
The traffic division shall annually prepare a traffic report which shall be filed with the appointing authority
of the local authority. Such report shall contain information on traffic matters in the local authority as follows:
(1) The number of traffic accidents, the number of persons killed, the number of persons injured, and other
pertinent traffic accident data;
(2) The number of traffic accidents investigated and other pertinent data on the safety activities of the
police,$
(3) The plans and recommendations of the division for future traffic safety activities.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-245, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-250
Police department to administer bicycle licenses.
The police department or some other office or depart
ment designated by the local authority shall administer
the bicycle license regulations required by this chapter.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-250, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-255
Police department to regulate parking meters.
The police department shall be responsible for the regulation, control, operation, and use of parking meters
installed in all parking meter zones.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 30&330-255, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-260
Traffic engineer.
(1) The office of traffic engineer is established: Provided, That if there is no traffic engineer, then the
engineer of the local authority shall serve as traffic engineer in addition to his/her other functions, and shall
exercise the powers and duties with respect to traffic as provided in this chapter: Provided further, That if there
is no engineer in the local authority, then the appointing authority shall designate a person to exercise such
powers and duties.
(2) It shall be the general duty of the traffic engineer to determine the installation and maintenance of traffic
control devices, to conduct engineering analysis of traffic accidents and to devise remedial measures, to conduct
engineering investigations of traffic conditions, to plan the operation of traffic on the highways of the local
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authority, to cooperate with other officials in the development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions,
and to carry out the additional powers and duties imposed by any ordinances of the local authority.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 30&330-260, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-265
Traffic engineer—Authority.
The traffic engineer is authorized:
(1) To place and maintain official traffic control devices when and as required under the traffic ordinances
or resolutions of the local authority to make effective the provisions of said ordinances or resolutions, and may
place and maintain such additional official traffic control devices as he/she may deem necessary to regulate,
warn, or guide traffic under the traffic ordinances or resolutions of the local authority;
(2) To place and maintain official traffic control devices as he/she may deem necessary to regulate, warn, or
guide traffic for construction, detours, emergencies, and special conditions;
(3) To designate and maintain, by appropriate devices, marks, or lines upon the surface of the roadway,
crosswalks at intersections where in his/her opinion there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the
roadway, and in such other places as he/she may deem necessary,$
(4) To establish safety zones of such kind and character and at such places as he/she may deem necessary
for the protection of pedestrians;
(5) To mark traffic lanes upon the roadway of any highway where a regular alignment of traffic is
necessary;
(6) To regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly and safe
manner;
(7) To place official traffic control devices within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course to be
traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and such
course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than as prescribed by law;
(8) To determine those intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right, left, or U-turn, and
shall place proper signs at such intersections. The making of such turns may be prohibited between certain
hours of any day and permitted at other hours, in which event the same shall be plainly indicated on the signs or
they may be removed when such turns are permitted;
(9) To erect and maintain stop signs, yield signs, or other official traffic control devices to designate arterial
highways or to designate intersection or other roadway junctions at which vehicular traffic on one or more of
the roadways shall yield or stop and yield before entering the intersection or junction, except as provided in
RCW 46.61.195;
(10) To issue special permits to authorize the backing of a vehicle to the curb for the purpose of loading or
unloading property subject to the terms and conditions of such permit. Such permits may be issued either to the
owner or lessee of real property alongside the curb or to the owner of the vehicle and shall grant to such person
the privilege as therein stated and authorized by this section;
(11) To erect signs indicating no parking upon both sides of a highway when the width of the improved
roadway does not exceed twenty feet, or upon one side of a highway as indicated by such signs when the width
of the improved roadway is between twenty and twenty-eight feet;
(12) To determine when standing or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any roadway when
the highway includes two or more separate roadways and traffic is restricted to one direction upon any such
roadway and to erect signs giving notice thereof,
(13) To determine and designate by proper signs places not exceeding one hundred feet in length in which
the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles would create an especially hazardous condition or would cause
unusual delay to traffic;
(14) To determine the location of loading zones, passenger loading zones, and tow -away zones and shall
place and maintain appropriate signs or curb markings supplemented with the appropriate words stenciled on
the curb indicating the same and stating the hours during which the provisions of this chapter are applicable;
(15) To establish bus stops, bus stands, taxicab stands, and stands for other for hire vehicles on such
highways in such places and in such number as he/she shall determine to be of the greatest benefit and
convenience to the public, and every such bus stop, bus stand, taxicab stand, or other stand shall be designated
by appropriate signs or by curb markings supplemented with the appropriate words stenciled on the curb;
(16) To erect and maintain official traffic control devices on any highway or part thereof to impose gross
weight limits on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation;
(17) To erect and maintain official traffic control devices on any highway or part thereof to prohibit the
operation of trucks exceeding ten thousand pounds gross weight on the basis of an engineering and traffic
investigation: Provided, That such devices shall not prohibit necessary local operation on such highways for the
purpose of making a pickup or delivery;
(18) To erect and maintain official traffic control devices on any highway or part thereof to impose vehicle
size restrictions on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation;
(19) To determine and designate those heavily traveled highways upon which shall be prohibited any class
or kind of traffic which is found to be incompatible with the normal and safe movement of traffic on the basis of
an engineering and traffic investigation and shall erect appropriate official traffic control devices giving notice
thereof;
(20) To install parking meters in the established parking meter zones upon the curb adjacent to each
designated parking space;
(2 1) To designate the parking space adjacent to each parking meter for which such meter is to be used by
appropriate markings upon the curb and/or the pavement of the highway;
(22) To post appropriate signs malting it unlawful for pedestrians to cross highways in certain crosswalks
when such crossing would endanger either pedestrian or vehicular traffic using the highway;
(23) To test new or proposed traffic control devices under actual conditions of traffic.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 4690.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-265, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-270
Local authority—Authority.
After an engineering and traffic investigation by the traffic engineer, the local authority may by resolution:
(1) Decrease maximum speed limits pursuant to RCW 46.61.415;
(2) Increase maximum speed limits pursuant to RCW 46.61.415;
(3) Determine and declare the maximum speed limits on arterial highways pursuant to RCW 46.61.415;
(4) Determine and declare upon what highways angle parking shall be permitted pursuant to RCW
46.61.575(3);
(5) Prohibit, regulate, or limit, stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on any highway at all times or
during such times as shall be indicated by official traffic control devices;
(6) Determine and declare parking meter zones upon those highways or parts thereof where the installation
of parking meters will be necessary to regulate parking;
(7) Close any highway or part thereof temporarily to any or all traffic;
(8) Determine and declare one-way highways pursuant to RCW 46.61.135;
(9) Determine and declare arterial highways pursuant to RCW 46.61.195 and 46.61.435.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-270, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-275
Traffic safety commission—Powers and duties.
(1) There is established a traffic safety commission to serve without compensation, consisting of the traffic
engineer, the chief of police, or, in his/her discretion as his/her representative, the chief of the traffic division or
other cognizant member of the police department, one representative each from the engineer's office and the
attorney's office, and such number of other officers of the local authority and representatives of unofficial
bodies as may be determined and appointed by the appointing authority of the local authority. The chair of the
commission shall be appointed by such appointing authority and may be removed by such authority.
(2) It shall be the duty of the traffic safety commission, and to this end it shall have authority within the
limits of the funds at its disposal, to coordinate traffic activities, to supervise the preparation and publication of
traffic reports, to receive complaints having to do with traffic matters, and to recommend to the legislative body
of the local authority and to the traffic engineer, the chief of the traffic division, and other officials, ways and
means for improving traffic conditions and the administration and enforcement of traffic regulations.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-275, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
30&330-300
RCW sections adopted-Certificates of ownership and registration [s].
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to vehicle certificates of
ownership and registrations as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this
chapter in all respects as though such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.12.550, 46.12.590,
46.12.6009 46.12.6353 46.12.650, 46.12.6555 46.12.660, 46.12.720, 46.12.7254 46.12.7305 46.12.735, 46.12.740,
46.12.745, 46.12.750, and 46.12.755.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 11-20-041, § 308-330-300, filed 9/28/11, effective 10/29/11; WSR 99-04-
070, § 308-330-300, filed 2/1/99, effective 3/4/99; WSR 9740-068, § 308-330-300, filed 5/5/97, effective 6/5/97; WSR
9643-089, § 308-330-300, filed 6/19/96, effective 7/20/96; WSR 95-23-042, § 308-330-300, filed 11/13/95, effective
12/14/95; WSR 94-23-029, § 308-330-300, filed 11/8/94, effective 12/9/94; WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-300, filed
12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
Reviser's note: RCW 34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and deletion marks to indicate amendments to
existing rules, and deems ineffectual changes not filed by the agency in this manner. The bracketed material in the above
section does not appear to conform to the statutory requirement.
30&330-305
RCW sections adopted-Vehicle licenses.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to vehicle licenses as now or
hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects as though such
sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.12.695, 46.16AO0304 46.16A.1405 46.16A.160, 46.16A.175,
46.16A.180, 46.16A.200, 46.16A.320, 46.16A.350, 46.16A.405, 46.16A.420, 46.16A.425, 46.16A.428,
46.16AA50, 46.16A.500, 46.16A.520, 46.16A.5305 46.16A.540, 46.16A.545, 46.18.2005 46.18.205, 46.18.2155
46.18.220, 46.18.2359 46.18.275, 46.18.277, 46.18.2855 46.19.050, and 46.19.070.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 15-24-085, § 308-330-305, filed 11/30/15, effective 12/31/15; WSR 11-20-
041, § 308-330-305, filed 9/28/11, effective 10/29/11; WSR 04-18-061, § 308-330-305, filed 8/27/04, effective 9/27/04;
WSR 02-04-0751 § 308-330-305, filed 2/1/02, effective 3/4/02; WSR 97-10-068, § 308-330-305, filed 5/5/97, effective
6/5/97; WSR 96-13-089, § 308-330-305, filed 6/19/96, effective 7/20/96; WSR 95-23-042, § 308-330-305, filed 11/13/95,
effective 12/14/95; WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-305, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
30&330-307
RCW sections adopted-Driver licenses and identicards.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to driver licenses and
identification cards as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all
respects as though such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.20.001, 46.20.005, 46.20.015, 46.20.017,
46.20.021, 46.20.022, 46.20.024, 46.20.025, 46.20.0279 46.20.031, 46.20.0415 46.20.0455 46.20.0555 46.20.0705
46.20.075, 46.20.09215 46.20.109, 46.20.220, 46.20.308, 46.20.3101, 46.20.338, 46.20.342, 46.20.3455
46.20.3495 46.20.391, 46.20.3945 46.20.4109 46.20.500, 46.20.510, 46.20.720, 46.20.740, and 46.20.750.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010, WSR 02-04-075, § 308-330-307, filed 2/1/02, effective 3/4/02; WSR 00-18-067, §
308-330-307, filed 9/1/00, effective 10/2/00; WSR 99-04-070, § 308-330-307, filed 2/1/99, effective 3/4/99. Statutory
Authority: RCW 46.90.010 and 1997 c 66 and c 229. WSR 97-16-041, § 308-330-307, filed 7/31/97, effective 8/31/97.
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Statutory Authority: RCW 4690.010. WSR 97-10-068, § 308-330-3073 filed 5/5/97, effective 6/5/97; WSR 96-13-089, §
30&330-307, filed 6/19/96, effective 7/20/96; WSR 95-23-042, § 30&330-307, filed 11/13/95, effective 12/14/95; WSR
94-23-029, § 30M30-307, filed 11/8/94, effective 12/9/94; WSR 94-01-082, § 30&330-307, filed 12/13/93, effective
7/1/94.]
308-330-309
RCW sections adopted -Uniform Commercial Driver's License Act.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to the Uniform Commercial
Driver's License Act as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all
respects as though such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.25.010, 46.25.020, 46.25.030, 46.25.040,
46.25.0503 46.25.0525 46.25.055, 46.25.0575 46.25.110, 46.25.120, and 46.25.170.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 15-24-085, § 308-330-309, filed 11/30/15, effective 12/31/15; WSR 13-21-
027, § 30&330-309, filed 10/8/13, effective 7/8/14; WSR 04-18-061, § 30&330-309, filed 8/27/04, effective 9/27/04;
WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-309, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-310
RCW sections adopted -Financial responsibility.
The following section of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to financial responsibility as
now or hereafter amended is hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects as though such
section were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.29.605.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 30&330-310, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-312
RCW sections adopted -Mandatory liability insurance.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to mandatory liability
insurance as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects
as through such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.30.010, 46.30.020, 46.30.030, and 46.30.040.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 30&330-312, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-314
RCW sections adopted -Vehicle inspection.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to vehicle inspection as now
or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects as though such
sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.32.060 and 46.32.070.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-314, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-316
RCW sections adopted -Vehicle lighting and other equipment.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pert
aining to vehicle lighting and other
equipment as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects
as though such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.37.010, 46.37.0203 46.37.0304 46.37.0404
46.37.0505 46.37.0603 46.37.070, 46.37.0805 46.37.0905 46.37.100, 46.37.110, 46.37.120, 46.37.1303 46.37.1409
46.37.150, 46.37.1605 46.37.1703 46.37.1805 46.37.1843 46.37.1855 46.37.186, 46.37.187, 46.37.188, 46.37.190,
46.37.1939 46.37.196, 46.37.200, 46.37.210, 46.37.215, 46.37.220, 46.37.2305 46.37.2403 46.37.260, 46.37.270,
46.37.2805 46.37.290, 46.37.3005 46.37.3105 46.37.3405 46.37.351, 46.37.360, 46.37.365, 46.37.369, 46.37.3755
46.37.3805 46.37.3903 46.37.395, 46.37.400, 46.37.4105 46.37.420, 46.37.4215, 46.37.42165 46.37.4235
46.37.4243 46.37.425, 46.37.430, 46.37.435, 46.37.440, 46.37.4505 46.37.465, 46.37.467, 46.37.4709 46.37.4805
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46.37.490, 46.37.4953 46.37.5005 46.37.5105 46.37.5135 46.37.517, 46.37.518, 46.37.520, 46.37.522, 46.37.523,
46.37.524, 46.37.525, 46.37.527, 46.37.5289 46.37.5295 46.37.5303 46.37.535, 46.37.5375 46.37.5393 46.37.5405
46.37.550, 46.37.5605 46.37.570, 46.37.590, 46.37.6005 46.37.610, 46.37.620, 46.37.6305 46.37.640, 46.37.650,
46.37.6605 46.37.670, 46.37.671, 46.37.672, 46.37.673, 46.37.6745 46.37.675, 46.37.680, and 46.37.685.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010, WSR 15-24-085, § 308-330-316, filed 11/30/15, effective 12/31/15; WSR 13-21-
026, § 308-330-316, filed 10/8/13, effective 11/8/13; WSR 1048-058, § 308-330-316, filed 8/30/10, effective 9/30/10;
WSR 0448-0615 § 308-330-316, filed 8/27/04, effective 9/27/04; WSR 0048-067, § 308-330-316, filed 9/1/00, effective
10/2/00; WSR 9740-068, § 308-330-316, filed 5/5/97, effective 6/5/97; WSR 9643-089, § 308-330-316, filed 6/19/96,
effective 7/20/96; WSR 95-23-042, § 308-330-316, filed 11/13/95, effective 12/14/95; WSR 94-01-0823 § 308-330-3165
filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-320
RCW sections adopted -Size, weight, load.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to vehicle size, weight, and
load as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects as
though such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.44.010, 46.44.0134 46.44.0204 46.44.0305 46.44.034,
46.44.0369 46.44.037, 46.44.041, 46.44.042, 46.44.043, 46.44.0475 46.44.0505 46.44.0605 46.44.0709 46.44.090,
46.44.091, 46.44.092, 46.44.093, 46.44.0955 46.44.0969 46.44.1055 46.44.120, 46.44.130, 46.44.1409 46.44.170,
46.44.1739 46.44.175, 46.44.180, and 46.44.190.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010, WSR 1048-058, § 308-330-320, filed 8/30/10, effective 9/30/10; WSR 04-18-061,
§ 308-330-320, filed 8/27/04, effective 9/27/04; WSR 02-04-075, § 308-330-320, filed 2/1/02, effective 3/4/02; WSR 94-
23-029, § 308-330-320, filed 11/8/94, effective 12/9/94; WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-320, filed 12/13/93, effective
7/1/94.]
308-330-322
RCW sections adopted -Transportation of hazardous materials.
The following section of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) and Washington Administrative Code
(WAC) pertaining to transportation of hazardous materials as now or hereafter amended is hereby adopted by
reference as a part of this chapter in all respects as though such section were set forth herein in full: RCW
46.48.170, 46.48.175 and 46.48.185 and chapter 446-50 WAC.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 9740-068, § 308-330-322, filed 5/5/97, effective 6/5/97; WSR 94-01-082, §
308-330-322, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-325
RCW sections adopted -Accidents, reports.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to accidents and accident
reports as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects as
though such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.52.010, 46.52.020, 46.52.030, 46.52.040, 46.52.070,
46.52.080, 46.52.088, 46.52.090, and 46.52.101.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010, WSR 00-18-067, § 308-330-325, filed 9/1/00, effective 10/2/00; WSR 94-01-082,
§ 308-330-325, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-327
RCW sections adopted -Hulk haulers and scrap processors.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to hulk haulers and scrap
processors as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a pant of this chapter in all respects
as though such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.79.010 and 46.79.120.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-327, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
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308-330-330
RCW sections adopted—Motor vehicle wreckers.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to motor vehicle wreckers as
now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects as though
such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.80.010 and 46.80.060.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 15-24-0855 § 308-330-330, filed 11/30/15, effective 12/31/15; WSR 95-23-
042, § 308-330-330, filed 11/13/95, effective 12/14/95; WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-330, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-360
Owner of record presumed liable for costs when vehicle abandoned—Exception.
(1) The abandonment of any vehicle or automobile hulk shall constitute a prima facie presumption that the
last owner of record is responsible for such abandonment and thus liable for any costs incurred in removing,
storing, and disposing of any abandoned vehicle.
(2) A registered owner transferring a vehicle shall be relieved from personal liability under this section if he
or she transmits to the department a seller's report of sale as provided by RCW 46.12.650.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 15-24-085, § 308-330-360, filed 11/30/15, effective 12/31/15; WSR 94-01-
082, § 308-330-360, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-365
Contract with registered disposer to dispose of vehicles and hulks—Compliance required.
(1) The local authority may contract with any tow truck operator who is engaged in removing and storing of
vehicles and who is registered as a registered disposer by the department for the purpose of disposing of certain
automobile hullos, abandoned junk motor vehicles, and abandoned vehicles.
(2) Any registered disposer under contract to the local authority for the removing and storing of vehicles or
hullos shall comply with the administrative regulations relative to the handling and disposing of vehicles or
hullos as may be promulgated by the local authority or the director.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010, WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-365, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-370
Stolen and abandoned vehicles—Reports of—Recovery, report required, penalty—
Disposition.
It shall be the duty of the chief of police to report
immediately to the chief of the Washington state patrol all
motor vehicles reported to them as stolen or recovered, upon forms to be provided by the chief of the
Washington state patrol.
In the event that any motor vehicle reported as stolen has been recovered, failure of the person so reporting
the same as stolen to report the recovery thereof to the chief of police to whom such motor vehicle was reported
as stolen is a traffic infraction.
It shall be the duty of the chief of police to report to the chief of the Washington state patrol all vehicles or
automobile hullos found abandoned on a highway or at any other place and the same shall, at the direction of a
law enforcement officer, be placed in the custody of a tow truck operator registered pursuant to chapter 46.55
RCW.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 9740-068, § 308-330-370, filed 5/5/97, effective 6/5/97; WSR 94-01-082, §
308-330-370, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-400
Provisions of chapter refer to vehicles upon highway -Exception.
The provisions of this chapter relating to the operation of vehicles refer exclusively to the operation of
vehicles upon highways except:
(1) Where a different place is specifically referred to in a given section;
(2) The provisions of RCW 46.52.010, 46.52.020, 46.52.030, 46.52.070, 46.52.080, 46.52.090, and
46.61.5 00 through 46.61.530 shall apply upon highways and elsewhere throughout the jurisdiction of the local
authority.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 97-10-068, § 308-330400, filed 5/5/97, effective 6/5/97; WSR 9643-089, §
308-330400, filed 6/19/96, effective 7/20/96; WSR 94-23-029, § 308-330400, filed 11/8/94, effective 12/9/94; WSR 94-
01-082, § 308-330400, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.1
308-330403
Required obedience to traffic ordinance.
It is unlawful for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by this chapter.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330403, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330406
RCW sections adopted -Abandoned, unauthorized, and junk vehicle tow truck operators.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to abandoned, unauthorized,
and junk vehicle tow truck operators as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of
this chapter in all respects as though such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.55.010, 46.55.020,
46.55.0255 46.55.0359 46.55.037, 46.55.040, 46.55.050, 46.55.0609 46.55.0639 46.55.0705 46.55.0754 46.55.080,
46.55.085, 46.55.0905 46.55.100, 46.55.1059 46.55.1105 46.55.113, 46.55.1205 46.55.130, 46.55.1409 46.55.1505
46.55.160, 46.55.170, 46.55.230, and 46.55.240.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010, WSR 0048-067, § 308-330406, filed 9/1/00, effective 10/2/00; WSR 9740-0685
§ 308-330406, filed 5/5/97, effective 6/5/97; WSR 95-23-042, § 308-330406, filed 11/13/95, effective 12/14/95; WSR
94-01-082, § 308-330406, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-408
RCW sections adopted -Traffic laws, signs, signals, markings.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to obedience to and effect of
traffic laws, traffic signs, signals and markings as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as
a part of this chapter in all respects as though such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.61.005,
46.61.015, 46.61.020, 46.61.0211 46.61.022, 46.61.024, 46.61.0253 46.61.0309 46.61.0353 46.61.0509 46.61.055,
46.61.060, 46.61.065, 46.61.070, 46.61.072, 46.61.075, 46.61.080, and 46.61.085.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 9740-068, § 308-330408, filed 5/5/97, effective 6/5/97; WSR 94-01-082, §
308-330408, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330409
Traffic control devices required -Stopping, standing, and parking.
No prohibition, regulation, or limitation relating to stopping, standing, or parking imposed under this
chapter or any ordinance of the local authority for which traffic control devices are required shall be effective
unless official traffic control devices are erected and in place at the time of any alleged offense.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330409, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-412
Crossing new pavement and markings.
No person shall ride or drive any animal, bicycle, or vehicle, across any newly made pavement or freshly
applied markings on any highway when a sign, cone marker, or other warning device is in place warning
persons not to drive across such pavement or marking.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010, WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330412, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-415
RCW sections adopted -Right of way.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to vehicles and pedestrians
use of roadways, right of way, rights and duties as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as
a part of this chapter in all respects as though such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.61.1004
46.61.1055 46.61.110, 46.61.115, 46.61.120, 46.61.125, 46.61.130, 46.61.135, 46.61.140, 46.61.145, 46.61.150,
46.61.155, 46.61.1605 46.61.1654 46.61.180, 46.61.183, 46.61.184, 46.61.1854 46.61.190, 46.61.195, 46.61.2004
46.61.2029 46.61.205, 46.61.210, 46.61.212, 46.61.215, 46.61.220, 46.61.230, 46.61.235, 46.61.240, 46.61.245,
46.61.250, 46.61.255, 46.61.260, 46.61.261, 46.61.264, 46.61.266, and 46.61.269.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 4690.010, WSR 15-24-0855 § 308-330415, filed 11/30/15, effective 12/31/15; WSR 104&
0583 § 308-330415, filed 8/30/10, effective 9/30/10; WSR 00-18-067, § 30&330415, filed 9/1/00, effective 10/2/00;
WSR 9744685 § 308-330415, filed 5/5/97, effective 6/5/97; WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330415, filed 12/13/93, effective
7/1/94.]
308-330-421
RCW sections adopted -Turning, starting and stopping.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to turning, starting, signals on
stopping and turning, and special stops as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part
of this chapter in all respects as though such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.61.290, 46.61.2955
46.61.300, 46.61.305, 46.61.310, 46.61.315, 46.61.340, 46.61.345, 46.61.350, 46.61.355, 46.61.365, 46.61.370,
46.61.371, 46.61.3729 46.61.375, 46.61.380, and 46.61.385.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 00-18-067, § 308-330421, filed 9/1/00, effective 10/2/00; WSR 97-10-068,
§ 308-330421, filed 5/5/97, effective 6/5/97; WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330421, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.1
308-330-423
RCW sections adopted -Speed restrictions.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to speed restrictions as now
or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects as though such
sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.61.400, 46.61.415, 46.61.419, 46.61.425, 46.61.427, 46.61.428,
46.61.435, 46.61.440, 46.61.445, 46.61.450, 46.61.4554 46.61.460, 46.61.465, and 46.61.470.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 044&06l, § 308-330423, filed 8/27/04, effective 9/27/04; WSR 004&067,
§ 308-330423, filed 9/1/00, effective 10/2/00; WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330423, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-425
RCW sections adopted -Reckless driving, negligent driving, vehicular homicide and assault.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to reckless driving, negligent
driving, driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, vehicular homicide and assault as
now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects as though
such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.61.500, 46.61.502, 46.61.503, 46.61.504, 46.61.5054,
46.61.5055, 46.61.505714 46.61.5058, 46.61.506, 46.61.513, 46.61.517, 46.61.519, 46.61.5191, 46.61.5195,
46.61.5249, 46.61.525, 46.61.526, 46.61.5275 46.61.530, 46.61.535, 46.61.540, and 46.61.745.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 15-24-085, § 308-330425, filed 11/30/15, effective 12/31/15; WSR 11-20-
041, § 308-330425, filed 9/28/11, effective 10/29/11; WSR 99-04-070, § 308-330425, filed 2/1/99, effective 3/4/99.
Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010 and 1997 c 66 and c 229. WSR 97-16-041, § 308-330425, filed 7/31/97, effective
8/31/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010, WSR 9740-068, § 308-330425, filed 5/5/97, effective 6/5/97; WSR 95-
23-042, § 308-330425, filed 11/13/95, effective 12/14/95; WSR 94-23-029, § 308-330425, filed 11/8/94, effective
12/9/94; WSR 94-01-0823 § 308-330425, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-430
Obedience to angle -parking signs or markings.
Upon those highways which have been signed or marked for angle -parking, no person shall park or stand a
vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by such signs or markings.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330430, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-433
Parking not to obstruct traffic.
(1) No person shall park a vehicle upon a highway in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave
available less than ten feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic.
(2) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within an alley in such position as to block the driveway
entrance to any abutting property.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330433, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330436
Parking for certain purposes unlawful.
(1) No person shall park any vehicle upon any highway for the principle purpose of:
(a) Displaying advertising;
(b) Displaying such vehicle for sale,
(c) Selling merchandise from such vehicle, except when authorized.
(2) No person shall park any vehicle upon any roadway for the principle purpose of washing, greasing, or
repairing such vehicle except repairs necessitated by an emergency.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 9740-068, § 308-330436, filed 5/5/97, effective 6/5/97; WSR 94-01-082, §
308-330436, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-439
Standing in passenger loading zone.
No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle for any purpose or period of time other than for the
expeditious loading or unloading of passengers in any place marked as a passenger loading zone during hours
when the regulations applicable to the loading zone are effective, and then only for a period not to exceed three
minutes.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010, WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330439, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-442
Standing in loading zone.
(1) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle for any purpose or period of time other than for the
expeditious unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of property in any place marked as a loading zone
during hours when the provisions applicable to such zone are in effect. In no case shall the stop for loading and
unloading of property exceed thirty minutes.
(2) The driver of a vehicle may stop temporarily at a loading zone for the purpose of and while actually
engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any vehicle which is
waiting to enter or about to enter such zone to load or unload property.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 30&330442, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-445
Standing in a tow -away zone.
No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle in a place marked as a tow -away zone during hours when the
provisions applicable to such zone are in effect.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330445, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-448
Violating permits for loading or unloading at an angle to the curb.
It shall be unlawful for any permittee or other person to violate any of the special terms or conditions of any
permit issued by the traffic engineer for the backing of a vehicle to the curb for the purpose of loading or
unloading property.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330448, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330451
Standing or parking on one-way roadways.
In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways, no person shall stand or park a vehicle
upon the left-hand side of such one-way roadway unless signs are erected to permit such standing or parking.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-451, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330454
Stopping, standing, and parking of buses and taxicabs regulated.
(1) The operator of a bus shall not stop, stand, or park such vehicle upon any highway at any place other
than a designated bus stop. This provision shall not prevent the operator of a bus from temporarily stopping in
accordance with other stopping, standing, or parking regulations at any place for the purpose of and while
actually engaged in the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers or their baggage.
(2) The operator of a bus shall enter a bus stop or passenger loading zone on a highway in such a manner
that the bus when stopped to load or unload passengers or baggage shall be in a position with the right front
wheel of such vehicle not farther than eighteen inches from the curb and the bus approximately parallel to the
curb so as not to unduly impede the movement of other vehicular traffic.
(3) The operator of a taxicab shall not stop, stand, or park such vehicle upon any highway at any place other
than in a designated taxicab stand. This provision shall not prevent the operator of a taxicab from temporarily
stopping in accordance with other stopping, standing, or parking regulations at any place for the purpose of and
while actually engaged in the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.01,0. WSR 95-23-042, § 308-330-454, filed 11/13/95, effective 12/14/95; WSR 94-01-
082, § 30&330-454, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330457
Restricted use of bus stops and taxicab stands.
No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle other than a bus in a bus stop, or other than a taxicab in a
taxicab stand when any such stop or stand has been officially designated and appropriately signed, except the
driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop there for the purpose of, or while actually engaged in,
loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any bus, or taxicab waiting to enter
or about to enter such stop or stand.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330457, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-460
Right of way for parking.
The driver of any vehicle who first begins driving or maneuvering his/her vehicle into a vacant parking
space shall have a prior right of way to park in such place, and it shall be unlawful for another driver to attempt
to deprive him/her thereof by blocking his/her access or otherwise. For the purpose of establishing right of way
in this section it shall be considered proper to back into any but a front -m angle parking space.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330460, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330462
RCW sections adopted -Stopping, standing, and parking.
The following sections of the AO A
oe of Washington (RCW) pertaining to vehicle stopping, standing,
and parking as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects
as though such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.08.185, 46.61.560, 46.61.570, 46.61.575,
46.61.581, 46.61.582, 46.61.583, 46.61.585, 46.61.587, and 46.61.590.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 15-24-085, § 308-330462, filed 11/30/15, effective 12/31/15; WSR 13-21-
026, § 308-330462, filed 10/8/13, effective 11/8/13; WSR 9740-068, § 308-330462, filed 5/5/97, effective 6/5/97; WSR
94-01-082, § 308-330462, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-464
RCW sections adopted -Operation and restrictions.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to the operation of vehicles
and the restriction of certain acts and practices of vehicle operators and passengers as now or hereafter amended
are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects as though such sections were set forth
herein in full: RCW 46.61.600, 46.61.605, 46.61.6064 46.61.608, 46.61.610, 46.61.611, 46.61.612, 46.61.614,
46.61.615, 46.61.620, 46.61.625, 46.61.6305 46.61.635, 46.61.640, 46.61.645, 46.61.6554 46.61.660, 46.61.665,
46.61.6675 46.61.668, 46.61.670, 46.61.675, 46.61.680, 46.61.6854 46.61.687, 46.61.688, 46.61.690, 46.61.700,
46.61.705, 46.61.710, 46.61.720, 46.61.723, 46.61.725, 46.61.7305 46.61.735, and 46.61.740.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 15-24-085, § 308-330464, filed 11/30/15, effective 12/31/15; WSR 11-20-
041, § 308-330464, filed 9/28/11, effective 10/29/11; WSR 10-18-058, § 308-330464, filed 8/30/10, effective 9/30/10;
WSR 04-18-061, § 308-330464, filed 8/27/04, effective 9/27/04; WSR 02-04-075, § 308-330464, filed 2/1/02, effective
3/4/02; WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330464, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-466
Funeral processions.
(1) A funeral procession shall proceed to the place of interment by the most direct route which is both legal
and practicable.
(2) A funeral procession shall be accompanied by adequate escort vehicles for traffic control purposes as
determined by the chief of police.
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(3) All motor vehicles in a funeral procession shall be identified by having their headlights turned on or by
such other method as may be determined and designated by the chief of police.
(4) All motor vehicles in a funeral procession shall be operated as near to the right-hand edge of the
roadway as is practicable and shall follow the vehicle ahead as close as is practicable and safe.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330466, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-469
When permits required for parades and processions.
With the exception of funeral processions and parades of the armed forces of the United States, the military
forces of this state, and the forces of the police and fire departments, no processions or parades shall be
conducted on the highways within the jurisdiction of the local authority except in accordance with a permit
P
ssued by the chief of police and such other regulations as are set forth in this chapter which may be applicable.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330469, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330472
Interfering with processions.
(1) No person shall unreasonably interfere with a procession.
(2) No person shall operate a vehicle that is not part of a procession between the vehicles of the procession.
This provision shall not apply at intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic control devices unless a
police officer is present at such intersections to direct traffic so as to preserve the continuity of the procession.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330472, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-475
Boarding or alighting from vehicles.
No person shall board or alight from any vehicle while such vehicle is in motion.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-475, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-478
Unlawful riding.
No person shall ride upon any portion of a vehicle not designed or intended for the use of passengers. This
provision shall not apply to an employee engaged in the necessary discharge of a duty, or to persons riding
within truck bodies in space intended for merchandise.
[Statutory Authority: RCW X16.90.0.10. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330478, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
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RCW sections adopted—Operation of nonmotorized vehicles.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to the operation of
nonmotorized vehicles as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in
all respects as though such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.61.750, 46.61.755, 46.61.758,
46.61.760, 46.61.765, 46.61.7709 46.61.775, 46.61.780, and 46.61.790.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 02-04-075, § 308-330-481, filed 2/1/02, effective 3/4/02; WSR 94-01-082, §
308-330481, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-500
Bicycle license required.
No person who resides within the jurisdiction of the local authority shall ride or propel a bicycle on any
highway or upon any public path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles unless such bicycle has been
licensed and a license plate or decal is attached thereto as provided in WAC 308-330-500 through 30&330-540.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-500, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-505
Bicycle license application.
Application for a bicycle license and license plate or decal shall be made upon a form provided by and to the
chief of police. An annual license fee as prescribed by the local authority shall be paid to the local authority
before each license or renewal thereof is granted. Duplicate license plates or decals may be supplied for the
same cost as the original plate or decal in the event of loss of the plate or decal.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010, WSR 94-01-082, § 30&330-5055 filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-510
Issuance of bicycle license.
(1) The chief of police upon receiving proper application therefor is authorized to issue a bicycle license
which shall be effective for one calendar year.
(2) The chief of police shall not issue a license for any bicycle when he/she knows or has reasonable
grounds to believe that the applicant is not the owner of, or entitled to the possession of, such bicycle.
(3) The chief of police shall keep a record of the number of each license, the date issued, the name and
address of the person to whom issued, and a record of all bicycle license fees collected by him.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010, WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-510, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-515
Attachment of bicycle license plate or decal.
(1) The chief of police, upon issuing a bicycle license, shall also issue a license plate or decal bearing the
license number assigned to the bicycle, and the name of the local authority.
(2) Such license plate or decal shall be firmly attached to the rear mudguard or frame of the bicycle for
which issued in such position as to be plainly visible from the rear.
(3) No person shall remove a license plate or decal from a bicycle during the period for which issued except
upon a transfer of ownership or in the event the bicycle is dismantled and no longer operated upon any highway
within the jurisdiction of the local authority.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010, WSR 94-01-082, § 30M30-515, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-520
Inspection of bicycles.
The chief of police, or an officer assigned such responsibility, may inspect each bicycle before licensing the
same and may refuse a license for any bicycle which he/she determines is in unsafe mechanical condition.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 30&330-520, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-525
Renewal of bicycle license.
Upon the expiration of any bicycle license, the same may be renewed upon application and payment of the
same fee as upon an original application.
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[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-525, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-530
Bicycle transfer of ownership.
Upon the sale or other transfer of a licensed bicycle, the licensee shall remove the license plate or decal and
shall either surrender the same to the chief of police or may upon proper application, but without payment of
additional fee, have such plate or decal assigned to another bicycle owned by the applicant.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010, WSR 94-01-0821 § 308-330-530, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-535
Bicycle rental agencies.
A rental agency shall not rent or offer any bicycle for rent unless the bicycle is licensed and a license plate
or decal is attached thereto as provided herein and such bicycle is equipped with the equipment required by
RCW 46.61.780.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-535, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-540
Bicycle dealers.
Every person engaged in the business of buying or selling new or second-hand bicycles shall make a report
to the chief of police of every bicycle purchased or sold by such dealer, giving the name and address of the
person from whom purchased or to whom sold, a description of such bicycle by name or make, the frame
number thereof, and number of license plate or decal, if any, found thereon.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-540, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-545
Bicycles—Obedience to traffic control devices.
(1) Any person operating a bicycle shall obey the instructions of official traffic control devices applicable to
vehicles, unless otherwise directed by a police officer.
(2) Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right or left or U-turn is permitted, no person
operating a bicycle shall disobey the directions of any such sign, except where such person dismounts from the
bicycle at the right-hand curb or as close as is practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder to make
any such turn, in which event such person shall then obey the regulations applicable to pedestrians.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-545, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-550
Bicycles—Parking.
No person shall park a bicycle upon a highway other than:
(1) Off the roadway except in designated areas;
(2) Upon the sidewalk in a rack to support the bicycle,
(3) Against a building, or
(4) In such manner as to afford the least obstruction to pedestrian traffic.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-550, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-555
Bicycles—Riding on sidewalks.
(1) No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk in a business district.
(2) A person may ride a bicycle on any other sidewalk or any roadway unless restricted or prohibited by
traffic control devices.
(3) Whenever any person is riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk, such person shall yield the right of way to any
pedestrian.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-555, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-560
Bicycles—Penalties.
Violation of any provision of WAC 308-330-500 through 308-330-540 is a traffic infraction.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010, WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-5605 filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-565
Unclaimed bicycles.
All unclaimed bicycles in the custody of the police department shall be disposed of as provided in chapter
63.32 RCW.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-565, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-600
Parking meter spaces.
No person shall park a vehicle in any designated parking meter space during the restricted or regulated time
applicable to the parking meter zone in which such meter is located so that any part of such vehicle occupies
more than one such space or protrudes beyond the markings designating such space, except that a vehicle which
is of a size too large to be parked within a single designated parking meter space shall be permitted to occupy
two adjoining parking meter spaces when coins shall have been deposited in the parking meter for each space so
occupied as is required for the parking of other vehicles in such spaces.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-600, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-610
Parking meters—Deposit of coins and time limits.
(1) No person shall park a vehicle in any parking meter space alongside of and next to which a parking
meter has been installed during the restricted and regulated time applicable to the parking meter zone in which
such meter is located unless a United States coin or coins of the appropriate denomination as indicated on the
parking meter shall have been deposited therein, or shall have been previously deposited therein for an
unexpired interval of time, and said meter has been placed in operation.
(2) No person shall permit a vehicle within his/her control to be parked in any parking meter space during
the restricted and regulated time applicable to the parking meter zone in which such meter is located while the
parking meter for such space indicates by signal that the lawful parking time in such space has expired. This
provision shall not apply to the act of parking or the necessary time which is required to deposit immediately
thereafter a coin or coins in such meter.
(3) No person shall park a vehicle in any parking meter space for a consecutive period of time longer than
that limited period of time for which parking is lawfully permitted in the parking meter zone in which such
meter is located, irrespective of the number or amounts of the coins deposited in such meter.
(4) The provisions of this section shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more
restrictive provisions of this chapter prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles in
specified places or at specified times.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010, WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-610, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-620
Parking meters—Use of slugs prohibited.
No person shall deposit or attempt to deposit in any parking meter any bent coin, slug, button, or any other
device or substance as substitutes for United States coins.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 30&330-620, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-630
Tampering with parking meter.
No person shall deface, injure, tamper with, open, or wilfully break, destroy, or impair the usefulness of any
parking meter.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 30&330-630, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-640
Parking meters—Rule of evidence.
The parking or standing of any motor vehicle in a parking space, at which space the parking meter displays
the sign or signal indicating illegal parking, shall constitute a prima facie presumption that the vehicle has been
parked or allowed to stand in such space for a period longer than permitted by this chapter.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 30&330-640, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-650
Parking meters—Application of proceeds.
(1) The coins required to be deposited in parking meters are levied and assessed as fees to cover the
regulation and control of parking upon highways, the costs of parking meters, their installation, inspection,
supervision, operation, repair, and maintenance, control and use of parking spaces, and regulating the parking of
vehicles in parking meter zones; and the costs of acquiring, establishing, improving, maintaining, and operating
public off-street parking facilities.
(2) The coins deposited in parking meters shall be collected by the duly authorized agents of the local
authority and shall be deposited by them as directed by the local authority.
(3) The local authority shall pay from the moneys collected from parking meters the costs for any parking
meters purchased and installed as provided herein, and expenses incurred for their installation, inspection,
service, supervision, repair, and maintenance, for malting collections from such parking meters, and for the
enforcement of provisions herein applicable to parking meter zones. The net proceeds derived from the
operation of parking meters after the payment of such costs and expenses, may be used for parking studies and
for the acquisition, establishment, improvement, maintenance, and operation of public off-street parking
facilities.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 30&330-650, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-660
Service parking.
The chief of police is authorized to issue a permit for service parking upon payment of the fee prescribed by
the local authority and upon the following conditions.
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(1) Application shall be made to the chief of police on such forms as the chief of police shall prescribe. The
applicant shall set forth the applicant's business and the necessity for such permit. The chief of police shall
investigate the facts as necessary.
(2) If it appears that a necessity exists, the chief of police may authorize the issuance of such permit under
the conditions prescribed in this section.
(3) Upon issuance of the permit, the permittee shall be issued a hood to use in covering any parking meter.
As many hoods may be issued upon payment of the prescribed fee as the chief of police deems necessary or
convenient for the applicant. The hood shall be provided with a padlock, tow keys, and an identification card
attached with a blank space thereon.
(4) Upon entering any parking meter space available, the permittee shall place the hood over the parking
meter and lock the same and shall indicate in such blank space the exact place where the service work is being
rendered.
(5) The permittee shall not place the hood over any meter when the space is occupied by another vehicle,
and shall before vacating the space at the conclusion of the work remove the hood. The hood shall not be
allowed to remain in place for over one hour when the space is not occupied by an authorized vehicle, nor shall
it be allowed to remain in place after 6:00 p.m. on any weekday or on any Sunday or holiday. It shall not be
used during hours when parking or stopping in the parking meter space is prohibited. No vehicle licensed as a
passenger car shall be parked in the space covered by the hooded parking meter.
(6) The chief of police may revoke any permit if the service parking hood is used for any purpose other than
that authorized in this section or for any violation of this chapter. Upon revocation, the hood shall immediately
be returned to the police department and all fees paid shall be forfeited. Police officers finding such hood in use
shall investigate the use being made thereof, and if it is found in violation of this section shall report the facts to
the chief of police.
(7) Any permit issued under this section shall, unless revoked, be valid for a period of one year.
(8) The permittee shall also pay a deposit in an amount prescribed by the local authority at the time of
issuance of the hood, padlock, and keys, which shall remain the property of the local authority. In case a hood, a
padlock, or key becomes lost or destroyed or so defaced that it is no longer usable, the permittee shall forfeit
deposit.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-660, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-700
RCW sections adopted—Disposition of traffic infractions.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to the disposition of traffic
infractions as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by such reference as a pant of this chapter in all
respects as though such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.63.0104 46.63.0203 46.63.030, 46.63.040,
46.63.060, 46.63.0709 46.63.0739 46.63.0755 46.63.080, 46.63.0905 46.63.100, 46.63.110, 46.63.1205 46.63.130,
46.63.140, 46.63.151, 46.63.160, 46.63.170, and 46.63.180.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 15-24-085, § 308-330-700, filed 11/30/15, effective 12/31/15; WSR 11-20-
041, § 308-330-700, filed 9/28/11, effective 10/29/11; WSR 10-18-058, § 308-330-700, filed 8/30/10, effective 9/30/10;
WSR 0448-061, § 308-330-700, filed 8/27/04, effective 9/27/04; WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-700, filed 12/13/93,
effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-705
RCW sections adopted—Enforcement.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to traffic enforcement
agencies as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects as
though such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 46.64.010, 46.64.015, 46.64.025, 46.64.030, 46.64.035,
46.64.0483 46.64.050, and 46.64.055.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 4690.010. WSR 04-18-061, § 308-330-705, filed 8/27/04, effective 9/27/04; WSR 02-04-075,
§ 308-330-705, filed 2/1/02, effective 3/4/02; WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-705, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
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308-330-710
Penalties.
Unless another penalty is expressly provided by law, any person found to have committed an act designated
a traffic infraction under the provisions of these rules shall be punished by a penalty of not more than two
hundred fifty dollars.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-710, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-720
Citation on illegally parked vehicle.
Whenever any motor vehicle without driver is found parked, standing, or stopped in violation of this
chapter, the officer finding such vehicle shall take its registration number and may take any other information
displayed on the vehicle which may identify its user, and shall conspicuously affix to such vehicle a traffic
citation.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-720, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.1
308-330-730
Failure to comply with traffic citation attached to parked vehicle.
If a violator of any provision of this chapter on stopping, standing, or parking does not appear in response to
a traffic citation affixed to such motor vehicle within a period of five days, the clerk of the traffic court shall
send to the owner of the motor vehicle to which the traffic citation was affixed a letter informing him/her of the
violation and warning him/her that in the event such letter is disregarded for a period of five days, a warrant of
arrest will be issued.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-730, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-740
Presumption in reference to illegal parking.
(1) In any prosecution charging a violation of any law or regulation governing the stopping, standing, or
parking of a vehicle, proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was stopping, standing, or
parking in violation of any such law or regulation, together with proof that the defendant named in the
complaint was at the time of such violation, the registered owner of such vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a
prima facie presumption that the registered owner of such vehicle was the person who parked or placed such
vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, such violation occurred.
(2) The foregoing stated presumption shall apply only when the procedure as prescribed in WAC 308-330-
720 and 308-330-730 has been followed.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-740, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-800
RCW sections adopted—Traffic control devices.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to traffic control devices as
now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects as though
such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 47.36.005, 47.36.0605 47.36.110, 47.36.141, 47.36.180,
47.36.2005 47.36.2109 47.36.2204 47.36.230, and 47.36.250.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 04-18-0613 § 308-330-800, filed 8/27/04, effective 9/27/04; WSR 9740-068,
§ 308-330-800, filed 5/5/97, effective 6/5/97; WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-800, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-810
RCW sections adopted—Limited access facilities.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to limited access facilities as
now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects as though
such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 47.52.010, 47.52.011, 47.52.040, 47.52.110, and 47.52.120.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-810, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-815
RCW sections adopted—Alcoholic beverage control.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to drinking in public
conveyance as now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects
as though such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 66.44.240 and 66.44.250.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330415, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-820
RCW sections adopted—Guide and service dogs.
The following sections of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to guide and service dogs as
now or hereafter amended are hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects as though
such sections were set forth herein in full: RCW 70.84.020, 70.84.021, and 70.84.040.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 94-01-082, § 308-330-820, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-825
RCW sections adopted—Littering.
The following section of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to littering as now or hereafter
amended is hereby adopted by reference as a part of this chapter in all respects as though such section were set
forth herein in full: RCW 70.93.030, 70._93.050, 70.93.060, and 70.93.097.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010. WSR 97-10-068, § 308-330-825, filed 5/5/97, effective 6/5/97; WSR 94-01-082, §
308-330-825, filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]
308-330-910
Uniformity of interpretation.
This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the
laws of those local authorities which enact it.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.90.010, WSR 94-01-0825 § 308-330-9103 filed 12/13/93, effective 7/1/94.]