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ORDINANCE NO. 1534
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING ORDINANCE N0, 1048, KNOWN AS THE TRAFFIC
CODE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, RELATING TO THE
OPERATION OF VEHICLES WITHOUT AN OPERAT ORIS LICENSE
OR DURING THE PERIOD OF SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION
THEREOF; EXCEPTIONS THERETO FOR MEMBERS OF THE
MILITARY SERVICE, AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR
THE VI OLATI ONS THEREFOR.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Existing Section 3 of Chapter IX (Miscellaneous),
as amended, of Ordinance No. 1048, known and designated as the Traffic
Code of the City of Renton, reading as follows:
"EXIST—M, SECTION 3 of Chapter, IX. OPERATION WITHOUT LICENSE
UNLAWFUL --EXCEPTIONS OF FARM AND ROAD MACHINERY AND MILITARY AND NAVAL
VEHICLES. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle
upon any of the public highways of this City unless such person shall have
in his possession a current and valid vehicle operator's license issued
on his own application asprovided in this chapter: provided, no person
shall be required to obtain an operator's license for the purposeof
driving or operating road machinery, or.any farm tractor or implement of
husbandry temporarily drawn, moved or propelled on a public highway
Provided, further, no person in the service of the army, navy, airforce,
marine corps or coast guard of the United States or in the service of
the national guard of this state or any other state when furnished with
their operator's permit and when operating an official motor vehicle
in such service shall be required to have a vehicle operator's license.
If the operator at the time charged with any violation of any
provisions of this Traffic Code was without an operator's license because
of a previous suspension or revocation, he shall, upon conviction , be
fined not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) and be sentenced to
not less than 90 days in jail. The penalty so imposed shall not be
suspended."
BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
AMENDED SECTION 3 of Chapter Me OPERATION WITHOUT LICENSE
UNLAWFUL --OPERATION DURING PERIOD WHILE LICENSE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED --
EXCEPTIONS TO LICENSE REQUIREMENT IN CASE OF FARM AND ROAD MACHINERY
AND MILITARY VEHICLES. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
a motor vehicle upon any of the public highways of this city unless such
person shall have in his possession a current and valid legal operator's
license issued on his own application as provided in this chapter; provided
no person shall. be required to obtain an operator's_ license for the
purpose of driving or operating road machinery, or any farm tractor or
implement of husbandry temporarily drawn, moved or propelled on a public
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highway; provided further no person in the military service of the
United States or the National Guard of this State or any other state
when furnished with their operator's permit and when operating an
official motor vehicle in such service shall be required to have a
vehicle operator's license:.
3-a. If the operator is charged with the offense of operating
a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor or affected by the.
use of intoxicating liquor or any narcotic drug, as defined in Section
45 of this Code, as amended, and such operator was, at the time of the
offense charged, without an operator's license because of a previous
suspension or revocation, then upon conviction thereof, the mini mum
mandatory jail sentence and fine shall be 30 days and a $100.00 fine
respectively, and neither the jail sentence nor the fine so imposed
shall be suspended.
3-b. If a person operates a motor vehicle while his operator's
license is suspended, revoked or cancelled, he shall, upon conviction
thereof, unless otherwise provided in Paragraph 3-a hereinabove, be
Punished by imprisonment in the City Jail for not.more than 30 days or
by a fine of not more than $100.00, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION II: Ordinance No. 1516 and all other ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby re-
pealed and superseded.
SECTION III: Should any section, clause or provisions of this
ordinance be declared by the courts to be invalid, the same shall not
affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any part thereof,
other than the part so declared to be invalid.
SECTION IV: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval and legal publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 13th of December, 1955.
oyW. Sha f, C erk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 13th day of December, 1955,
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ed as to for
s Flayor
erard M. Shellan. Asst City , , * Date of publication: December 22. 1955_