Title
Approval of an Emergency Ordinance Adding a New Chapter 10.06 to the Olympia Municipal Code Relating to Certain Driving Offenses, Directly Incorporating by Reference Certain Statutes from the Revised Code of Washington, Amending Olympia Municipal Code Section 10.04.020, Declaring an Emergency, and Establishing an Immediate Effective Date - FIRST AND FINAL READING
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve, on first and final reading, the Emergency Ordinance adding a new Chapter 10.06 to the Olympia Municipal Code relating to driving offenses, directly incorporating by reference certain statutes from the Revised Code of Washington, amending Olympia Municipal Code Section 10.04.020, declaring an emergency, and establishing an immediate effective date.
Report
Issue:
Whether t to approve, on first and final reading, the Emergency Ordinance adding a new Chapter 10.06 to the Olympia Municipal Code relating to driving offenses, directly incorporating by reference certain statutes from the Revised Code of Washington, amending Olympia Municipal Code Section 10.04.020, declaring an emergency, and establishing an immediate effective date.
Staff Contact:
Mark Barber, City Attorney, 360.753.8223
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
With the move of Olympia Court services to Thurston County District Court, the Chief Prosecutor has been reviewing City code to make it more user friendly and transparent for City staff, the court, and the public. To that end, the prosecutor's office wishes to move certain statutes to a new chapter in the Olympia Municipal Code (OMC), adopting by reference certain driving offenses from the Revised Code of Washington. While many of these statutes have been traditionally incorporated through adoption of the Model Traffic Code (MTO) under OMC Section 10.04.010, this method of incorporation can make statutes difficul...
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