HomeMy WebLinkAbout1676ORDINANCE NO. /6'76
AN ORDINANCE relating to glue sniffing and defining
crime.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Port
Angeles as follows:
Section 1. As used in this Ordinance, the word "glue"
shall include any glue, cement, or other adhesive containing a
solvent having the property of releasing toxic vapors or fumes.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to inten-
tionally smell or inhale the fumes of any type of glue as defined
in Section 1 of this Ordinance or induce any other person to do so
for the purpose of causing a condition of, or inducing symptoms of
intoxication, elation, euphoria, dizziness, excitement, irrational
behavior, exhilaration, paralysis, stupefaction or dulling of the
senses of the nervous system, or for the purpose of, in any
manner, changing, distorting or disturbing the audio, visual or
mental processes: Provided, however, that this section shall not
apply to the inhalation of any anesthesia for medical or dental
purposes..
Section 3. No person shall, for the purpose of violating
Section 2 of this Ordinance, use, or possess for the purpose of so
doing, any glue containing a solvent having the property of
releasing toxic vapor or fumes.
Section 4. No person shall sell, offer to sell, deliver,
or give to any other person under eighteen years of age any tube
or other container of glue containing a solvent having the
property of releasing toxic vapors or fumes, if he has knowledge
that the product sold, offered for sale, delivered or given will
be used for the purpose set forth in Section 2 of this Ordinance.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles and
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approved by its Mayor at a regular meeting of the Council held on
this .5., ,j, day of Fek RUARy , 1970.
Attest:
City Clerk
Approved as to form:
PUBLISHED:/E,8, , /9 76