HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007ORDINANCE NO. ?/,/d-,7
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles
making it a crime for minors to be
wilfully present where intoxicating
liquor is being unlawfully possessed
or consumed, and repealing Ordinance
No. 1630.
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City Council of the
7 City of Port Angeles to establish rules regulating the use of
8 intoxicants by persons under the age of 21 years; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT
GELES as follows:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person in con-
trol of a motor vehicle to permit any person under the age of
twenty -one (21) years to consume intoxicating liquor in said
vehicle.
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Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person under
the age of twenty -one (21) years to be wilfully present on any
premises or in any vehicle in which intoxicating liquor is being un-
lawfully possessed or consumed contrary to state law, and every
person voluntarily in said vehicle or present on said premises with
knowledge of the fact that intoxicating liquor is unlawfully being
possessed or consumed, shall be equally guilty with the person or
persons possessing or consuming intoxicating liquor contrary to
state law or city ordinance as now existing or hereafter amended.
Section 3. In any proceeding under the foregoing section,
presence at a party or social gathering or in a vehicle where
intoxicating liquor is being consumed contrary to city ordinances
or state law shall establish prima facie knowledge of unlawful
consumption.
Section 4. Penalties: Every person who is convicted of
a violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall be punished
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1 by a fine of not more than Two Hundred Fifty ($250) Dollars.
2 Section 5. Severability Clause: If any provision of
3 this ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance
4 is held invalid, the remainder of this ordinance, or the applica-
5 tion of the provisions to other persons or circumstances is not
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7 Section 6. Repealer: Ordinance No. 1630 is hereby
8 repealed.
9 PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
10 at a regular meeting of the Council held on the 17 day
11 of AQ.crn.Q¢su , 197g.
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17 Marian C..-Parri_sh, City Clerk
18 APPROVED AS TO F
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20 C. T. Walrath, City Attorney
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