HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE NO. 87061~1~
ORDINATvCE 8706
An ordinance adopting by reference the provisions of the Uniform Traffic
Act being Sections 115-301 to 115,3,101 of Oregon Compiled Laws Annotated, as
amended by Oregon Laws, 1941 in so far as applicable'in the City of Eugene, limit-
ing the penalty to the limitations of the Charter of the City of Eugene and
declaring an. emergency.
THE CITY OF EUGEv'E DOES OF'DAI1T AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The definition of the terms provided in the state Uniform
Traffic Act, Title 115, Chapter~3, Article 1, Section 115-301, Oregon Compiled
Laws Annotated, as amended by Oregon Laws 1941, together .with all amendments
of said section which are now or may hereafter be enacted, are hereby adopted
be reference and made a part of this ordinance. ,
Section 2. ADOPTION OF STATE TRAFFIC ACT. The following enumerated
sections of the State "Uniform Traffic Act", Title 115, Chapter 3, OCLA as amended
by Oregon Laws, 1941, together with all .amendments wTaich are now or hereafter
enacted, are hereby adopted by reference and made a part of this ordinance. The
sections so adopted are the following; 115-301; 115-302; 115;303; 115-304;
115-305; 115-306; 115-307; 115-308; 115-309; 115-310; 115-311; 115;312; 115-313;
115-314; 115-315; 115-316; 115-317; 115-318; 115-319; 115-320; 115-321; 115-822;
115-323;
115-332;
115-341;
115-350;
115-359;
115-368;
115-377;
115-386;
115-395;
115-324;
115-333;
115#342;
115-351;
115-360;
115-369;
115-378;
115-387;
115-396;
115-325;
115-334;
115-343;
115-352;
115-361;
115-370;
115-379;
115-388;
115-397;
115-326;
115-335#
115-344;
115-353;
115-362;
115-371;
115-380 ;
115-389;
115-398;
115-327; 115-328;
115-336;\'115-337;
115=345; 115-346;
115-354; 115-355;
115-363; 115-364;
115-3'72; 115-373;
115-381; 115-382;
115-390; 115-391;
115-399; 115-3,10
115-329;
115-338;
115-347;
115-356;
115-365;
115-374;
115-383;
115-392;
0, 115-3,
115-330;
115-339;
115-348;
'115-357
115-366;
115-375;
115-384;
115-393;
101.
115-331;
115-340;
115-349;
115-358;
115-367;
115-376;
115-385;
115-394;
Section 3. All alts which are made unalwful by the above mentioned sectio
of the State Motor Vehicle Laws shall be and are hereby declared to be offenses
against the City of Eugene when committed wihhin its boundaries and shall be
pumished by the penalties hereinafter provided.
Section 4. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of. this ordinance shall upon conviction in the Recorder's Court be sentenced to pa
a fine not to exceed X200.00 and not to exceed any fine provided for in the State
Uniform .Traffic Act and may be imprisoned in the city jail one day for each 2.00
of the fine unpaid .
Section 5. l'~THEREAS, violations of the traffic laws have become so numerous
and so deadly as to menace the lives and property of the people of the pity of
Eugene, an emergency is therefore declared to exist and tt is declared to be
necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health and safety of the
City of Eugene that this ordinance take effect upon its passage by the Common
Council and its approval by the Mayor, and it is so ordered.
Passed by the Common Council
this 15th day of December, 1941.
/s/ JOHN FIELDS
City Recorder pro-tem
Approved by the Mayor this
16th day of December, 1941.
/s/ ELISHA LARGE
Mayor
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