§ 14.44.010. Definition—Publicly, privately owned.

The term "authorized emergency vehicle" means a vehicle permitted to depart from certain traffic laws as provided herein when equipped with an approved red light and an approved siren, and includes:

(a)

A vehicle publicly owned and operated in the performance of his duty as a member of any of the following organizations:

(1)

Police, fire, and sheriff department vehicles.

(2)

Ambulances of public agencies.

(3)

Lifeguard or lifesaving vehicles.

(4)

State, county and city traffic law enforcement departments.

(b)

Vehicles publicly maintained in whole or in part by the state, or city, or county and privately owned and operated by a member of and who receives salary from and is regularly employed by a police department, or by a sheriff's office, or traffic law enforcement department, and such vehicles shall be authorized emergency vehicles but only under each and all of the following conditions:

(1)

When such vehicle has such a permit from the department of motor vehicles.

(2)

Where such person operates such vehicle so owned by him in responding to emergency calls or fire alarms or highway patrol duty or operates such vehicle in the pursuit of actual or suspected violators of the law.

(3)

When the state, county or city does not furnish to such officer a publicly owned vehicle for the purposes stated in paragraph (2).

(Ord. 230 § 14(A), 1965)