§ 14.44.020. Authorized emergency vehicle permits to other vehicles.

A. Issuance. The department of motor vehicles may issue authorized emergency vehicle permits to other vehicles required to be operated primarily for the immediate preservation of life or property or for the apprehension of law violators. Such permits shall not be issued to vehicles when there are available comparable emergency type services provided by agencies referred to in Section 14.44.010.

B.

Eligible Vehicles. The issuance of authorized emergency vehicle permits to vehicles under this section shall be limited to:

(1)

Law enforcement agencies;

(2)

Fire-fighting equipment designed and operated exclusively as such;

(3)

Vehicle owned or operated by an agency of the United States engaged primarily in law enforcement work; and

(4)

Ambulances designed an operated exclusively as such.

C.

Ineligible Vehicles. Notwithstanding any provision contained in this section or in Section 14.44.010 the following shall not be considered emergency vehicles or be permitted to operate as such:

(1)

Tow trucks;

(2)

Public utility vehicles;

(3)

Vehicles used in merchant patrols;

(4)

Vehicles used in private escort service;

(5)

Privately owned vehicles of volunteer firemen;

(6)

Privately owned vehicles of reserve members of a police department or a sheriff's office; and

(7)

Vehicles of private detectives.

(Ord. 230 § 14(B), 1965)