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BLACK HAWK COUNTY RECORDER
CITY OF WATERLOO
This Ordinance prepared by Nancy Eckert, City Clerk, 715 Mulberry
Street, Waterloo, Iowa.
ORDINANCE NO. 4674
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2003 TRAFFIC CODE
BY REPEALING SUBSECTION 2 OF SEC. 491,
SAFETY BELTS AND SAFETY HARNESSES—USE
REQUIRED; AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW
SUBSECTION 2 OF SEC. 491, SAFETY BELTS AND
SAFETY HARNESSES—USE REQUIRED.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLO, IOWA:
That Subsection 2 of Section 491, Safety Belts and Safety
Harnesses—Use Required, of the 2003 Traffic Code, is hereby
repealed in its entirety; that a new Subsection 2 of Section
491, Safety Belts and Safety Harnesses—Use Required, of the 2003
Traffic Code, is hereby enacted in lieu thereof as follows :
SEC. 491 . SAFETY BELTS AND SAFETY HARNESSES--USE REQUIRED.
2 . The driver and front seat occupants of a type of motor
vehicle which is subject to registration in Iowa, except a
motorcycle or a motorized bicycle, shall each wear a properly
adjusted and fastened safety belt and safety harness any time
the vehicle is in forward motion on a street or highway in this
city except that a child under six years of age shall be secured
as required under Section 492 .
This subsection does not apply to:
(a) The driver or front seat occupants of a motor vehicle
which is not required to be equipped with safety belts
or safety harnesses .
(b) The driver and front seat occupants of a motor vehicle
who are actively engaged in work which requires them
to alight from and reenter the vehicle at frequent
intervals, providing the vehicle does not exceed
twenty-five miles per hour between stops .
(c) The driver of a motor vehicle while performing duties
as a rural letter carrier for the United States postal
service . This exemption applies only between the
first delivery point after leaving the post office and
the last delivery point before returning to the post
office .
(d) Passengers on a bus .
(e) A person possessing a written certification from a
health care provider licensed by the State of Iowa on
a form provided by the Iowa Department of
Transportation that the person is unable to wear a
safety belt or safety harness due to physical or
medical reasons . The certification shall specify the
time period for which the exemption applies . The time
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period shall not exceed twelve months, at which time a
new certification may be issued unless the certifying
health care provider is from a United States military
facility, in which case the certificate may specify a
longer period of time or a permanent exemption.
(f) Front seat occupants of an authorized emergency
vehicle while they are being transported in an
emergency. However, this exemption does not apply to
the driver of the authorized emergency vehicle .
INTRODUCED: March 1, 2004
PASSED 1ST CONSIDERATION: March 1, 2004
PASSED 2ND CONSIDERATION: March 1, 2004
PASSED 3RD CONSIDERATION: March 1, 2004
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Waterloo, Iowa, on the 1st day of March, 2004, and approved by
the Mayor this 3rd day of March, 2004 .
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Tim Hurley, Maydr
ATTEST:
Nancy Eckell City Clerk
CERTIFICATE
I , Nancy Eckert, City Clerk of the City of Waterloo, Iowa,
do hereby certify that the preceding is a true and complete copy
of Ordinance No. 4674 as passed and adopted by the Council of
the City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 1st day of March, 2004 .
`,Witness my hand and seal of office this 3rd day of March,
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S Al 4Nancy Eck , City Clerk