§ 12.08.050. Speed limit exemptions.

The sheriff and any of his deputies are exempt from the speed limits imposed by subsection (A)(9) of Section 12.08.030 and subsection (C) of Section 12.08.040 while driving a sheriff's patrol boat under all of the following conditions:

A.

If the boat is being driven in response to an emergency call or is engaged in rescue operations or in pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law;

B.

If the driver of the boat sounds a siren as may reasonably be necessary in the circumstances, and the boat displays a lighted blue lamp visible from the bow as a warning to other persons using the body of water in the vicinity of the boat.

(Ord. 1287 § 1 (part), 2007: Ord. 1237 § 2 (part), 2004)