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WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO 760
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 570 AS
AMENDED BY ORDINANCES NOS. 727 AND 745 AND
CHAPTER 8.04 OF THE TUKWILA MUNICIPAL CODE,
MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS, USE OR SELL
CERTAIN NARCOTICS AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON,
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS
That Ordinance No. 570, as amended by Ordinances Nos.
727 and 745, and Chapter 8.04 of the Tukwila Municipal Code, be
amended by adding thereto additional sections as follows
Section 31. Unlawful to Use or Be Under Influence
of Narcotics Exception.
It shall be unlawful, except when lawfully administered
in good faith by a physician or other person authorized by law
so to do, for any person to use or be under the influence of
opium, morphine, cocaine, hydrate of chloral, isonipecaine,
amidone, isosmidone, keto bemidone, or any other substance neither
chemically nor physically distinguishable from any one of them or
any opiate or narcotic or derivative thereof. An individual is
"under the influence" of narcotics for the purpose of this section
when any of his normal faculties are substantially affected or
impaired as a result of the use of such opiate or narcotic or
derivative thereof.
Section 32. Unlawful to Possess Narcotics Without
Proper License or Prescription.
It shall be unlawful for any person not being regis-
tered or licensed as is required by the Federal Act of December 17,
1914, commonly known as the Harrison Act, (Sec. 3221, Title 26,
Ch. 27, United States Code Annotated, and the Controlled Sub-
stance Act of October 27, 1970 Public Law 91 -513), to possess
any opium, morphine, cocaine, hydrate of chloral, isonipecaine,
amidone, isosmidone, keto bemidone, or any other substance
neither chemically nor physically distinguishable from any one
of them, or any opiate or narcotic or derivative thereof unless
purchased by the possessor thereof upon prescription of a physician
or other person licensed by law to dispense such narcotic or
narcotic drug.
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Section 33. Unlawful to Sell or Give Away Narcotics
Without Prescription Prescription
Record.
It shall be unlawful for any apothecary, pharmacist,
druggist or other person, to sell, give away, exchange, barter or
otherwise dispose of, any. opium, morphine, cocaine, hydrate of
chloral, isonipecaine, amidone, isosmidone, keto bemidone, or
any other substance neither chemically nor physically distinguish-
able from any one of them, or any narcotic, the principal ingredi-
ent of which is opium or any narcotic substance or preparation.
derived in any part from and containing as principal ingredient
any opium, morphine, cocaine, hydrate of chloral, isonipecaine,
ami,done, isosmidone, keto- bemidon.e, or any other substance
neither chemically nor physically distinguishable from any one
of them, or any narcotic, to any person or persons, except to a
physician, surgeon or dentist, for use in his profession or call-
ing, or upon the written prescription of a physician, surgeon or
other person licensed to issue such prescription; and unless he
shall keep in a suitable and well -bound book, kept and used for
that purpose only, a true and consecutive memorandum record of
every such sale, gift, exchange, barter or disposition, showing
the time when, the place where, the name of the proprietor or
other person by whom, and the name of the person to whom, the
same was made, and the quantity and kind of narcotic, and the
name of the physician or surgeon upon whose prescription the same
was made, if made upon a prescription, and the number of the pre-
scription; and unless he shall place and keep on file all such
prescriptions consecutively numbered. Such book and prescrip-
tions shall be a public record and shall be open at all reason-
able times to the inspection of the mayor, the director of health
and sanitation, the chief of police or any officer, the city
attorney, and any person specially authorized by the mayor; and
it shall be unlawful for any such apothecary, pharmacist, druggist
or other person to fail or refuse to exhibit such book and pre-
scriptions to any of the above named officers upon demand.
Section 34. Prescribing Narcotics Quantity Limited.
It shall be unlawful to prescrihe opium, morphine, cocaine,
hydrate of chloral, isonipecaine, amidone, isosmidone, keto bemidone,
or any other substance neither chemically nor physically dis-
tinguishable from any one of them, or any opiate or narcotic
drug or derivative thereof, in such manner as to leave the quan-
tity of the dose or the frequency of the taking of any dose to
the discretion of the person to whom such prescription is issued;
and it shall be unlawful for any person dispensing any such
narcotic or narcotic drug to furnish the same upon any such
prescription.
Section 35. Sale, Possession. or Use of Dangerous
Drugs Definitions and Requirements.
(a) It is unlawful to sell, give away, barter, exchange,
distribute, possess or use any dangerous drug except as now or
hereafter authorized or permitted by the laws of the State of
Washington, or except upon the written or oral order or prescrip-
tion of a physician, surgeon, dentist or veterinary surgeon lic-
ensed to practice in the state, which order or prescription shall
not be refilled without the written or oral order of the prescriber.
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(b) The term "dangerous drug" for the purpose of
this ordinance shall mean and include any of the following
drugs:
1. Amytal, luminal, veronal, barbital, acid
diethyl barbituric, or any salts, derivatives
or compounds thereof, or any preparation or
compound containing any of such substances, or
their salts, derivatives, or compounds, or any
registered, trademarked, or copyrighted prep-
aration or compound registered in the United
States Patent Office containing more than one
grain to the avoirdupois or fluid ounce of such
substances;
2. Amphetamine, destroamphetamin.e, dimethyl-
tryptamine, lysergic acid, psilocin, marihuana
(cannabis sativa), mescaline, peyote, or any
salts, derivatives, or compounds thereof, or
any preparation or compound containing any of
the foregoing substances, or their salts, de-
rivatives, or compounds, or any registered,
trademarked, or copyrighted preparation or com-
pound registered in the United States Patent
Office containing such substances;
3. Any drug found by federal law or regulation
or Washington State law or pharmacy board regu-
lation to have a potential for abuse because of
its depressant or stimulant effect on the central
nervous system or because of its hallucinogenic
effect, or which is required by any applicable
federal law or regulation or Washington State
law or pharmacy board regulation to be used only
on prescription of a physician, surgeon, dentist
or veterinary surgeon licensed to practice in
the state.
Section 36. Unlawful to Possess Without Prescrip-
tion
It is unlawful to possess any drug mentioned in
Sections 32 and 35 hereof purchased or acquired pursuant to an
order or prescription except in the container in which so
purchased or acquired.
Section 37. Unlawful to Possess Unless Specifically
Prescribed for Person in Possession.
It is unlawful to possess any drugs mentioned in
Sections 32 and 35 unless the possessor of same be licensed to
have the same in his possession, or be the party for whom the
drug in question has been specifically prescribed by a physician
or other person licensed by law to dispense the same, or be the
duly authorized representative of the party for whom the drug
has been prescribed.
Section 38. Unlawful to Administer Except as Pre-
scribed.
It is unlawful to use or administer any drug mentioned
in Sections 32 and 35 hereof except in the amount, for the
purposes, and as prescribed by the order of prescription pur-
suant to which the same was acquired.
Section 39. Unlawful to be Under Influence in
Public Place.
It is unlawful to be under the influence of any drug
within the purview of this chapter in any private premises or
house to the annoyance of any individual or in a public place,
in a vehicle in or on a public place, or in a place open to the
public view or to which the public has access. An individual
is "under the influence" of a drug for the purpose of this
section when any of his normal faculties are substantially
affected or impaired as a result of the use of such drug.
Section 40. Prosecution for Violation Alleging
Offense.
In any prosecution for violation of this chapter it
shall not be necessary to negate any exception, proviso or
exemption contained in such chapter and the burden of proof of
such exception, proviso or exemption shall be upon the defendant.
Section 41. Unlawful Possession of Injection
Devices.
It shall be unlawful for any person to possess any
hypodermic needle, syringe, or similar device which may be adapted
or used for injecting drugs or other substances by subcutaneous or
intracutaneous injection into the body, unless such possession be
authorized for medical or physical treatment by a licensed medi-
cal doctor or osteopathic physician; provided, however, that the
provisions contained in this section shall not apply to manu-
facturers, jobbers, licensed medical tehnicians, hospitals,
nursing homes, technologists, nurses, laboratories, research
teaching institutes, medical doctors, osteopathic physicians,
dentists, veterinarians, pharmacists, embalmers, drug stores and
drug distributors selling or using such devices in the ordinary
and legal course of their respective business, trades or
professions.
Section 42. Possession as Prima Facie Evidence of
Violation.
In any prosecution under this chapter it shall be compe-
tent to prove that any person has in his possession any of the
narcotics or narcotic drugs named herein, or their derivatives,
and /or any drug mentioned in Sections 32 and 35, or injection
devices set forth in Section 41; and such possession and the
proof thereof shall be prima facie evidence that said narcotic
or dangerous drug was so held in violation of the terms of this
chapter; except under circumstances where the substance in ques-
tion was prescribed by a physician or doctor or other licensed
person for the party who has the same in his or her possession
and such substance is in the container in which it was purchased
or acquired, or the party in possession is the duly authorized
representative of the person for whom the substance was pre-
scribed.
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Section 43. Unlawful to Aid or Abet Furnishing
Certain Drugs to Persons in Jail or
Custody of Police.
It is unlawful for any person not acting under the
direction of the director of public health to furnish, or aid
or abet the furnishing of, any opium, morphine, cocaine, hydrate
of chlora isonipecaine, amidone, isosmidone, keto- bemidon.e, or
any substance neither chemically nor physically distinguishable
from any one of them, or any opiate or narcotic, or narcotic
derivative thereof, or any of the "dangerous drugs" mentioned
in. Section 35, to any person confined in the city jail or in
the custody of the police department, unless the substance in
question be lawfully prescribed for said person by a doctor or
physician and is given to such person under the direction of
that person's physician or doctor.
Section 44. Places of Resort for Users of
Narcotics and /or Dangerous Drugs
Declared Nuisance.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation
or agent, holding, leasing, renting, occupying or having charge
and control of, any building, structure or premises, or room or
rooms therein, to permit the same to be used as a place of
resort for persons known to be users of narcotics, narcotic
drugs, or dangerous.. drugs (mentioned in Sections 32 or 35) or
to permit therein the unlawful sale, gift or distribution of
narcotics, narcotic drugs, or dangemmcdrugs (mentioned in
Sections 32 and 35) and any such place, or any place which is
a resort for users of narcotics, narcotic drugs, or dangerous
drugs (mentioned in Sections 32 and 35) is hereby declared to
be a public nuisance, and may be abated as such in the manner
provided by this chapter.
Section 45. Abatement of Places of Resort.
Any building, structure, premises, or room or rooms
therein, constituting a nuisance as defined in this chapter,
may be abated in a civil action in the manner provided by law;
or the court upon final judgment of conviction for violation
of this chapter of any person found therein at the time of his
arrest may forthwith and as a part of the same proceeding,
direct the chief of police to abate any such place as a nuisance;
or the chief of police, upon ascertaining that any such place is
a nuisance as defined by this chapter, may proceed to summarily
abate the same. Such abatement shall be effected by closing and
securely locking the placeabated and excluding all persons there-
from. It shall be unlawful for any owner, agent, lessee, tenant,
person in charge or occupant, to enter, use or occupy any building,
structure or premises, or room or rooms therein, abated as a
nuisance under the provisions of this chapter, from and for a
period of one year after the date of such abatement, unless he
as principal shall theretofore give and file with the city clerk
a good and sufficient surety bond, to be approved by the court
making the order of abatement, or in case of summary abatement
to be approved by the chief of police, in the penal sum of One
Thousand Dollars, payable to the City of Tukwila, conditioned
that such building, structure or premises, or room or rooms
therein, will not thereafter be used in violation of this chap-
ter; and that he will pay all fines, cost and damages assessed
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against him for any violation of this chapter; and in case of
the violation of any of the conditions of such bond the whole
amount may be recovered as a penalty for the use of the City.
Section. 46. Unlawful to Frequent or Be in Place
Where Narcotics and /or Dangerous Drugs
are Unlawfully Kept, Used or Disposed of.
It is unlawful for anyone, not lawfully authorized to
frequent, enter, be in, or be found in, any place where nar-
cotics, narcotic drugs, their derivatives, or dangerous drugs
(mentioned in Sections 32 and 35) are unlawfully used, kept
or disposed of.
Section 47. Penalty for Violations.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate or
fail to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine in any sum not to exceed Five Hundred
Dollars, or be imprisoned in the city jail for a term not to
exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 48. Provisions of Chapter Cumulative.
This chapter shall be cumulative to, and of, existing
ordinances and shall not be construed as a repeal or modifica-
tion of any other ordinance or part thereof; but all such ordin-
ances are continued as in full force and effect as if this chap-
ter had not been enacted. If any provision of this chapter, or
its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid,
the remainder of this chapter, or the application of the provis-
ion to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL Of the City of Tukwila,
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Washington, and approved by the Mayor this 6# day of Jawaaryl, 1973.
Approved as to Form:
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