10.42.010 Authorized use of automated traffic safety cameras – Restrictions.
A. Law enforcement officers of the city of Auburn and persons or entities authorized by the city are authorized to use automated traffic cameras and related automated systems to detect one or more of the following: (1) stoplight violations; (2) railroad crossing violations; and (3) school speed zone violations.
B. The city’s use of automated traffic safety cameras is subject to the following restrictions:
1. Use of automated traffic safety cameras is restricted to intersections of two or more arterials with traffic control signals that have yellow change interval durations in accordance with RCW 47.36.022, railroad crossings, and school speed zones.
2. Automated traffic safety cameras may only take pictures of the vehicle and vehicle license plate and only while an infraction is occurring. Pictures taken by automated traffic safety cameras may not reveal the face of the driver or of the passengers in the vehicle.
3. Unless otherwise provided by law, all photographs, microphotographs, or electronic images, or any other personally identifying data prepared under this section, are for the exclusive use of law enforcement in the discharge of duties under this section.
C. At least 30 days prior to the activation of any automated traffic safety cameras, the city shall clearly mark all locations where automated traffic safety cameras are in use by placing signs in locations that clearly indicate to a driver that they are entering a zone where traffic laws are enforced by an automated traffic safety camera.
D. For the purposes of this chapter, “automated traffic safety camera” means a device that uses a vehicle sensor installed to work in conjunction with an intersection traffic control system, a railroad grade crossing control system, or a speed measuring device, and a camera synchronized to automatically record one or more sequenced photographs, microphotographs, or electronic images of the rear of a motor vehicle at the time the vehicle fails to stop when facing a steady red traffic control signal or an activated railroad grade crossing control signal, or exceeds a speed limit to a school speed zone as detected by a speed measuring device. (Ord. 6868 § 1 (Exh. A), 2022; Ord. 5957 § 1, 2005.)