12.68.030 Application procedure.
A. An immediate family member, or another person who submits the written consent of an immediate family member, may apply to sponsor a sign memorializing the deceased, including a deceased who caused their own death by being an intoxicated driver or an at-fault driver.
B. The applicant must complete and return a memorial sign application on forms furnished by the city. The application must include the following attachments:
1. A copy of the accident report.
2. For an accident involving an intoxicated driver:
a. Court records showing that the intoxicated driver was convicted of second degree murder, gross vehicular manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter under RCW 46.61.520(1)(a), or that the driver could not be prosecuted because of mental incompetence; or
b. If the intoxicated driver could not be prosecuted due to their death, proof of intoxication from coroner’s records.
3. In the absence of the documents set forth in subsections (B)(1) and (2) of this section, the city may consider other documents presented by the applicant that the city deems to be equally reliable sources of information in evaluating the application. (Ord. 6149 §§ 1, 2, 2007.)