10.40.120 Alcoholic beverages in vehicles.
A. It is a traffic infraction:
1. To drink any alcoholic beverage in a motor vehicle when the vehicle is upon a highway.
2. For a person to have in his possession while in a motor vehicle upon a highway, a bottle, can, or other receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage if the container has been opened or a seal broken or the contents partially removed.
3. For the registered owner of a motor vehicle, or the driver if the registered owner is not then present in the vehicle, to keep in a motor vehicle when the vehicle is upon a highway a bottle, can, or other receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage which has been opened or a seal broken or the contents partially removed, unless the container is kept in the trunk of the vehicle or in some other area of the vehicle not normally occupied by the driver or passengers if the vehicle does not have a trunk. A utility compartment or glove department is deemed to be in the area occupied by the driver and passengers.
This section does not apply to a public conveyance that has been commercially chartered for group use or to the living quarters of a motor home or camper or except as otherwise provided by RCW 66.44.250 or any other provision of the Redmond Municipal Code, to any passenger for compensation in a for-hire vehicle licensed under city, county, or state law.
B. Any person violating subsection A of this section shall have committed a traffic infraction and shall be assessed a monetary penalty not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars. (Ord. 1166 § 1, 1983).