§ 2.34.010. Identification cards.

A.

When requiring members of the public to provide identification, each city department shall accept as valid identification of the person a photo identification card issued by another country to its citizens or nationals, if the card meets the following requirements:

1.

The issuing country authorizes the use of the card as an alternative to a passport for re-entry into the issuing country; and

2.

The card has a photograph of the person and the person's date of birth; and

3.

The card meets standards established by the City Manager to ensure that (1) the applicant was required to provide reliable identifying information in order to obtain the card and (2) the card has features reasonably designed to protect against fraud and counterfeit reproduction.

B.

The City Manager shall compile and make readily available to city departments a list of the identification cards and the issuing countries that the City Manager has determined meet the requirements of this section. Any city department and any member of the public may request the City Manager to review an identification card for compliance with the requirements of this section.

C.

The City Manager may issue a waiver from the requirements of this section based on security considerations.

D.

The requirements of this Section do not apply under circumstances where (1) a federal or state statute, administrative regulation or directive, or court decision requires the city to obtain different identification, (2) a federal or state statute or administrative regulation or directive preempts local regulation of identification requirements, or (3) the city would be unable to comply with a condition imposed by a funding source, which would cause the city to lose funds from that source.

E.

Nothing in this section is intended to prohibit city departments from asking for additional information from individuals in order to verify a current address or other facts that would enable the department to fulfill responsibilities.

F.

No city department is required to accept the identification required by this section if it has reasonable grounds for determining that the identification card provided by an individual is counterfeit, altered, improperly issued to the cardholder, or otherwise not accurate identification.

G.

The head of each department shall issue appropriate notification and instruction to members of the department of the requirements of this section.

H.

Where there is a conflict between this section and any provision of a city ordinance or implementing regulation in effect at the time that this section is approved, the provisions of this section shall prevail.

I.

In undertaking the adoption and enforcement of this ordinance, the city is assuming an undertaking only to promote the general welfare. It is not assuming, nor is it imposing on its officers and employees, an obligation for breach of which it is liable in money damages to any person who claims that such breach proximately caused injury.

(Ord. 12403 § 1, 2002)