11.49.010 Authorized use of automated traffic safety cameras.
A. Law enforcement officers of the city of Bellevue and persons commissioned by the Bellevue police department are authorized to use automated traffic cameras and related automated systems to detect one or more of the following: (1) stoplight violations; and (2) school speed zone violations.
B. The use of automated traffic safety cameras is subject to the following restrictions:
1. Use of traffic safety cameras is restricted to arterial intersections and school speed zones only; and
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.
C. The city shall clearly mark all locations where automated traffic safety cameras are in use by placing signs in locations that clearly indicate to the driver that he or she is entering a zone where traffic laws are enforced by an automated traffic safety camera. (Ord. 5868 § 1, 2009.)