No transfer ticket or written or printed instrument giving or purporting to give the right of transfer to any person from a public conveyance operated upon one line or route of a bus system to a public conveyance upon another line or route of the bus system of which such bus is a part, or from one bus to another upon the same line of said bus system, shall be issued, sold or given except to a person lawfully entitled thereto.
Any person who shall issue, sell or give away such a transfer ticket or instrument aforesaid to a person not lawfully entitled thereto, and any person not lawfully entitled thereto who shall receive with intent to use for passage, or who shall use or offer for passage any such transfer ticket or instrument, or shall sell or give away such transfer ticket or instrument to another with intent to have such transfer ticket used or offered for passage, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00 or by imprisonment in the Pierce County Jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Ord. 5806 §§ 1, 2, 1914-07-01; Ord. 22600 § 53, 1981-12-29)
A. 
A person is guilty of unlawful transit conduct if, while on or in a municipal transit vehicle as defined by RCW 46.04.355 as now or hereafter amended or reenacted, or in or at a municipal transit station, he or she:
1. 
Smokes or carries a lighted or smoldering pipe, cigar, or cigarette, or uses an electronic smoking device, unless he or she is smoking or using the electronic smoking device in an area designated and authorized by the transit authority. For purposes of this subsection, “electronic smoking device” means an electronic or battery-operated device, the use of which resembles smoking, which can be used to deliver nicotine or other substances to the person inhaling from the device. The definition includes, but is not limited to, an electronic cigarette, an electronic cigar, an electronic cigarillo, an electronic pipe, and electronic hookah; or
2. 
Discards litter other than in designated receptacles; or
3. 
Plays any radio, recorder, or other sound-producing equipment, except that nothing herein shall prohibit the use of such equipment when connected to earphones which limit the sound to individual listeners or the use of a communication device by an employee of the owner or operator of the municipal transit vehicle or municipal transit station; or
4. 
Spits or expectorates; or
5. 
Carries any flammable liquid, explosive, acid, or other article or material likely to cause harm to others; except that nothing herein shall prevent a person from carrying a cigarette, cigar, or pipe lighter or carrying a firearm or ammunition in a way that is not otherwise prohibited by law; or
6. 
Consumes or is under the influence of any intoxicating beverage or illicit drug; or
7. 
Intentionally obstructs or impedes the flow of municipal transit vehicles or passenger traffic, intentionally hinders or prevents access to municipal transit vehicles or stations, or otherwise unlawfully interferes with the provision or use of public transportation services; or
8. 
Engages in loud, raucous, unruly, harmful, or harassing behavior that disturbs the peace, comfort, or repose of a reasonable person of normal sensibilities; or
9. 
Skates on roller skates or in-line skates, or rides in or upon or by any means a coaster, skateboard, toy vehicle, or any similar device; provided that a person may walk while wearing skates or carry a skateboard while on or in a municipal transit vehicle or in or at a municipal transit station if that conduct is not otherwise prohibited by law.
10. 
Engages in conduct not described in subsections 1 through 9 which is inconsistent with the intended use and purpose of the transit station or transit vehicle and refuses to obey the lawful command(s) of an agent of the transit authority or a peace officer to cease such conduct.
B. 
Municipal transit station defined. For the purposes of this section, “municipal transit station” means all facilities, structures, stop shelters, lands, interest in lands, air rights over lands, and rights-of-way of all kinds that are owned, leased, held, or used by a public agency for the purpose of providing public transportation services.
C. 
Penalty. Any person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. The penalty shall be a maximum fine of $1,000, incarceration for a term of 90 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
D. 
Severability. If any provision of this section is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other provision, or the application thereof, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this section are declared severable.
(Ord. 23658 § 1, 1986-07-08; Ord. 25235 § 1, 1992-12-22; Ord. 27712 Ex. A, 2008-05-13; Ord. 28309 Ex. A, 2015-08-03)