Chapter 13.24
FUNERAL ESCORT SERVICE

Sections:

13.24.010    Defined.

13.24.020    Authority.

13.24.030    Responsibility.

13.24.040    Equipment.

13.24.010 Defined.

The term “funeral escort service” means any person, firm or corporation employed by a funeral establishment for the purpose of providing vehicular escort for a funeral procession. (Ord. 4949 § 1, 1991).

13.24.020 Authority.

Any person or persons employed as a funeral escort service while carrying out the function of a funeral escort may direct traffic as necessary to allow the safe and expeditious travel of a funeral possession. (Ord. 4949 § 1, 1991).

13.24.030 Responsibility.

The authority granted in Section 13.24.020 does not relieve a person acting as a funeral escort from the duty to operate in a manner that insures the safety of all persons or property. (Ord. 4949 § 1, 1991).

13.24.040 Equipment.

Vehicles used to escort funeral processions may display warning lights as permitted in Oregon Revised Statues while actually engaged in escorting a funeral procession. (Ord. 4949 § 1, 1991).