CAPIZ FORUM
City gov’t implements 3 new ordinances
BY FELIPE V. CELINO
ROXAS City — The city government has started implementing three ordinances recently approved by the City Council.
Ordinances on tricycle number coding, spider gambling and texting while driving have been implemented since November 15, according to Councilor Powell del Rosario.
These ordinances were published in a local newspaper before implementation, said del Rosario, chair of the Committees on Police Matter and Rules and Ordinance.
The City Council approved the proposed “Unified Vehicle Volume Reduction Program/Number Coding Scheme,” “Game Spider Gambling, and the Collection, Sale and or Purchase of Game Spiders” and “Reading, Composing and Sending Electronic Messages, Receiving and Sending Calls While Driving,” during separate regular sessions last month.
The number coding scheme provides that passenger tricycles should not operate from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. everyday except on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
Tricycles with unit numbers ending in 1 and 2 cannot operate on Monday; 3 and 4 on Tuesday; 5 and 6 on Wednesday; 7 and 8 on Thursday; and 9 and 0 on Friday.
A dry run of the number coding system was conducted on July 12 by virtue of Mayor Angel Alan Celino’s Executive Order No. 1, series of 2010.
Positive responses from the public were acquired after the dry run as most of the roads here had less traffic, especially during peak hours.
On the other hand, devices banned while driving include: wireless telephones, two-way radios, walkie-talkies, pagers and beepers.
They are banned while driving or operating engine-driven vehicles, agricultural machineries, construction equipments, two-wheeled vehicles and other modes of transportation.
Exempted from the ban are law enforcement officers and operators of emergency vehicles who are on duty and acting in their official capacities.
Meanwhile, any individual caught violating the ordinance against spider gambling will be penalized with a fine of P200 for first offense, P500 for second offense and P700 for third offense.
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