This chapter does not apply to a vehicle or piece of equipment during which:
A. Idling is necessary while stopped:
1. For an official traffic control device;
2. For an official traffic control signal;
3. for traffic conditions over which the driver has no control, including, but not limited to: stopped in a line of traffic, stopped at a railroad crossing, or stopped at a construction zone; or
4. At the direction of a peace officer;
B. Idling is necessary to ascertain that the vehicle and/or the off-road equipment is in safe operating condition and equipped as required by all provisions of law, and all equipment is in good working order, either as part of the daily vehicle inspection, or as otherwise needed;
C. Idling is necessary for testing, servicing, repairing, or diagnostic purposes;
D. Idling is necessary to accomplish work for which the vehicle/equipment was designed, other than transporting goods, for example: operating a lift, crane, pump, drill, hoist, ready mixed concrete mixer vehicle, or other auxiliary equipment other than a heater or air conditioner;
E. Idling is necessary to operate a lift or other piece of equipment designed to ensure safe loading and unloading of goods and people;
F. Idling is necessary to operate defrosters, heaters, air conditioners, or other equipment to prevent a safety or health emergency, but not solely for the comfort of the driver or passengers;
G. Idling is necessary solely to recharge a battery or other energy storage unit of a hybrid electric vehicle / equipment; or
H. Idling is necessary to operate equipment that runs intermittently.
I. Public safety and emergency vehicles are hereby exempt. (Ord. 1267, 10-26-2020)