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This chapter does not apply to any of the following:

A. When the driver uses a hands-free mobile device.

B. When the purpose of the call is to communicate an emergency to a police or fire department, a hospital or physician’s office, or an ambulance corps.

C. When operating an authorized law enforcement or emergency vehicle in the performance of official duties.

D. When a person who holds a valid amateur radio operator license or any license issued by the Federal Communications Commission and is operating an amateur radio under the direction of authorized first responders in the event of an emergency.

E. When a person is driving a motor vehicle on private property.

F. When a driver has pulled off of the traveled portion of the roadway in a safe and legal location and placed the vehicle in park in order to operate a handheld portable communications device. [Ord. 2014-12 § 1, 7-22-2014; Res. 2014-22 Exh. A, 7-22-2014].