§ 9.36.045. Transparent tinting materials on windshields or windows.
A.
No person may drive a motor vehicle upon a highway or a vehicular way or area with mirrored tinting material on any window of the vehicle.
B.
Except as provided in this section, no person may drive a motor vehicle upon a highway or a vehicular way or area with aftermarket tinting material or aftermarket striping material on any window of the vehicle.
C.
Aftermarket tinting of vehicle windows is permissible as follows:
1.
The glass immediately in front of the driver may have a strip of tinting material applied to the top edge, known in the industry as an "eyebrow"; the eyebrow shall not extend downward more than five inches from the top of the glass.
2.
The windows immediately to the driver's right and left may have tinting material that permits at least 70 percent light transmittance. If a medical exception under section D. is applicable, the windows immediately to the driver's right and left may have tinting material permitting at least 40 percent light transmittance and no less.
3.
The rear door windows, quarter glasses, and back glasses may have tinting material that permits at least 40 percent light transmittance.
4.
Limousines and passenger buses used to transport persons for hire, motor homes and vehicles identified by the vehicle manufacturer as multipurpose may have tinting material that complies with Standard No. 205, Glazing Materials, in 49 CFR 571.205 (2006).
D.
The windows of a vehicle for medical reasons may have tinting material that permits less than 70 percent light transmittance but no less than 40 percent light transmittance as specified in section C. subject to the following conditions:
1.
A driver or a passenger who frequently travels in the vehicle is required for medical reasons to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun and each of these certification requirements is met:
a.
The medical reasons shall be included with specificity in a certified statement on professional letterhead no more than one year old by the patient's treatment physician licensed to practice medicine in this state.
b.
The statement of medical reasons for window tinting certified by the patient's treatment physician is made available for inspection upon request by a law enforcement official.
c.
The vehicle, the patient requiring sun protection and, if the patient is not the vehicle owner, the estimated frequency of travel to warrant medical window tinting must be identified in the treatment physician's certified statement.
d.
The treatment physician's professional contact information shall be current and included on the certification.
2.
The physician's certified statement does not require a notary.
3.
If the treatment physician's statement meets the requirements of subsection D.1. and is included in a valid medical prescription no more than one year old, the prescription is allowed to serve as the treatment physician's certified statement.
4.
A citation for violating this subsection shall be voided or dismissed if proof of a treatment physician's certification or prescription stating the medical reasons and meeting the requirements of this subsection D., previously issued to the person and valid at the time of the citation, is produced to the designated official at the Anchorage Police Department. Proof may be produced on appeal, or at any time before the specified date for appeal.
E.
Tinting materials shall be green, gray or neutral smoke in color.
F.
Light transmittance shall be measured by using a light transmittance measuring device with an allowance for manufacturing variances of plus or minus three percent. The accuracy of the device shall be certified by the manufacturer of the device.
G.
In this section, the term "light transmittance" means the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the amount of total light that is allowed to pass through a window, including glassing, to the amount of total light falling on the window.
(AO No. 94-68(S), § 27, 8-11-94; AO No. 2011-113(S), § 95, 11-22-11, eff. 12-22-11; AO No. 2013-41(S-1), § 1, 4-23-13)