Number
250163
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. SPIKER, MOORE, JACKSON AND WESTMORELAND
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to the removal and impoundment of motor vehicles owned by habitual parking violators.
Section
101-25.7 cr
Analysis
This ordinance authorizes any city parking enforcement officer to cause a motor vehicle that is legally or illegally parked on the street to be removed for impoundment if all of the following conditions are met:
1. The department of public works or police department has cited the owner of the motor vehicle for 5 or more nonmoving traffic violations that, at the time of the vehicle’s removal, occurred more than 60 days previously and for which the owner has neither paid the forfeiture for each of these violations nor scheduled an appearance in court in response to each of these citations.
2. The department has mailed to the last-known address of the owner at least one notice that specifies, for each unpaid citation, the date on which the citation was issued, the license number or vehicle identification number of the vehicle involved, the place where the citation may be paid, the amount of the forfeiture, and the means by which the citation may be contested.
3. The notice also informs the owner that any motor vehicle owned by him or her may be removed and impounded if, within 60 days after the owner has received 5 or more citations and at the time the vehicle is removed and impounded, the owner has neither paid the forfeiture for each violation that occurred more than 60 days previously nor scheduled an appearance in court in response to each citation issued more than 60 days previously for which the forfeiture has not been paid.
The ordinance also specifies the conditions under which the owner of an impounded vehicle may secure release of that vehicle, including payment of towing and storage charges, and unpaid citations, or scheduling of court appearances.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of ...
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