HomeMy WebLinkAbout4326 ORDINANCE NO. ~1/';[;~2'-~;
AN ORDINANCE amending procedures for declaring a vehicle a nuisance
for Failure to Respond to Notices of Infraction, providing for
procedures on appeal, and amending BMC 10.11 of the Bremerton
Municipal Code.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
Section 1. Amendment. Section 10.11.050of the Bremerton Municipal Code is
amended to read as follows:
10.11.050 NUISANCE DECLARED - APPEAL.
(a) In addition to the enforcement provisions of Section 10.11.040, if any person
fails to respond to three or more outstanding infractions for parking a vehicle in violation
of this Title, the City Attorney shall mail a Declaration of Vehicle Nuisance to the
registered and legal owners of said vehicle as shown by the records of the Washington State
Department of Licensing informing them that the cited vehicle shall be declared a nuisance
and subject to immediate impound or immobilization if unless, within ten (10) days, either
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(b) Appeal of the Declaration of Nuisance Vehicle may be presented at a hearing
set by the Municipal Court. Hearing notice shall be served by mail with the Declaration of
Nuisance Vehicle. Failure to appear at the scheduled heating will be deemed a waiver of
any rights to contest the Declaration.
At the heating, the owner shall have the burden of showing the registered owner did
not fail to respond to three or more outstanding infractions for parking
APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this
~ dayof J]
.,--Z<¢/ ,1991.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this /~day of
__., 1991.
LYNN HORTON
Council President
APPROVED this ~ day of
LOUIS MENTOR, May-"~'o
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY, Clerk