HomeMy WebLinkAbout4156 ORDINANCE NO. ~//~
AN ORDINANCE amending B.M.C. Chapter 9.08 pertaining
to unauthorized and junk vehicles to provide written
authorization to tow truck operations.
WHERF2%S, RCW 46.55 has been amended by the Laws of 1987
Chapter 311 and as such B.M.C. 9.08 is inconsistent in part with
the state law and to be effective should be consistent with those
laws, now, therefore
T~{E CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BR]~4ERTON DOES O~AIN:
SECTION 1: B.M.C. 9.08.010 is amended to read as
follows:
"Unauthorized vehicle" means a vehicle that is subject
to impound after being left unattended in one of the following
public or private locations for the indicated period of time:
Subject to removal after:
1. Public locations:
~e~e~ ~n RSW 46=6~=~6~ When a
vehicle is subject to removal by an
officer under RCW 46.55.113 Immediately
B. On a highway or publicly owned
property, not including parking
facilities and tagged as described in
B.M.C. ~9.08.020 24 hours
C. In a publicly owned or controlled
parking facility, properly posted
under RCW 46.55.070 Immediately
2. Private locations:
A. On residential property Immediately
B. On private, nonresidential property,
properly posted under R~ 46.55.070 Immediately
C. On private, nonresidential property,
non-posted 24 hours
SECTION 2 B.M.C. 9.08.020 is amended to read as
follows:
PUBLIC IMPOUND PROCEDURES. (a) A law enforcement
officer discovering an unattended vehicle or junk vehicle on the
highway that has apparently been abandoned shall attach to the
vehicle a readily visible notification sticker containing the
following information:
1. The date and time the sticker was attached;
2. The identity of the officer issuing the notice;
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3. A statement that if the vehicle is not removed
within twenty-four (24) hours of the time the sticker
was attached, the vehicle may be taken into custody and
stored at the owner's expense; and
4. The address and telephone number where
additional information may be obtained.
(b) If the vehicle has current Washington registration
plates, the officer shall check the record to learn the identity
of the last owner of record. The Bremerton Police Department
shall make a reasonable effort to contact the owner by telephone
in order to give the owner the information on the notification
sticker.
(c) If a vehicle is in violation of the time restrictions in
§9.08.010, it may be impounded by a registered tow truck operator
at the direction of a law enforcement officer upon receipt of a
signed authorization for the impound provided by the officer at
the time and place of the impound.
APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this
day of ~ ~>j_Q~ , 1988.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this
day of ~~_ , 1988.
HANK WAI BEL
President, City Council
APPROVED this ~ day of ~"i~c~/ , 1988.
ENE LOBE, Mayo~
ATTEST:
'. ~cCLUS~Y~~, C erk
KATHLEEN L
PUBLISHED: _)~--~ ? ~