007-05 - Ordinance - Adopting POMC 10.12.475 Authorizing Impoundment of Vehicles with Unpaid Parking TicketsNOTICE OF CITY OF PORT ORCHARD
ORDINANCE
The following is a summary of an Ordinance approved by the Port Orchard City Council at their regular
Council meeting held April 11, 2005.
ORDINANCE NO. 007-05
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON,
AUTHORIZING IMPOUNDMENT OF VEHICLES WITH UNPAID
PARKING TICKETS AND ADOPTING A NEW SECTION 10.12.475 OF
THE PORT ORCHARD MUNICIPAL CODE
Copies of Ordinance No. 007-05 are available for review at the office of the City Clerk of the City of Port
Orchard. Upon written request a statement of the full text of the Ordinance will be mailed to any
interested person without charge. Thirty days after publication, copies of Ordinance No. 007-05 will be
provided at a nominal charge.
City of Port Orchard
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Michelle Merlino
Deputy Clerk
Publish: Port Orchard Independent
April 16, 2005
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ORDINANCE NO. 007-05
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD,
WASHINGTON AUTHORIZING IMPOUNDMENT OF VEHICLES
WITH UNPAID PARKING TICKETS AND ADOPTING A NEW
SECTION 10.12.475 OF THE PORT ORCHARD MUNICIPAL
CODE
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it in the public interest and welfare to
authorize the impoundment of vehicles with four or more unpaid parking tickets, now,
therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 10.12 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code is hereby
amended by the addition of a new Section 10.12.475 to read as follows:
10.12.475 Impoundment of vehicles with unpaid tickets.
When a vehicle is parked in a public right-of-way or on other
publicly owned or controlled property in violation of any law,
ordinance, or regulation and there are four or more parking
infractions issued against the vehicle for each of which (1) a person
has failed to respond, failed to appear at a requested hearing, or
failed to pay an adjudicated parking infraction, and (2) at least
forty-five days has elapsed from the filing of the notice of
infraction, then the vehicle may be impounded pursuant to Chapter
10.72 of this code without prior notice. The registered owner of
the vehicle shall be responsible for payment of all towing and
storage fees. The vehicle shall not be released to any person until
all towing and storage fees and all penalties, fines or forfeitures
owed by the registered owner have been satisfied. Any person
seeking to redeem a vehicle impounded under this section shall
have a right to a municipal court hearing pursuant to POMC
10.72.040(4).
SECTION 2. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance
should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other
section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance.
Ordinance No. 007-05
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SECTION 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect May 1, 2005.
This ordinance shall be published as provided by law at least five (5) days prior to the
Effective Date. A summary of this ordinance may be published in lieu of the entire
ordinance, in its entirety.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Orchard, signed by the Mayor and
attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this 11th day of April 2005.
ATTEST:
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Kim Abel, MAYOR
Sponsored by:
hn Clauson, Councilmember