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Home My WebLink AboutORD 3176 � � , � . 1 , . a, • " • ' . t , • � REPEAI,S ORD. #2130 ,.� . ° ♦ .. CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON ORDINANCE N0 . 3176 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, ESTABLISHING AND CREATING "VEHICLE IMPOUND REGULATIONS" DESIGNATED CHAPTER 17 , TITLE X"(TRAFFTC) OF ORDINANCE � N0. 1628 ENTITliED "CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RENTON; WASHINGTON" • THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS : . ' SECTION I : ' _ � _.__ �_ - - " - CHAPTER 17 � : � VEHICLE IMPOUND REGULATIONS � 10-1701: DEFINITIONS . 10-1702 : AUTHORITY TO REMOVE AND IMPOUND VEHICLES ON STREETS , , HIGHWAYS AND CITY PROPERTY, OR IN FIRE ZONES . `�` 10-1703 : IMPOUND PROCEDURE. �, �. 10-1704 : DISPOSITION AND SALE OF UNCLAIMED VE�-�ICLES . 10-1705 : SEVERABILITY. 10-1706 : EXI5TING ORDINANCES REPEALED. ; 10-1701 : DEFINITIONS : The following definitions shall apply in the interpretations and enforcement of this Chapter: Police Officer: Means every officer of the Municipal Police Department, or any member thereof, authorized by that Department to direct or regulate traffic or to ' issue citations for violations of parkinq requlations . Park, Parking, Left, Stand, or Standing: r�eans the halting of a vehicle or vehicle hulk, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control sign or signal. Vehicle: Means a machine , or any part thereof , propelled by power other than human power designed to travel along the ground or rail, by use of wheels , treads , runners , or slides , and transport persons or property or pull machinery and shall include, without limitation, automobile , truck, trailer, r.iotorcycle, tractor, buggy, wagon, and locomotive. Street or Highway: Means �very way , 1ane, alley , road, public highway, boulevard, or place in the City, including parkways and boulevards within or without the limits of ` parks , open as a matter or right to public vehicular R! travel. ` City Property: Means any real City property within or " without the corporate limits which is not a street or " highway. 10-1702 : AUTHORITY TO REMOVE AND IMPOUND VEHICLES ON STREETS , HIGHWAYS AND CITY PROPERTY, OR IN A FIRE ZONE: Officers of the Municipal Police Department are authorized to remove and impound vehicles by means of towing or otherwise to a garage designated or maintained by the Police Depart- � j 4 . - . , ' � ' . .., , � -. . -� . 4 � ment, or any other place of safety, under any of the following circumstances : (A) When any vehicle is left una�tended upon any bridge, viaduct, or causeway, or in any tunnel; (B) When any vehicle upon a highway, including tunnels , bridges, or approaches , is so disabled as to consti- tute an obstruction to traffic or when the person or persons in charge of the vehicle are incapacitated to such an extent as to be unable to provide for its custody or removal and there is no other person present who may properly act as agent for such operator in the care o�' his vehicle; (C) When any vehicle is left unattended upon a street or City Propert_y and is so parked illegally as to constitute a definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of vehicular or pedestrian traffic, or the lawful parking of a vehicle . (D) When any vehicle is found or left in a Prohibited Parking Zone or Area, as defined in Section 10-301 , Chapter 3 , of Title 10 ; (E) When any vehicle operating on a highway is found to be defective in such manner that it may be considered unsafe; (F) �ahen the operator of any vehicle is arrested and placed in custody and is not in condition to drive and the vehicle is not in a place o.f safety and there is no other person present who may pronertly act as agent for such operator to drive the vehicle to a place of safety; (G) When any vehicle is left unattended in a fire zone ; (H) t-Vhen the operator of any vehicle parked in a Restricted Parking Zone or Area, as defined in Section 10-301 , Chapter 3, Title 10 , is arrested and placed in custody for a felony, or for any other crime necessitating transport to a distant jurisdiction, or under other circumstances when it could be reasonably presumed that the vehicle will not be removed within twenty- four (24) hours of the operator 's arrest; 10-1703 : IMPOUND PROCEDURE: Whenever an officer removes and impounds a vehicle as authorized in this Chapter, he shall as soon as practicable give or cause personal notice to be given in writing to the owner of such vehicle, if any record exists of the registered owner or legal owner in the records of the authority last licensing such vehicle, of the fact of such removal and the reasons there.for and of the place to which such vehicle has been removed. In the event any such vehicle is stored in a public garage , a copy of such notice shall be given to the proprietor of such garage. � - , 'i . . �. . < • � �� . , � . � .. = w + (A) Whenever an officer removes and impounds a vehicle " under this Chapter and does not know and is not able to ascertain the names of the owner, or for any other reason is unable to give the notice to the owner as hereinbefore provided, and in the even the vehicle is not returned to the owner within a period of three days , then and in that event, the officer shall immediately send or cause to be sent written report of such removal by mail to the State of Washington Department of Licenses and shall file a copy of such notice with the proprietor of any garage in which the vehicle may be stored. Such notice shall include a complete description of the vehicle, the date , time , and name of garage or place where the vehicle is stored; (B) Any costs incurred in the removal and storage of an impounded vehicle shall be a lien upon the vehicle . All towing and storage charges on each vehicle impounded shall be paid by the owner or his agent if , the vehicle is redeemed. In the case of aban�oned vehicles , all costs of removal and storage shall be paid by the owner or his agent if the vehicle is redeemed, but if not redeemed, such costs shall be received from the proceeds of sale; (C) The impounding of a vehicle shall not preclude charging the violator with any violation of the law on account of which such vehicle was impounded; (D) Either a registered or legal owner may claim an impounded vehicle, after a showing of proof, by payment of all charges that have accrued to the time ' of reclamation. If the vehicle was impounded at the direction of a law enforcement agency, the nerson in possession of the vehicle prior to the time of reclamation shall notify such agency of the .fact that the vehicle is being claimed, and by whom. 10-1704 : DISPOSITION AND SALE OF UNCLAIMED VEHICLES : Disposition and sale of unclaimed vehicles shall be as provided in Section 46 . 90 . 355 RCW or Section 4`6, g0 . 375 RCW. � 10-1705 : SEVERABILITY: If any provision of this Chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of this Chapter and the application of such provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. 10-1706 : EXISTING ORDINANCES REPEALED: Section 10-118 (J) , Chapter l, Ordinance 2130 , and all other ordinances or parts thereof, insofar as the same are inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter are hereby repealed. , . � � . �. � , I . , .. , �r � � This ordinance shall be effective upon its passage , approval , and upon five (5) days after its publication. Passed by the City Council this 21st day of November, 1977 . �- � Delores A. Mead, City Clerk Approved by the Mayor this 21st �� day of November. 1977 • �.:^=-��' 'l� / '�/ � - ' � �-_- ; ,< ��1itE=t^��!i1J��G�ZC:�. i� , . _�._ . Charle�J. Delaurenti , Mayor Approved as to form: � ' _'.-._.�_ '.,,,r..ti"TaS 1 a-I-C.i.tl.� ��/�/' "if_. • /�.��/ � . j v'�''riVV ` 1.�.w / V, - � • /�,� � . - '� _ Law-rence= J..�.:Warr_en, .Acti.ng..City.,Attor.ney Date of PubliCatiOn: November 27 , 1977