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CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 3853
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
AMENDING PORTIONS OF CHAPTER 23 OF TITLE VI
(POLICE REGULATIONS) OF ORDINANCE NO. 1628
ENTITLED "CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF RENTON" RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATING
OFFICIAL
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTN, DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I: Existing Section 6-2301 of Title VI (Police
Regulations) of Ordinance No. 1628 entitled "Code of General Ordinances
of the City of Renton" is hereby amended as follows:
Section 6-2301: DEFINITIONS: The following definitions shall
apply in the interpretations and enforcement of this Chapter:
(A) . Person: Any person, firm, partnership, association,
corporation, company or organization of any kind.
(B) Vehicle: A machine 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, motorcycle, tractor, buggy, wagon or locomotive.
(C) Street or Highway: Every way, lane, alley, road,
highway, boulevard, right of way or place in the City, including
parkways and boulevards within or without the limits of parks,
open as a matter of right to public vehicular travel .
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(D) Property: Any real property within the City or any City
property within or without the corporate limits which is not a
street or highway.
(E) Chief of Police: The Chief of Police of the City of
Renton or his authorized representative.
(F) Building official: The Building official of the City of
Renton or his authorized representative.
(G) Park or Leave: Means the halting of an unoccupied
vehicle or vehicle hulk.
(H) Abandoned Vehicle: Means any vehicle left unremoved within
the limits of any street, highway or City property without permission
of the City for a period of twenty four (24) hours or longer, except
that a vehicle shall not be considered abandoned if its owner or
operator is unable to remove it from the place where it is located
and so notifies the Chief of Police within said twenty four (24)
hour limit and requests assistance for such removal; further, provided,
that an "abandoned vehicle" shall mean any vehicle left on the property
of another, ' except City property, for any period of time without
the consent of the owner or person having possession or control of
the real property.
(I) Abandoned Vehicle Hulk or Junk Vehicle: Shall mean
the abandoned remnant or remains of a vehicle which is inoperative
and cannot be made mechanically operative without the application
of a substantial amount of labor to effect repair, and which is
parked, left, stored or retained on any street, highway, or property
for any period of time.
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SECTION II: Existing subsections (C) , (D) , (E) and (F)
of Section 6-2302 of Title VI (Police Regulations) of Ordinance No.
1628 entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton are
hereby amended as follows:
Section 6-2302 (C) Before the abatement or removal of
such vehicle or vehicle hulk notice shall be given to the last
registered owner of record that a public hearing may be requested
before the Building Official of the City of Renton, and if no
hearing is requested within ten (10) days, the vehicle or vehicle
hulk will be removed and -abated and the cost thereof assessed in
accordance with this Ordinance.
Section 6-2302 (D) : If a request for hearing is received
by the Building Official a notice giving the time, location and date
of such hearing on the question of the abatement and removal of such
vehicle or vehicle hulk as a public nuisance shall be mailed by
certified or registered mail with a five (5) day return requested to
the owner of the real property as shown on the last equalized assess-
ment roll and to the last registered owner and legal owner of record
of such vehicle or hulk, unless the vbhicle is in such condition that
identification numbers are not available to determine ownership.
Section 6-2302 (E) : The applicant for hearing may appear
in person at such hearing or present a written statement in time for
consideration at the hearing and either deny responsibility for the
presence of the vehicle on the land with his reasons for such denial,
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or stipulate to its removal within ten (10) days or its return to
an operational status within thirty (30) days of said hearing. If it
is determined at the hearing that the vehicle or vehicle hulk was
placed on the land without the consent of the landowner, and that he
has not subsequently acquiesced in its presence, then the Building
Official shall not assess costs of administration or removal of the
vehicle or vehicle hulk against the real property upon which the
vehicle is located or otherwise attempt to collect such costs from
said landowner.
Section 6-2302 (F) : After notice has been given by the
Building Official of the City of Renton to dispose of a vehicle or
vehicle hulk, the said vehicle or vehicle hulk or part thereof shall
be removed from private property by the Chief of Police and disposed
of to a licensed auto wrecker with notice to the Washington State
Patrol and the State of Washington Department of Licenses that such
vehicle or vehicle hulk has been wrecked.
SECTION III: Existing Section 6-2304 of Title VI (Police
Regulations) of Ordinance No. 1628 entitled "Code of General Ordinances
of the City of Renton" is hereby amended as follows:
Section 6-2304 , as amended: 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.
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SECTION IV: This Ordinance shall be effective on its
passage and approval and thirty days after publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 8th day of October, 1984 .
Maxine E. Motor, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 8th day of October, 1984 .
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Barbara Y. Shinpoch, Mayor
Approved as to form:
Lawrence J. Wa en, City....Attorney
Date of Publication: October 12 , 1984
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