HomeMy WebLinkAbout1464 - ORDINANCES - 12/1/1993 ORDINANCE NO. 1464
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, .AIVIENDING SECTION
11.80 .090 OF THE PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE,
PROVIDING FOR THE ABATEMENT OF A LOW-VALUED
VEHICLE.
WHEREAS Palm Springs Municipal Code Chapter 11. 80 relating to
Abandoned Vehicles does not provide the requisite flexibility for
the full range of abatement for low-valued vehicles permitted by
State law; and
WHEREAS Section 22661 (c) of the California Vehicle Code provides
for special treatment for the abatement of low-valued vehicles; and
WHEREAS the California Highway Patrol has required the City of Palm
Springs to amend its Municipal Code pursuant to Section 22661 (c) of
the State Vehicle Code as a condition of participation in the
Riverside County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program; and
WHEREAS the City Council adopted a resolution, on July 7, 1993 ,
endorsing the establishment of a County-wide service authority for
the purpose of a new County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement (AVA)
Program; and
WHEREAS the City Council has deemed that participation in this
program is beneficial to the City as it will allow for cost
recovery up to $28, 553 annually for the next five years for the
purpose of abatement and removal of abandoned vehicles on both
public and private property.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF ALL THE FOREGOING, THE CITY
COUNCIL OF TIME CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 11. 80.090 of the Palm Springs; Municipal Code
shall be amended to read as follows:
1111.80 . 090 Ten-day notice required. A ten-day notice of
intention to abate and remove the vehicle, or part thereof, as
a public nuisance shall be issued unless the property owner
and the owner of the vehicle have signed releaoes authorizing
removal and waiving further interest in the vehicle or part
thereof. Such ten-day notice of intention to abate shall be
mailed by registered or certified mail to the owner of the
land, as shown on the .last equalized assessment roll, and to
the last registered and legal owner of record of the vehicle,
unless the vehicle is in such condition that identification
numbers are not available to determine ownership.
The ten-day notice is not required ;for removal of a vehicle or
part thereof which is inoperable due to the absence of a
motor, transmission or wheels and incapable of being towed, is
valued less than two hundred dollars ($200) , and is a public
nuisance presenting an immediate threat to public health or
safety, provided that the property owner has signed a release
authorizing removal and waiving further interest in the
vehicle or part thereof. Prior to final disposition of such
a vehicle or part for which evidence of registration was
recovered, notice shall be provided to the registered and
legal owners of intention to dispose of the vehicle or part,
and if the vehicle or part is not claimed and removed within
12 days after the notice is mailed, disposition may proceed.
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The notices of intention shall be in substantially the
following forms:
[EXISTING FORMS]
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DISPOSE OF AN INOPERATIVE VEHICLE OR PART
THEREOF 1?S A ]PUBLIC NUISANCE
(Name and address of last registered, and/or legal owner of record
of vehicle - notice should be given to both if different. )
As last registered (and/or legal.) owner of record of
(description of vehicle - make, model, license, etc. ) , you are
hereby notified that the undersigned pursuant to Section 11. 80. 090
of the Palm Springs Municipal Code has determined that said vehicle
(or parts of a vehicle) exists as an inoperative: vehicle with a
value of less than $200, and constitutes a public nuisance pursuant
to the provisions of Chapter 11a80 of the Palm Springs Municipal
Code, as amended, and as such has been removed from (describe
location on public or private property) and placed for final
disposition at (describe location) . You are hereby notified that
you have 12 days from the date of mailing of thiss notice to claim
and remove subject vehicle or part thereof or else final
disposition shall proceed.
Notice mailed /s/ .
SECTION 2 . EFFECTIVE DATE. This^, Ordinance shall be in full
force and effect thirty (30) days after passage.
ADOPTED THIS 1st day of December _ 1993 .
AYES; Members Hodges, Lyons, Reller-•Spurgin, Schlendorf and Mayor Mar,yanov
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY O ALM SPRINGS, CAL'IFORNIA
City'Clerk Manor
R13V'IEWED & APPROVED
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance 1464 was duly adopted by
the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, in a meeting
held on the 1st day of December, 1993, and that same was duly published
in the DESERT SUN, a newspaper of general circulation on December 7 , 1.993.
�—-JUDITH SUMICH
City Clerk