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• 1 ORDINANCE NO. 3Z, 2">" 2 AN ORDINANCE providing for the abatement and removal as public 3 nuisances of certain wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or automobile hulks or parts thereof from private property; providing 4 for the abatement and removal of abandoned vehicles, abandoned vehicle hulks and abandoned junk motor vehicles in the manner 5 prescribed by the Washington Model Traffic Ordinance; and pre- scribing penalties for violations. 6 7 8 WHEREAS, the City of Everett has adopted the Washington Model Traffic 9 Ordinance; and 10 WHEREAS, 1980 amendments to the Washington Model Traffic Ordinance 11 contained in Section 2 of House Bill 1593, Chapter 65, Laws of 1980, an amendment to 12 RCW 46.90.300, had the effect of adopting Revised Code of Washington Sections 13 46.52.104 through 46.52.1198 and 46.52.160 through 46.52.210 which specify various 14 procedures to be followed if a city implements its authority to remove certain vehicles 15 and vehicle hulks from public or private property; and 16 WHEREAS, RCW 46.61.565 and City of Everett ordinance provisions specify 17 certain circumstances under which vehicles may be removed from public property; and 18 WHEREAS, RCW 46.52.117 provides that a city may adopt an ordinance 19 establishing procedures for the abatement and removal as public nuisances of 20 abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or automobile hulks or parts 21 thereof from private property so long as its ordinance contains certain mandatory 22 provisions; and 23 WHEREAS, RCW 46.52.116 provides that a city may adopt an ordinance 24 establishing procedures for the disposition of abandoned vehicles so long as they are 25 processed in the manner provided in RCW 46.52.111 and 46.52.112; and 26 WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in furtherance of the public health, 27 safety and general welfare to adopt an ordinance providing for the abatement and 28 removal as public nuisances of wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or auto- 29 mobile hulks or parts thereof from private property and providing for the abatement 30 and removal of abandoned vehicles, abandoned vehicle hulks and abandoned junk motor 31 vehicles in the manner provided by pertinent provisions of the Washington Model Traffic 32 Ordinance, RCW 46.90;