Ordinance 869-82 - Laserfiche WebLink

• 1 abandoned junk motor vehicle less any monies accrued to the City from such disposal. 2 Section 4: DISPOSITION OF IMPOUNDED VEHICLES - WHEN VEHICLES 3 DEEMED ABANDONED; PROCEDURE (RCW 46.90.365). Any vehicle impounded 4 pursuant to subsection (1) of Section 5 or Section 13 of this ordinance (RCW 5 46.90.330(1) or 46.52.119, respectively) and left unclaimed for a period of fifteen days 6 shall be deemed to be an abandoned vehicle. At the expiration of such fifteen day 7 period such vehicle shall be deemed to be in the custody of the sheriff of the county 8 where such vehicle is located and the sheriff of the county shall deliver the vehicle to a 9 registered disposer who shall dispose of such vehicle in the manner provided in Sections 10 9 and 6 (RCW 46.90.350 and 46.90.335, respectively): Provided, That if such vehicle 11 fulfills all of the requirements of subsection B of Section 1 of this ordinance (RCW 12 46.52.145(1)), it shall be disposed of as provided in Section 12 (RCW 46.90.375). 13 Section 5: AUTHORITY TO REMOVE AND IMPOUND VEHICLES ON PUBLIC 14 PROPERTY - PROCEDURE (RCW 46.90.330). 15 1. Members of the Police Department are authorized to remove and impound 16 vehicles by means of towing or otherwise to the nearest garage or other place of safety 17 or to a garage designated or maintained by the Police Department or otherwise 18 maintained by the local authority, under any of the following circumstances: 19 a. When any vehicle is left unattended upon any bridge, viaduct, or causeway, or in any tunnel where such vehicle constitutes an 20 obstruction to traffic; 21 b. When any vehicle upon a highway, including tunnels, bridges, or approaches, is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction to traffic 22 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 23 custody or removal and there is no other person present who, in the opinion of a police officer, may properly act as agent for such 24 operator in the care of his vehicle; 25 c. When any vehicle is left unattended upon a highway and is so parked illegally as to constitute a definite hazard or obstruction to 26 the normal movement of traffic; 27 d. When any vehicle is found in a tow-away zone; 28 e. When any vehicle operating on a highway is found to be defective in equipment in such manner that it may be considered unsafe; 29 f. When the operator of any vehicle is arrested and placed in custody 30 and is not in condition to drive and the vehicle is not in a place of safety and there is no other person present who, in the opinion of a 31 police officer, may properly act as agent for such operator to drive the vehicle to a place of safety. 32 -5-