Ordinance 123-71 - Laserfiche WebLink

RCW 46 . 52 . 040 ---Report when operator disabled. RCW 46. 52 . 070 Police Officer' s report ' RCW 46 . 52. 080 Confidentiality of :reports--Information required to be disclosed--Evidence . RCW 46 . 52. 090 Reports by repairmen, storagemen, and appraisers - Violations , Penalties . RCW 46 . 52. 100 Record of traffic charges - Reports of convictions by courts--Venue in justice courts--Driving under influence of liquor or drugs , penalty. Section 171 46. 52. 101 Abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles declared a public nuisance. Abandoned wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or automobile hulks or parts thereof on public or private property, except as provided for elsewhere in Sections 46 . 52 . 101 through 46 . 52 . 132 are hereby declared a public nuisance and may be abated. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to place or keep an abandoned vehicle, abandoned automobile hulk, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle, or parts thereof, upon any public or private property in the City of Everett; or as owner, occupier, or party in control of any real property within the city, to permit or allow any such automobile or portion thereof to be placed or kept on said property. Any person violating Section 46. 52 . 101 through 46 . 52 . 132 shall be guilty of maintaining a nuisance. Section 172 46. 52. 103 Evidence of junked vehicle. It shall be prima facie evidence that any vehicle on private or public property is junked and/or inoperative if the same is (a) inoperative by reason of damage, neglect or the removal of parts therefrom, (b) is unlicensed for current operation on a public street, and (c) has been substantially in the same condition for more than ten days . Section 173. Statutes adopted. The following statutes are hereby adopted by reference. RCW 46. 52 . 104 Registered owner transferring vehicle relieved of liability upon compliance with section. RCW 46. 52. 106 Owner of record presumed liable for costs when vehicle abandoned--Exception. Section 174. 46. 52. 107 Police Department authorized to remove or impound vehicles . The Police Department is hereby authorized to remove and impound vehicles from any public street, alley or other public place, or from private property in any of the following circumstances : (a) Any vehicle parked in such a position that it constitutes an obstruction to traffic or is unlawfully parked in any prohibited or restricted area, or is parked or so used as to endanger or likely endanger any user or potential user of any public highway, or used in violation of the traffic ordiances of the City of Everett or of any rule or regulation promulgated in connection therewith by the Chief of Police acting in conjunction with the City Council, is hereby declared to be a nuisance. Such nuisance may be summarily abated by removing the vehicle by or under the direction of a police officer by means of towing or otherwise. (b) In the event that an operator of a vehicle is arrested and placed in custody and is not in condition to drive the vehicle to a place of safety and there is no other person present who may properly act as agent for such operator to drive the vehicle to a place of safety, or the operator of a vehicle is incapacitated as the result of an accident and is unable to care for his property, and there is no other person present who may properly act as agent for such operator in the care of his vehicle, any officer at the scene of such arrest or accident is hereby authorized to provide for the removal of such vehicle to a place of safety. Cc) When any "abandoned vehicle" or "abandoned automobile hulk" as defined in Sections 46 . 04 . 013 and 46 . 04 . 017 is found on public or private property. -21-