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. ORDZNANCE_ N0. 102I , ,. .N..C:.~S.
INTRbDUCED BY CO.UNC'TZMAN
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; nRDINAN,CEi AM.ENDZNG' CHAPTER 15, ARTTCLE X°V~ nF
' THE PETALUI~.A CITY ,CQDE OF 1:9.58. T0. PROU~2DE; Ft~~?;
~ ABATFNIFNT AND~ REMOVALr nF ABANDONED,, :.[NRECKED,,
j DT~MANTI;En nR' 'ZN(7PE~F2ATI:VE VEH2CLE~ O:~?:; P,ART~'
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, THERFCJF :FRnN! PRIVATE ~PR(1PERTY', NC1T I-NCLUD,I~NG
~ HIGHT^?AYS, AND RECnVERY C?,E CCJS~TS nF A.DMINISTRA..-
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TION THEREOF', AND AN~ENDING THE ABOVE CHAPTER.
~ AND AA.TICLE 'T(> CnNFnRN! T.0 THE REnUIREMFNTS
,., nF VEHICLE ~GODE' iSECTIC~N` 22660 A.DD'ING Tn A:ND
~ RFUIS;INr CFRTA.IN SECTIQNS nF .ART.I.C.'.LE XUS AND ~
RENUMBE~2:SNG ~~OT-HER SECTInNS .
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BF IT~ nRnAZNED EiY ,THE CnUNCIL; OF THE, CI,TY nF PE,TA:IrUMA. AS
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EERcsw 4-30-71
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, Section I Ch~apter 15, Art`icle XVZ;, Section 15 a 16 0~ tl~e
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Per ta~uma Citv Co;de of l_95'8 =is hereby amended by add•in~q ~Ehere=
~to s:ubsections "d" and "'e"' to r;ead a~s fallows :~
; (d} The term "c~wner- o-f the land"- means tfie owner o~ ~he land
! on which the vehFicle, ;or p.arts ther~eof, i:s ;located, as.
f shown on, t~he ~as,t ec~u'ali,zed a,ssessment roll.
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(e) The term "owner ~of ~~he vehiC'le" means the 1~st reaistered
and 1.eaa1. owi-~er of ~eGOrd.. .
Secti~on Iz - Chapter 7.5, Art°icle XUZ, ~:ection 15. ~.6. 6 0~ the
~ P;e~ta' u~ 'City Code of 1958 is her.eby ainended to read as
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'. Upon discover.in,q °t~lae exis-t'ence o:f an abandoned, wrscked, dis-
; inantl.ed,;. or =i,noperati.ve ve~hhicle, or °parts thereof, on pri~vate
; proper-tv :or p..ub].ic p~.opertv within the Citv of P'et'aluma, the
Ch`ief nf •Police shall: liave the authorit;y to: cause the a.batemen~
~ and removal the~eo=f in LLacco:rclance. with t'he p~deedure presc~°ibed
herein.. ~
Sect'ion Is_I =~ Chap~te~r 15`, Art'icle XVZ, ~Sec~ion. 15. ~.6. 7 0~ th~
Petaluma Gity Qode of 19~5°8 .i_s: hereby amended to read as
follows: . •
A 1Q-`day °notice of intent°ion to abate :and remove the• vehicie,
. o~ part.s; thereof', a~s a publ.ic nuisan~c~ .s°ha~~. be rlailed ~y
reg~.,stered inai:l to the oumer of the ~a•rid' and to ~he owne~° o~
_` - t~he vehic].e, unless the vehic~le. is in ~uch. candi~ion tha~ iden~-
ifi,cation n,umbers are nqt avai~lab-le to c~etermin~e o.wner~hi,~~.
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The nat.zce;s, o,~, in't~ntion sha11 be~ ;in sub~stan>tial~.y the fnl~o~r-
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Nn'~pICE C~F INTENTInN TO ABA.TE AN;D -'
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„ REMpV,F A;N A.RANDnNED;, U~.REC-KED,: DIS- '
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I~A.NTT;FI'); C1F TNnPE~RAT2'VE VEHICLE C)R
PARTS THERF~F A:S A PUBLI;C~NUISANGE
(Name ,and ,add'ress of owner ~~of the landj '
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As owrier show.n on the last eaualized assessment
roll of the iana :io~atea at (address)., vou are her.ebv
notif;ied, tliat the undersianed pur,suant to (section of
~ or.d`inance or'munic•i:pal code) has determined that there~
~ exists upon said land an ~or par,t-s of an) abandoned,
i wrecke~., dismantle~.or inopera.tive vehicle recxistered
; ,~o , _ _.. .. ~ license number
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, pur~s:uan>t to the provisions o'f (ordiance or municipal
code chap:ter number). ~
You a~re;fierebv notified.to abate sa~d nuisance by
the removal o,f,said vehicle (or said parts of vehicle)
, within 10 davs from the date o£ mail.ina ot this notice,
, and upon vour f~ilure t'o do so, the same will be
abated arid remnved by the Citv of Petaluma and the
'~ cnsts thereof,~,. toaether with administrative CbStS~
~ ~ as.sessed` to vou as owner of the 1.and on which said
vehicle ,(or said parts of a vehicle)is located.
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; . said ~parts of a vehicl.e) is located, you are hereby
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~~~ .nnti.f,ie~d, ~tha~t vou~ mav, wi~thin 10 davs"~ af'ter~ •the mai~.irirr
d:. o.f t~h'i's notice of intention, rec~uest a public hearina ~
ancl if such a recruest is not rece:ived bv the Chief. of
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~ Police within,such~~0-dav period, the Chie.f of Police
; shaTl have the authority to abate~ and remove said
~ vehi_c1e (~or s~id parts of.a vehicle)- as a pu~~ic
~ nuisance~and,assess the co~sts as aforesiad without a
; public hearina. You mav s.ubmit a sworn writ~ten state-
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~ m.ent wi.thin sueh 1b-day periqd denyincr ~es~onsibi~ity,
~ for -the :pre"sence of' said vehicl.e {or said parts of a
~ vehicle).on said land, with vour reas~ns for denial,
~~ and ;such statement ,sha11. be const~rued as a recruest for
~ , ~ "hearina~~a;t ~whi~ch vou~~"presenCe is~~not recruired. You
mav ap~?ear in person at anv hearina requested by vou
, ~or the owner of the vehicle or, in lieu thereof, may
present.a sworn written statement as aforesaid in
~ time for consideration at such hearinq.
Notice Mailed •
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C'hief of Police
NnTICF C?F II~TTEr1TI0N TC1 A;BA.TE A.N1~
R.EMnVE A:N ABAND(?NED, ~^~RFCKEn, n15-
I~?A,NTZEn' C1,R: ZNt~pE?'ATZVE VEHTCLE nR
PA.R,T.~ TNFREO~' AS A`PUPLIC NUISANCE.
(Name and addr,ess of_ last, reaistered
anc?/dr- leaal owrie~° of reeord of
yehic:le -- hotice~shnulc~ b~~aiven to
both if..,~different. )
- As las~ raai:stered (and/nr leaa~) owner o~ ~ecord
of ~descriptien of vehic~le - make, model, license, etc.j,
vau are hereby notifiec~ that the undersianed pursuant
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~ to (sec~ion of ordiance.or; municipal c"ode) has dete~-
. mined that said vehicle (or parts of a vehicle) exist:.~
as an abandoned, wrecked., dismantled or inoperative
vehic'1e at (describe 1o:catton° on'~~public_ or private pro-
pertv:) and constitutes a pub:lic nttisance pu~suant to the
, provisions of (ordianee or municipal code chapter number~.
vou are herebv noti:f°iec~ to abate said nuisance by
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. , the ,~~einoval~ o`f s~:i.d, ve~~icl,e (~or° saic~ parts: .~f ~: vehicle) with,-
„ in lb da 1e . ` I .
;: , ~ ~ vs f~`om the'd'~.te o~f. mailiricx of°' thfis no~ic'e:.. "
~ A.s re.ai,ste~ed '(:~and/o:r ~1e.aal:~. ~owner of' reco:~d ~~ said
; ;.. vehi,Cle (nr said ,pa,rt;s o't a,~veh~i,cle~ .: yc~u~ a=re here.ki.~r nati-fied
i that you inav,: wi~thin ~0 davs a~f;te~ ~E;he 'mai-1 of this notice o~
~ . ~ ~ intentione, recrue,~~t a' public he:a~~na a~m~.~ 'i~ ;s;uch a re~u~s~ is
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nat receiv.ec~ by •th~~ C:hief o~ Foli~c_e wit;h~in s.uch~ ~ 0-~.ay pe~iod,
°~ ~ the C:hief of ':Pa1,i~Ce sha11 have3 the authoritv ta a'bate and ~:e-
f mave said veh:ic~ls ('d~ saic~ p~~ts o.f a vehic.l.ey wi~.hout ~
- ( hear;inq',. .
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Ch.ie~f of ,,Pol=i%e .
Section 7U: - Chapte~ ~15, Rrticle XVT, S:ection ,15, ~.,5> 8 0~ .~he
Peta uma Ci~~y Code ~f 1958 is her,eby ainende,d ~to ~ead as fol~eiws :
Upon reaue,st, by t'~e owner of the vehic°le nr o~me~~° ;nf the- ~.~nd.-
rece.ived bv trtYie Chief o.f Pol.ice wit_hin, 7.~0 da.ys afte;~ ma'~~.ing o,~ `
the notices a~f ,interit~~r~n to ~.bate and~ ~r,emove, a pu}~~~.zc h~~.~'inq
shall be held by the G_hie`f' of :P_.o'liee on t~he quesz~~e~n of' ~,bate-
m.ent- anel r.emoval of t~ie vehicl:e o~ part:s~ thereo~ as ~n ab.andnned,
wrecked; diFsmant'1ed or x:nopera'~tive vehicle~, an~d the asse~ssme'n~ •
of ~he admin•istrative costs~ anc~ ~he cost of remnval. of the
vehicle- or ~a~ts ,the~eo'€ ~~:qairist the. prope:~~y ori wh~.ch i~ is .
located. - ~ ~
I`f the o~,meiA o£ th:e lana submits a. swo~~n w~it~ten stateirien°t
deriyinct :r.e;spon~sibi-l.i~y- ~or the~ p~esence• of the vehicl~e on his
land with~in s,uc~h, 10-day nerxod~,. ,s,a'id ,st~.t'emen~r shal~. be con-
strued as a rec~ues~ ,~or a heari'n.a whi.c~h, c~oes ~not ~ecruire his ~
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presence. No:tice of the hea~inq; sh,al;lz •b.e :mailed, b,y registered`
mai;1, at lea~s;~~ 1-0 davs be~~ore the 'hearin~a: :to the owner :of the
land and ta the' gwner of the vehiel.~e, un~ess the' vefiic~e i,s in~
such condition t~ha't ~ ideritification; nsumber are no~t ~ availa~ble to
determin:e- otime'rship; s.f such- ~a re.auest f`o~ hearinq= is riot~ ~e-
ceived withi~n- :said 10 days af'tex ma_ilina o~ the .no~tice of in-.
terition, to abate and remove; th;e C..i;tv of .Petaluina. shal~. ha,ve
the authoritv° ~o a°ba~:e an°d reMO;ve `t~he vehic~:e. o~ pa~ts ther:eof
as a public ri°u~is,an~,c_e withou~ ho:l.din;,a a publ,ic he~~~.na.
S:e,ction_ V- Chapt'er .15, Article .X~rz,; Seet.ion 15<. ~.6. 9 of the
Pe:ta uma Citv Code o~ 1.958 i,s here~by arnenc~~ed~ `to ~°e:ad ~.s
fol':1.ows':
All hearin.as unc~er- -t~his Ord~riance, s;h'a1~: k~e .he1e1 before the
Chief of ,Police w~hich s'h;~.11 hear a1.1 fac:ts and ~es~timony he
deems p.ertin~ent. ~aid; ~'acts arid' .te.s,t~.monv ~na1y inc~ude ~tes;~ti.-
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monv on the candition, o£- the veh~c:le or p~~°-t's ~t~e~°e°of anc~, ~he
cire;umstances ;~oncernin.a its loca,t~on an th'~e, sa,id pri'~a~E~e .
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p opert,
; r~ v o.r publi:c propert_v. The C~h~.ef' r~-f, Police s_lia,ll: riot
be ~.imi°~e:d by the tech-ni~a~, ~°u_1es .a;f e~~rzdence: The'.~owner~ ~,~
= th:~e 1'and tn.ay anpear in person a,t., ~the, hea~;~-nc~ or °p~e;sen°~: a
~ s;wo~n w~it~ten s~.atPmen~t in; .tiii;~e 'for .con;sid'eratrion at tTie he~,~-
ina, ~.nd den~~r respc~nsikiilitv for .t~he presence .of t°he °~e_h,icl:e.
on.. ~the land.; with ,his rea'sorr-s for suc~h~ der~ia_l. .
The C~hie.f.- of Po7.ice .snav °impo!se such con~ditions a•n~.",~~~.°~e
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such other~action as it deems appropriate under the
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circumstances to carry out the purpqs;e o~ this ~ordi-
nance or municipal code ch~~terj. It mav de~.ay the
t~,me for removal of the vehicle c~r parts; t~hereo~` if,
in its opinion, ~he c'ircumstances justify it. A:t ~he
conclusion of the public.hearina, ~he Chief of Police
may f.inc~ ~that a vehicle or par~s thereof has ~een
ahandonec~, wrecked, dismantled, or i:5 inopera~tive on
priva'te or publ:ic p~otaertv anc~ or.der the same removed
from the propert'v as a p.ubl.ic nuisance arid disposed o~
a~s~ hereiriafter provided and c~etermin,e ~ the administrative
costs' arid ~he eos-t of; remova~. to be charc~ecl. ac~ainst the
owner of the ~.and. The order recruirina removal shall
inc~..uc~e a description of the vehic~.e or parts ~hereof
and the correct identification number and li~cense number
o£ the vehicSe if available a-t the site. ..
It,it is determined at the hearinq tha't the ve;h,icle was
place;d on the ].and without the Corisent° of the .;owner of
the land and that he has not subsequ;entlv acct~u`iesCed in
its pr`esence, the Ghief o~ Police sha'1:L not as~sess the
c;d~sts of administration or remova-l o`f the vehic].e ~gainst
the property ut?on e~rhich the vehicle is located or o~ther-
ti~ise attempt to collect such cost_s ~rom such.~owner of
tlie land .
7f the o~~mer of the ~and submits a sworn wri~tten state-
ment denyinq r,esl~onsibi~.itv fo:r ~the pr.esence of the
vehicle on his land k~u~ does not appear, ~r if an inter-
ested party makes a ~,~ri.tten pre,sentation to the Chief
of Pol~ice but c~oes not appear, he shall be notified in
writina ~f the; dee;isi,on." '
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Section Vz - Cha~:ter l5, A.rticle .Xt~I of -~he Petaluma
Citv..Co e. o.f 19.5.8 is hereby ainended bv renumberinq
~ections 15.16.1C, 15.16.~.,1 and 15.'16.12 to ~ections
15.16.11, 15.1.6.12 and ].5.16.1,3.
~ection V:TZ - If anv sec~ion, subse.ction, sentence,
clause, p rase or 'worc~ o~ this ~~rdinance is fo~° anv
reason held to be uneonsti.tutional bv a court of com=
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Pe,tent ju~isdi;ction, s.uch decision.shall not a~~ect the
validity, of the „Yemainina portions of.:• t~?is ~rd~inance .
The City Council of the City of P:etalu_ma hereby declares
that it woul.d have passed and adopted this ~rclinance
and each and a~.1. of the provisions thereo~ ir~espective
o£ the ~aet t'hat anv one or more of saic~ p~ovisions be
declared unconstitutiona~o '
Section VIIZ -~'he Gitv Clerk be, ancl she is he~ebv
irected tri~ poSt/~#~~~~~iXthis ordinance for the period
and in the' manner as ~°ec~uired k;v the City Gha~ter.
nR:DFR Pf15TEDj~~~~~~£~~~ this 17th ~~;~ p~ MaY ~ , 19~1
RYF.,.:Ga Councilmen Battaglia, B,raine.rd, Bruriner,'~Cavanagh, Jr:,
~°~;Da-ly, Mat~tei; arid ,Mayor Putmam. '
NnEfi: None.
AB~EN
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r~, ;I hereby certify that the: wit$in ordinance was `posted` 'in ~}~~public places. in ~f~i~~~a~t~i~~~i~~ixfr~tX
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ABSENT :.:.. _ .••---- Bat glia
'I' ~hereby ceffify that ihe whole:`number of inembers of the Council of the City of: Petaluma 'is seven; _and 'that `.the
foregoing or,dinance was passed ,by the Council ,at its meeting of.. .Z.th _.:_..__ day of- :, ...... .~une______________________________
19 ..~)1- by the .following vote', to-wiE:;
AYES; CO.UNCILMAN-------------- Bralne_rd ------_•• •••---..;.. COUNCILMr1N: ----•........_. B~.L3~1:n~~
C~avanagh, Jr.
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( SEA`L) ~ CITY dLERK
The. foregoing Ordinance Number 1 ~:21 Ne~,y, g g y p p
._...:.__,"C;harCer Series, havip been re ularl assed and resented to me.
7 th----------------- day of ... June . -------., 19 .7.1.; 'is hereby approved by me'this:. _ 7 t~1 --•,•••-----daY
this •••••- - -•...--• -°•-••,
June 71 ' .. . uly 7, 1971 ~
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~ . MAYOR