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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.3 Rev6.80MuniCd e e SUBJECT CITY OF DUBLIN AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: September 27, 1993 Public Hearing: Revision of Chapter 6.80 of the Dublin Municipal Code. Abatement of Abandoned Vehicles (Report prepared by Police Service staff) EXHIBITS ATTACHED A)~ Draft Ordinance Amending Chapter ~.80 B) /ordinance Amending Chapter 6.80 RECOMMENDATION I: ('; \ 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Open Public Hearing Receive Staff Presentation Receive Public Comment Close Public Hearing Deliberate Waive reading and Adopt Ordinance This program will reimburse the City of Dublin for the abatement of abandoned vehicles up to $18,335 per year for the next five years. DESCRIPTION On September 13, 1993, the city Council adopted Resolution No. 107-93 amending Resolution No. 89-92, Approving Establishment of and City of Dublin Participation in the Alameda County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Authority, and introduced an ordinance which included revisions to Chapter 6.80 of the Dublin Municipal Code to incorporate "highway" which is defined as a way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. FINANCIAL STATEMENT Staff recommends that the City Council conduct a public hearing, deliberate, waive the reading and adopt the ordinance. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ITEM NO. ~ COPIES TO: CITY CLERK FILE~ e e EXHIBIT A ORDINANCE NO. - 93 ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6.80 - DUBLIN MUNICIPAL COD~ ABATEMENT OF ABANDONED VEHICLES SECTION 1: AMENDING OF SPECIFIC SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 6.80: Chapter 6.80 of the Dublin Municipal Code shall be amended to read as follows: I. Section 6.80.010 Declaration of "Policy. The accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof on private property or public property ftoe including streets is hereby found to create a condition tending to reduce the value of property, to promote blight and deterioration, to invite plundering, to create fire hazards, to constitute attractive nuisances creating hazards to the health, safety and welfare of minors, to create harborage for rodents and insects and to. be injurious to the public health, safety and general welfare. Therefore, the presence of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle or part thereof on private property or public property, ftoe including streets, is declared to constitute a public nuisance which may be abated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. II. section 6.80.20 Definitions The following definitions shall govern the construction of this chapter: "Abandoned vehicle" means any vehicle which has been left on private property or public property, oehe~-eftan highways, and in which the owner has no active interest and no intent to again claim a right or interest. "Abandoned vehicle" means any vehicle which has been left on pri vate or public property. or highways, and in which the owner has no active interest and no intent to again claim a right or interest. "Accumulation" means the gathering together of vehicles or parts of vehicles in quanti ties which are unreasonable in relation to uses permitted in the zoning district in which such vehicles or parts of vehicles are gathered together. "Inoperative vehicle" means a vehicle in such condition that it either physically or legally cannot be driven upon a street without: e e 1. Installation of a missing part 2. Replacement of a defective part; or 3. Registration and licensing. "storage" means the keeping of one or more vehicles or one or more parts of vehicles for a period of time which is unreasonable in relation to uses permitted in the zoning district in which such vehicles or parts of vehicles are kept. "Wrecked vehicle" means a vehicle which has suffered physical damage to the extent that it either physically or legally cannot be driven upon a street. " III. section 6.80.150 Notice to Department of Motor Vehicles. within five(5) days after abatement and removal, notice shall be given to the Department of Motor Vehicles identifying the vehicle or part thereof. Any evidence of registration available, including, but not limited to, the registration card, certificates of ownership, and license plans shall be transmi tted together with such notice. Also. 'Pursuant to section 22853 of the Vehicle Code. the Department of Justice must be advised of the abatement of a vehicle. SECTION 2: POSTING OF ORDINANCE: The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this Ordinance to be posted in at least three (3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with section 36933 of the Government Code of the state of California. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this AYES: day of 1993. NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk e e EXHIBIT B ORDINANCE NO. - 93 ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6.80 - DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE ABATEMENT OF ABANDONED VEHICLES SECTION 1: AMENDING OF SPECIFIC SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 6.80: Chapter 6.80 of the Dublin Municipal Code shall be amended to read as follows: 1. section 6.80.010 Declaration of ..Policy. The accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof on private property or public property including streets is hereby found to create a condition tending to reduce the value of property, to promote blight and deterioration, to invite plundering, to create fire hazards, to constitute attractive nuisances creating hazards to the health, safety and welfare of minors, to create harborage for rodents and insects and to be injurious to the public health, safety and general welfare. Therefore, the presence of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle or part thereof on private property or public property, including streets, is declared to constitute a public nuisance which may be abated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. II. section 6.80.20 Definitions The following definitions shall govern the construction of this chapter: "Abandoned vehicle" means any vehicle which has been left on private property or public property, or highways, and in which the owner has no active interest and no intent to again claim a right or interest. "Accumulation" means the gathering together of vehicles or parts of vehicles in quanti ties which are unreasonable in relation to uses permitted in the zoning district in which such vehicles or parts of vehicles are gathered together. "Inoperative vehicle" means a vehicle in such condition that it either physically or legally cannot be driven upon a street without: 1. Installation of a missing part 2. Replacement of a defective part; or 3. Registration and licensing. e e "storage" means the keeping of 'one or more vehicles or one or more parts of vehicles for a period of time which is unreasonable in relation to uses permitted in the zoning district in which such vehicles or parts of vehicles are kept. "Wrecked vehicle" means a vehicle which has suffered physical damage to the extent that it either physically or legally cannot be driven upon a street. III. section 6.80.150 Notice to Department of Motor Vehicles. Within five(5) days after abatement and removal, notice shall be given to the Department of Motor Vehicles identifying the vehicle or part thereof. Any evidence of registration available, including, but not limited to, the registration card, certificates of ownership, and license plans shall be transmi tted together with such notice. Also, pursuant to Section 22853 of the Vehicle Code, the Department of Justice must be advised of the abatement of a vehicle. SECTION 2: POSTING OF ORDINANCE: The city Clerk of the city of Dublin shall cause this Ordinance to be posted in at least three (3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with section 36933 of the Government Code of the state of California. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this AYES: day of 1993. NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk