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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 14781 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 JEROME F. COLEMAN CITY OF BURLINGAME 501 PRIMROSE ROAD 8URLINGAME, CALIF 94010 ORDINANCE NO. 1478 ORDINANCE AMENDING PROCEDURES FOR REMOVING ABANDONED VEHICLES The CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BURLINGAME does hereby ordain as follows: Section 1. Section 13.65.010 of the Burlingame Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "13.65.010 Findings. In addition to and in accordance with the determination made and the authority granted by the state of California under Section 22660 of the Vehicle Code to remove abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof as public nuisances, the city council of the city of Burlingame hereby makes the following fmdings and declarations: The accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperarive vehicles or parts thereof on private or public property, including highways, is hereby found to create a condition tending to reduce the value of private property, to promote blight and deterioration, to invite plundering, to create fire hazards, to constitute an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors, to create a harborage for rodents and insects and to be injurious to the health, safety and general welfare. Therefore, the presence of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle or parts thereof, on private or public property, including highways, except as expressly hereinafter permitted is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance which may be abated as such in accordance with the provisions of this chapter." Section 2. Section 13.65.012 is hereby added to the Burlingame Municipal Code to read as follows: "13.( 5.012 Definitions. As used in this chapter: (a) "Vehicle" means ad by which any person or property may be propelled, moved 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 JEROME F. COLEMAN Arco BNEv CITY00F BU RIINGAME 301 PRIMROSE ROAD BURLINGAME, CALIF. 94010 or drawn upon a highway, except a device moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. (b) ghway" means a way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. Highway includes street. (c) "Owner of the land" means the owner of the land on which the vehicle, or parts thereof, is located, as shown on the last equalized assessment roll. (d) "Owner of the vehicle" means the last registered owner and legal owner of record." Section 3. Section 13.65.070 of said code is hereby amended to read as follows: 13,65,070 Notice to Department of Motor Vehicles and Department of Justice. Within five days after the date of removal of the vehicle or parts thereof, notice shall be given to the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Stolen Vehicle System of the Department of Justice identifying the vehicle or parts thereof removed. At the same time there shall be transmitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles any evidence of registration available, including registration certificates, certificates of title and license plates. " Mayor I, Judith A. Malfatti, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby cert ify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 4th day of JANUARY , 1993, and was adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 20th day of JANUARY , 1993, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: HARRISON, KNIGHT, LEMBI, O'MAHONY, PAGLIARO NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE j City Clerk