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A. Upon the failure of the owner or operator of a vehicle to pay unpaid bail, fines or a combination of bail or fines for 3 or more parking violation(s) under this chapter, notice of the delinquency shall be given to the registered owner of the vehicle as shown by the Department of Motor Vehicles by certified mail. The registered owner will be given 15 days from the date of the notice to either post the bail, pay the fine(s), or request a hearing before the Municipal Judge to contest the parking citation(s) received.
B. Upon failure of the registered owner to post bail, pay the fine(s), or request a hearing within 15 days, the Municipal Judge shall issue an order directing the parking control officer or any other police officer so designated to immobilize the vehicle should the vehicle be found on a city street, city property, property controlled by the city, or property for which the city is contracted to enforce parking regulations as provided in this chapter.
A. When a driver, owner or person in charge of a vehicle is cited for violation of § 10.04.080, fails to respond to notice given as required above, and an order authorizing immobilization has been signed by the Municipal Judge, the parking officer or any police officer so designated shall:
1. Immobilize the vehicle temporarily until 11:00 a.m. of the following day by installing on or attaching to the vehicle a device designed to restrict the normal movement of the vehicle;
2. Conspicuously affix to the vehicle the written notice prescribed in division B. of this section; and
3. Unless release of the vehicle is arranged by 11:00 a.m. of the following day, remove the vehicle from the street or other public property as provided in this chapter.
B. The notice required by division A. of this section shall contain:
1. The name of the Municipal Judge ordering the temporary immobilization;
2. A description of the vehicle and its location;
3. A statement of the reason for the temporary immobilization of the vehicle, including a reference to the section of this chapter violated;
4. Where to go and how to obtain release of the vehicle;
5. The date and time when the city will have the vehicle towed and stored at the owner’s expense, resulting in the sale of the vehicle to satisfy these expenses and unpaid bail and fines if the owner fails to redeem the vehicle; and
6. The statement that attempting to remove the immobilization device or removing it, or attempting to remove or removing the vehicle before it is released as authorized by this chapter, is an offense.
C. The parking restrictions of the city shall not apply to a vehicle that has been temporarily immobilized as provided in this section.
D. There shall be assessed a charge for booting a vehicle in addition to any outstanding fines or other expenses assessed against the vehicle. This fee shall be set forth by resolution.
(Am. Ord. 1327, passed 5-19-2010)
A. No person other than an officer of the city may remove or attempt to remove a temporary immobilization device, or move or attempt to move the vehicle, before it is released by the Police Department or the Clerk of the Municipal Court in accordance with this section.
B. A vehicle shall be released and the temporary immobilization device removed when the owner, operator or person in charge of the vehicle either:
1. a. Posts bail and pays all fines and bail for parking citations issued against the vehicle, its operator or owner; and
b. Pays the booting charge.
2. Presents clear and convincing information to any employee of the city designated by the Municipal Judge to receive the information, that the present owner of the vehicle did not own the immobilized vehicle at the time the parking citations were issued that established the violation of § 10.04.080, or that the bail and fines for parking citations that establish the violation of § 10.04.080 have been paid before the vehicle was temporarily immobilized.
C. The city employee designated by the Municipal Judge as provided in division B. of this section may for good cause extend the time limit the temporary immobilization device is left attached to a vehicle before it is towed and stored, provided the owner, in writing, assumes all risk of damage to the vehicle while it remains immobilized. The extension of the time limit shall not exceed an additional 24 hours, excluding Sundays and holidays.
D. In lieu of proceeding under divisions B. and C. of this section, the owner, operator or person in charge of the vehicle may request that the Municipal Judge rather than his or her designee conduct a hearing in regard to the relevant issues contained in divisions B. and C. hereof. The hearing shall be conducted in an informal manner and as promptly as the court’s docket permits.
(Am. Ord. 1327, passed 5-19-2010)
A. 1. No person, firm or corporation shall park, store or permit to be stored on a street or other public property therein, without the permission of the City Police Department, a vehicle or personal property for a period in excess of 72 hours. The continuity of the time shall not be deemed broken by movement of the vehicle elsewhere on the block unless the movement removes the vehicle from the block where it is located before it is returned.
2. No person, firm or corporation shall abandon a vehicle upon a street or upon any other public or private property.
B. When a vehicle is found in violation of division A. of this section, the officer responsible for the enforcement of this section shall follow the procedures provided in O.R.S. Chapter 819 dealing with the custody, removal and disposal of vehicles.
(Am. Ord. 1485, passed 7-18-2018)
A. Violation of any provision of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $500 for each violation.
B. For a second or subsequent conviction within 1 year, a person shall be punished by a fine of not more than $750.
C. Violation of a provision identical to state statute is punishable by a fine not to exceed the penalty prescribed by the state statute.
Subject to the approval of the City Council by resolution or motion, the Public Works Director shall:
A. Designate stop streets;
B. Designate 1-way streets;
C. Designate crosswalks, safety zones and traffic lanes;
D. Designate areas in which no parking shall be permitted and areas in which the time of parking is to be limited;
E. Direct the placing and maintenance of those traffic signs, markers and signals as may be reasonably necessary to carry the above powers into effect and for the regulation and safety of traffic;
F. Exercise a general supervision over the administration and enforcement of all traffic ordinances; and
G. Require the pruning or trimming of trees and shrubs along streets and highways so that they will not obstruct the view for traffic; and order the removal or alteration of any signs, fences or other objects along streets and highways that are an obstruction of the view for traffic.
All official traffic signs, signals and markers existing at the time of the adoption of this chapter shall be considered official under the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that the City Council may by resolution or motion at any time have the official traffic signs, signals or markers removed or changed, or the same may be done at the direction of the Public Works Director; and provided further, that any additional official traffic signs, signals or markers erected, installed or painted shall first be authorized by resolution or motion of the City Council or by order of the Public Works Director.
A. Streets or parts of streets in the city that are appropriately signed for no truck, local delivery only, local truck only, or with a gross vehicle weight restriction are designated as restricted streets.
B. When appropriate signs are erected on streets establishing a truck route, no person shall operate, drive or cause or permit to be operated or be driven, any truck not otherwise exempted under division A. of this section, on any restricted street.
(Ord. 1497, passed 1-2-2019)