HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986 Ordinance No. 044I
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MEMB ER RJLO
'·" 0P "'tl ~l!'.:E M<fNDrnG TlTU XI, Cll /1P T E R Ill, SEC TIONS 3 , 4, 5, At lfl
~~~!t"G rr~ SF.~T I O NS fi, 7, AP) R, REGA RD I NG REGULATIONS FOR TOW J ~G
ll'P "1Jt:r,11 •G, ~~fl fll SPOf;J T J OM Cf f10TO P. VE III C LF.S MlD DF.CLARitlG /IN
r •.1r pr.s::11rv .
l•~t~fl~r.l\S, it ti.1~ hr>\C'Hne r.0rP!!.~ary to provide owners of
;-~rl•n~,...~ ~o~n r ,·c ~icl e~ 11,e ,,ppn r tun i ty to r e quest hea rings t o
,..1,...~0 1-~in~ t ~e l n n ~lit v n f tl1r t o~; ?nd
~~r n~~s, 11P ti~P 'r ~~e "r esen tiv P nl1 me r a t e d under
-~ .. n~r1'"'1c1~ n r ..-1in ,,nrf'> for thr !.:l}P of r!b ~nrlo nerl vehicles d o e s n e t
rn-~1 v ~ith ~t ~t e l ~w;
~~K, TPF RF.F"Rf, qr. IT ORDI\TNED BY TH r
r 1 -r\• nr f Hf:!.fW()At'!, r o r.011 Ann, as fol lO\>!S:
i COUNCIL OF THE
c:f'rtio n 1 • 'rhnt Titl e 11, Ch a p ter 11\, Section 3, sub-
c~rt~nn n , Fnn1pwo od Munirioa l Co rl e 1985, is her e by amended t o
r r>;,rl ~~ follnwii:;:
11-1 ,-1 (R\ TMPOUNDMF'NT OF UNATTENDED VEHICLES
A vehlrle will be towea when left unattended for se,enty-
two 17 21 conqecutive liours a{tPr being poster', The vehicl e
will b e hpJn for at leas t THIRTY (30) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF
qEf'()Jf,:G or NOTICE or OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST HE/IRING prior
tn bPing aisposP~ of. The notification of the owner and
nis nosition of the impounded vehicle is set forth in
~er t l0n JJ-1,-4 of this Article. (Ora. 68 Series 1°85)
qe ction 2. Th~t Title 11, Chapter 111, Section 4, Englewood
u un 1 r in a1 Coc'e 1 985 , is h e reby amenaea to reRrl as follows:
1 l-1/\-4 IJ TSPOS!T!Otl Of UNC'U!M!'IJ IMP OU t:0 1:D \ICIIICL f.S
\·.":1 nnp•:nr c1 ,.,.,, i cl P. ~1, .. c; ~)C"f'\n i mr0 un c~P ,i in acr o r c1 n nce wi t h I
nro v is~o n~ nf t,is Art irl P , i'ln c1 no rl ~i ~ of n~n e rshio or
r ior t to r0 s~;..~s ion hn c; h eci n m~clc-, 0 1 if mad'=', h .-:,s n~t h c-cr.
~~t-?.'">~i sh P<~ ':n th p ~n tisf n ct-inn o' t 111 • rhief ('I f Police OP
H!,/1P Tt'r, ()Ff'I C'r.R r,n (l no Aui~ C"I T r1rt i 011 t o dr-te r •n ine such
r l ~!~ ~AA b~~n insti t u ►e ~ anrl pen~i no , the Chief of Poli cr
~~y ~ispose of Sl1ch v e hi cl e by t)1e !allowing me nns:
~r.>rtinn 1. '!',il t TitlP 11, Chnpter 1A, ~ection 4, sub-
~rrt io n~, E~~lnwo o~ Municip 3 1 Co~e 1985, is he reby am e nd e d to
~~nw ~ ne w R~~~Pction ~ to re a ~ as follows:
I ST"TEMf~T THAT THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE HAS THC
,_.,,..,,. 1"1Tf'TI' TF N 11n1 DAYS /\FTC? RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICf'. TO
rr ·•1•r<a T ~., .~'lt<lt'lf'TRATIVE HEARINC: TO DETERMINE THE LEGALITY OF .,..,1r ':" ..... ,,:.
~Pc-tion A. T'1at Titl e 11, Chapt e r lA, SPction 5, EngJc,w ood
''t1 n i r]r3l ("0'11> lQAc;, is herPby amenden to re~d as follows:
11-lA-~ DISPOSITION OF IMPOUNDED VEHICLES WHEN OKH tP -
qHJP HAS RERN F.STARLISHEIJ
Whrnever A vPhicle has bePn impounrled in accordance with
nr0visinns of this Article, and ownership has been
pctP-hli~hen tn thP satisfaction a( thp Chief of Police OP
HrA q JHC: OFFICER, or !P~itimate claim has been made, the
nwner or clrimant will be notified of the location of the
VPhiclP and the owner's or claimant's liability for all
fops oenclino aqainst the vehicle, MID THE OWNER'S RIGHT TO
REnUEST, WITHii TEN (10) DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE,
AN Ar>MINISTR"TIVE HF.TIRING TO DETERMINE THE LEGT\LITY OF THE
1nw.
Ae rtion 5. That TitlP 11, Chapter IA, Englewood Municipal
~nn .-1005· i's -hPreby amPnclecl creating new SPctions 6, 7, and 8 to
TP~a a~ follow~:
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'1-1 "-C, (\l•:lffH 'S nrror.Tllt:JTY TO J;r.(>Ur.S T HEA l'ING
\•:1'!~1'1 f.VF.R A \'rtlTC T.f. 11 /1.S PCEN I~~rounnr:n PUR S IJ /d!T TO T Hr.
PPOVl~T<'t·)~ or TH I S /\PTI C'r.r., Till' Hl~C.l STEl·'ED (Jl·:i:E ~ OR
f"T llf R lt.'flIV 1 !1l'11r. Hl\\'lt~r. R IGHT T('I J"O S.-'..SS TO!: <w T H r
Vf.HTrL F. !'r1s THC RICl!T TO Rf.QUr.ST A POS'f -S f.J ?IJ l1J::
r,n ,q r-'t S~'R A.:'lVF: HF:!iP I NG TO r>r'TEP~• 1 NF. WHETllF:P 'l l!f.R E \\AS
f"IP/"\P,f\i'Lf , ... ,1dJc;f. ~o I MPOllt•:O Sl\In \'J:l!JC l..F:, I F' S IH'H PEl<S nf:
!='ll,FC: l\ \•:P JTTfl! nr~1/1!•!D, OF fOF'·~s so rROVJOED FOP SUCH
,, 11r.1,pJr-:G , ,:JTI' Tl!r CITY o r F.1 :,!.n:no11 POLJ Cr.
()f'PAr n:n·T. SUC II HEAR I IIG S ll/,LJ. n E REQlJC:,'fl'.ll ,: I TII IN
':'Ftl (10 ) [)/, YS 1,FTFR S UC H PERSO N II/IS LE AP.IIFD r;:, I I)
V1'Htr LF II A' PFEIi IMP OU ll l)ED , OR WITHI N TE il ( 1 'l) DA YS o r
TIii' p ()C'f"',Pl'Fr> 11 .AT r OF SE ND I NC.· SUCH IWT ICf. rw
lf'P()[l~'[l "1ft'':', Wl<ICHFVf P OC C UR S FIRST. SUCH 1:ri-r 1cr
,Cl!Al,T. P.r ~!'l'T nv Cf.FT TF}f.[l MAIL TO TIIE ADDPl'.:;s or
pr.rnn r, 0 F' Tl'E Pf.C.!ST EHf.ll 01·,!•lr.P .
tr Tllr \'1:IH r:r.r HAS Tl[F'N IMP OUt:DED AS AN hll/-.':·,01:Efl
vr.11Ir:r ,F', "'IT !'<'LICE DEP".RTMEKT SHAr,L FOLL OW T Hf.
PF'~UIPEMfNTS SFT F'ORTH AT TITLE 41, ARTICLE 4, P ART
1~. c.~.s . 1 °P4 AS A~rNDCD FOR THE PURPOSE OF
''"Tl.-JCA':101' OF' Tl!r PfC'ISTERED.O\,'NER OF' TH E VEIIICLE'S
~TAT~S A"O THE RTGPT TO REQUEST HEARING,
r, 'F' TH~ VEHICLE HAS REEN lMPOUUDED FOR A VIOLATION OF'
MnTOP VEHICLE REGTSTRATION LAWS, INSPECTION LAWS, OR
T P AF'F'IC LAW~, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHALL tlOTIFY THE
Pf.C.JSTERf.fJ fJWNER OF HIS RIGHT TO REQUEST A HEARING
W'THI~ 48 HOURS OF' IMPOUNr>ME NT, EXCLUDTNG WEEKENDS AND
ClTY 11 0 1.!r>~YS, SUCH NOTICE SHALL INCLUDE THE
f'O!.l,OWJNC. INFORMATION:
1) THE ADfJRf.SS AtlfJ TELEPHONE NUMTlf.R OF THE ENGLEWOOD
P OLTCE DEPARTMf.~T;
2) Tl<l' T.CICATTON OF STORAGE OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE;
•1 A Df.SCRIP~ION OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE, WHICH SHALL
INCLUDE, IP AVAILABLE, THE MAKE, MODEL, LICENSE
PLATE NUMBER, MII.EAGE, AND VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER,
4) THf. P f.A RONS FOR WHICH THE MOTOR VEHICLE WAS
ORO FR Fn IMPOUNDED; AND
•) THAT, IN ORDER TO ORTAIN A HEARING CONCERNING THE
V>.L TrllTY OF THr. IMPOUllDMENT, THF. OWNER MUST
REr>ttt:ST SUCH ~f.ARINC. FROM THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD
P"LICf. 11EPARTMf.NT WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS APTER
'l'!IF: POSTMARKED DATE APPEARING ON THE NOTICE,
" r1,1r.1•pr 0r Tl!:. n1,:1•rR 1'0 Rr.('t•r.sr ,, llr.A P.J IIG \·."ITIIJU TIH:
r 0 nv1 . TJ4[ rPAr l S OR FPILll RE TO ~PPf ~P FOR A
~r 11r 1 ll LF fl IIPR1"G , Sl!!,LL l'E DEEMl:ll ii \·."id \1 1:R Of THE
PJf"H'f Tl) ~1JC l1 llr 1\Rif\'r..
11-1 /.-7 lfffrn P/\f. T O IIC AIU ~r. OFF I l'l:R
~. Tl " l ""'Pl '.'G QIT JCrp :!l',L I. llE [H:SIGNATF.D BY .HF: CITY
~-IIJ'Cl t: PF,EIPT f\Y THr. POI.ICF: DEPARTMENT or A ~IRITTEN
1-:r-n 11rsT FOR II l!F,RIIIG, SU CII llEA'llNG SHAT.L RC CONDUCTED
'"' Tl!I : l't ~FJ~r. OFFICER WITHIN rORTY -EIGHT (48) Hour s ,
1•:)T l.11''1 ~•r, W!:EKEN r>~ /,'.ID CI TY 1!01. !DAYS, UNLESS SUCH
rir p~')•' r :,0u rSTING 'i '!-l E Hf.ARTtlG h'l\JVF.~ THC RIGHT TO #.
sr ,-·r.rw p r,:;11)1~111 .
•Hr SOL• I ~sur.s qrfnRr THE HE"R!~G OFFICER SHALL BE
• f 1 l 1,•11rT !\E P. 7Hl 'RI' \•,AS PP.081,ALE CAllSf. TO IMPOUIID THE
\Tl ' I CLF J ~ ()UC STION . "PROBAllLE CAUSE TO IMPOUND"
s 11>r,r. ~\!'Ill! SUCH /\ STATE Of FACTS AS WOULD LEl,D A
P[PS O~ OF OP.DIN/\RY CARE AND PRUDEN CE TO RELIEVE THAT
Tltr.Rc WAS SUFF IC I FMT BRf.ACI! OF LOCAL, STA TE OR FEOER l,L
f.i\W TO GRANT LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR THE RE~OVAL OF THE
VEHICLE; (2) THE PERSON JlEQUESTING THE HEARJNG IS THE
RfGISTE~fD OWNER OR OTHF:R INDIVIDU/\L HAVJHG RIGHT TO
ro~s~SSION OF THE VEHICLE.
Jl -1~-P COl:OllCT C'r IIEIIRING
-• THr. PE~RING OFFICER SHALL CONDUCT THE HEARING IN AN
INFORMAL M-NNER /\ND SHIIT.L NOT HE HOUND BY TECHNICAL
PUT.ES OF ErJDF:NCE . SUCH HEARING SHALL BE TAPE
RF:CORDB[J.
~. THf POLICE DEPARTMENT SHALL CARRY THE BURDEN OF
rSTAAT.ISHJNG THAT THERE WAS PROBIIBLF: CAUSE TO '.~POUND
THr VEHlrLE TN ()UESTION.
r. '!'llr lffARrnG OFFICER SHALL ONLY DETERMINE THAT, AS TO
THE VF:HICLE IN (IUESTION, THE PERSON REQUESTING THE
Hf/\PTNG JS THC RF:GISTERED OWNER OR OTHER INDIVIDUAL
H-VINr. PIGHT TO POSSE&SION , AND EITHER (A) THERE WAS
PPO~~qT.E r11USE TO IMPOUND THE VEHICLE, OR (BJ THERE
W>F ~0 SUCH PROAIIB LF: rAUSE.
..., ','!' THI: cn1T l.llf-J ()N OF T ill: H[AR J!;r., TE I. HEARING OfFJC[H
SJl~J.J, r prpr,rr II l•:RJTTl"N [)f.CIS J O N. /, COPY Of SUCH
n rc;tSJO~ Slf~J,L P~ PR0V !Drn TO THE INDIVJ DUhL
p ,·n tl!:STi t,'r. T Hr pr:d~t t~G l~tm 'fH I: \'OLt r~r D f:PAP.T :1t:NT . Jt:
T l'!: f.Vf"!l7 TIii,, Tllr IIF~RJ!J G Ol'i"I L'l'I< Dl:,'l:R~'.11 !1:S TH~T
'i l!FPF' \·/AS /!O SUC H PIWl\l1fl l.E C'AUf-E , THJ; ll[ARING Off!Cl:I<
S!l>f.l, PFrPARF. ~ "CF'HT TFI CAT J: or 1:0 PR0!1/,ALE CAUSE."
r n p I rs n 1· t•;H I CH Sl!ALI, RE r; I Vl:N TO T HE m :t:ER Of T HE
Vl"J 'l r l.f', TH I: P0LIC'F. Of.Pl,fnMFNT, /\ND THE GARf,GE STORl!!G
T ilt: VFH J<'t .1:. UPON REC t:IPT OF TlfF. ow1:ER'S CO PY o r SU C H
r r,lT!Fl C ll'rF , TI IF. F Oi.TC!: GAP/.G J: II AV l NG CUSTC'D\' OF 7lff.
V"lllCLf' S II AI.I. RFI.F.ASf. Tllf. Vr!IICLf. TO ITS OW!IF.R.
F.. l!Pot' ,, l'l tl ll lt'1C: or. !'0 PRO IJ/1 11!.f. Cl,USF., Tov:rnG /IND
ST"•Arr rrrs SHIii.i. Bf PAI[) nv Tllf. CITY IN ACCORD~NC E
l·'l T P ll~RA::r.['1 f.l·lTS /11\!)f' l<E'J'l'IE:E N THf. CITY AllD POLICE
r:rdu ,r:Ei::.
"' Tl'f. 01-,1•rp "~11.S T O P RFSftJ T ,UC'II C'EPT !f !ChT F. TO TH J;
pn1.1rr f'~RAG~ HAVI NG CUS r ODY OF THE V E HICLE WITHIN
T\"J:PTY-!'nUR {✓4) HOURS OF ITS RECEIPT, E ),':!.UDING S UC H
f"~\'S ~;H r.1 : THF. C:IIR/\GE JS tJO T OPEN FOR BUSJ !lf.SS, THE
n 1,;1 •FR SH/\LL I\S S UME Lll\81LTTY FOR IILL SUBS EQU ENT
S T0RA GF. CHIIRGF.S. SUCH CERTIFICI\TE SHI\LL IKFORM THC
OWNER C'F SUCH RF.QUIREMENT.
G. 1 F THE HEIIRTNn OFFICER DETERMINES THAT THE IMPOUNDME NT
l•,~.S VAL![) I\ND lF THF. OWNER DOES NOT COMPLY \'1TH THE
APPPOPRIIITE O~DINIINCES WITHIN TEH (10) DI\YS OF THE
HEARING OFFICER'S DECISION IIND REFUSES TO REMOVE THE
M'1TOR VF.HICLF. BY MEANS OTl'CR THAI,! UNDEH IT S OWN POl•:tR
ON A PUBLIC HIGHW AY, THE E~GLEWOOD POLICE DEPI\RTMENT
SHIILL HI\VE REI\SONABLF. GROUfDS TO BELIEVE THE MOTOR
VEHICLE HI\S BEEN I\BI\NDONED \ND THE PROVISIONS OF
ll-111-4 OF •rHIS ARTICLE SHl\1,L IIPPLY I\ND THE VEHICLE
MAY RE DISPOSED OF IN ACCORIJANCE WITH THE PROVISI011S
OF SI\JD SECTION 11-111-4, DISPOSITION OF UNCLI\IMED
Vl".li!CT,f.S !ORD. 658 SERIES 1985).
11. "'IIF. HF.I\RJNn OFFICER'S DECISION 1N tlO WIIY IIFFECTS IINY
rpJMTNAL PROCEEDING IN CONNECTION WITH THE IMPOUND IN
nu rsTJON, AND IINY CRJMIN/\L CHIIRGES INVOLVED IN SUCH
PPOf'EEO JNC: MIIY ONLY llE CHALLENGED IN THE IIPPROPRII\TE
r ntlRT.
1. ~HF. ~Ff'lSIO~ OF THE HE/IRING OFFICER IS FINIIL.
C:r.r•·inn r,. 1•.ri P'"'t'rn,-.nry C'>:i~ts in t h "1 t t li C' nr o\·is i ons o f
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lntror~llrPrl , r p,·vi in fu11 , n n<l p 2!SSC'll <'n fi r ~t t P.-:.ding on
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T, Patricia H, Crow, Ci ty Cl e rk of the City o f Engl ew o od,
rnl o r a f o , he reby c e rtify t ha t the abo v· n nd for eg oin g i s a t ru e
a n ~ r n~p1P tP ropy of t~e OrdinancP pwn.on fin a l r ead ing a nd
n 11h lisl,p('1 h y ti t1 P. as Ordinance No. n Series of 1986,
/~/ft-Ut tt;( v--<! {~ I f t ''
Patriria H. Crow