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Home My WebLink About1992 Ordinance No. 028ORDINANCE NO &_ SERIES OF 1992 BY AUTHORITY COUNCIL BILL NO . 24 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL Mli:MBER WIGGINS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 11, CHAPTER I, SECTION l, SUBSECTJON B, OF THE ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING A NF.W SUBSECTION RELATING TO THE PARKING OF VEHI CLES WITH EXPIRED LICENSE PLATES . WHEREAS , citizens of this city aro fr ustrated and endangered by abandon ed vehicl es wh ic h are parked but not legally able to ue moved until after receiving the first citation : and WHEREAS , the owner of vehicles parked with expired license plates ca n not now be charged with any offense : and WHEREAS, the health , safety and welfare of the City would be protec ted ifit had an ordinan ce making it illegal to park a mo to r vehicle o• Englewood streets with expired plates: NOW , THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAJNED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS: ~-Title 11, Chapter l , Section l , Subse~tion B, of th e Englewood Municipal Cod e is amended by adding a new Subsection 11, which •mends Article X, Section 10 of the Mod el Traffic Code by adding Section 10-10 as follow s: 11-1-1 B. 11 : PARKING VEHICLES WITH EXPIRED REGISTRATION : IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING PROVISIONS OF SECTION LO , OF ARTICLE X OF THE MODEL TRAFFIC CODE THE FOLLOWING PROVISION IS HEREBY ADOPTED : Section. 10-10: IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO PARK OR STAND ANY MOTOR VEHICLE OR TRAJLER UPON ANY STREET OR UPON ANY PRIVATE PROPERTY AVAJLABLE FOR PUBLIC USE IN THIS CITY THAT DOES NOT HA VE CURRENT VALID VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION IN CONFORMITY WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF PLATE ISSUANCE . Introduc ed, read in fu ll, and pa ssed on fir st r ea ding on the 15th of June, 1992. Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 18th day of June, 1992. Read by title and passed on fi nal re ading on th e 6th day of July , 1992. Pu blished by titl e a s Or dina nce No .-<f". Se n es of 1992, on th e 9th day of July , 1992. 10 b _0o .. ; . .::_._,,.~ · · ~Wiggi~ ATTEST · -~#ffu✓-Patric ia H. Crow , City Cle rk I, Patricia H. Crow, City Clerk oft.: e City of Englewood , Co lo rado , hereby certi fy that th e a bove and foregoing is a true copy of the Ordinance passed on fin a l reading a nd publ ished by title as Ordinance No .&, Series of 1992. , ~-~~~ Patric.in H. Crow COUl'fCU. COMMUNJCA11ON Date A&enda ltem June 15 , 1992 11 d Subject Parking of ve~cles wtth expired license plates. INI11ATED BY Department of Community Development STAFF SOURCE Dana •.,!azter, Envtronmental/Nelghb'>rhood ScIVlces Admln1stra tor ISSUE/ AC11ON PROPOSED Adopt an Ordinance to amend Title 11 , Chapter 1 Section 1, Englewood Munlclpal Code rnaklng It tllegal for any vehicle to park or stand on :,ublic right-of-way or -private property available for public use wtth e·,cplred lie:en:ie plates. PREVIOUS COUNCIL AC11ON There has been no previous Council action on this matter. STAFF ANALYSIS Tills amendment to the Municipal Code wtll result In Improved and more effi cient enforcement of abandoned vehicles by Police Officers and Code Enforcement Offic ers . BACKGROUND Th e purpose of this Ordlnance Is to put an end t o the ongoing "cat and mouse" game Involving the removal of abandoned vehicles which are unlicensed or with expired IJC L!,se pla tes . Abandoned vehicles are removed by the City If, after being tagged , they are not move d for a period of seventy two hours. While vehlcles whlch are unlicensed or have expired plates may not be operated on public rights-of-way , a citation can only be Issued for th1s violation If It ts witnessed by a Police Offi cer. With abandoned ve hicles thls rarely h a ppens. In addition, the citation Is Issued to the op erator of the vehlcle. whlch may not be the owner. Abandoned v~hlcle citations, on the other hand, are Issued to the owner of the A vehJcle. ThJs ts where the compllcatlon artses. Without the proposed amendment , W owners of unllcensed vehlcles simply move the vehlcle within the seventy-two hour per1od because the chances ofbetng observed by Pollce ts very small and as a result the process must start all over agatn . ThJs amendment wtl1 enable Pollce Officers as well as Code Enforcement Officers to have these vehicles more quickly removed from the streets of the City. FINANCIAL There are no financial Impacts on the City as a result of the enactment of this Ordinance .