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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1542 - Cite & Store Abandoned VehiclesORDINANCE NO. 1542 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING SECTIONS 1.12.020 AND 12.40.190 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO EMPOWER POLICE CADETS TO CITE AND STORE • ABANDONED VEHICLES The City Council of the City of Newport Beach DOES ORDAIN as follows; SECTION 1. Section 1.12.020 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is amended to read: "1.12.020 Authority of Public Officers or Employees to Make Arrests. The following designated public officers and employees shall have the power to arrest persons for misdemeanor violations committed in their presence as hereinafter provided: (1) Humane officers shall have the power to make arrests for any violation of Title 7 of this Code, entitled 'Animals.' (2) Parking Control Officers shall have the power to • make arrests for any violation of Title 12 of this Code, entitled 'Vehicles and Traffic'. Police Cadets shall have the power to make arrests for any violations of Chapters 12.40, entitled 'Stopping, Standing and Parking Regulations'; 12.44, entitled 'Stopping, Standing and Parking Restrictions'; and 12.48, entitled 'Loading and Unloading', of the Newport Beach Municipal Code. (3) The Marine Safety Director and all lifeguards shall have the power to make arrests for any violation of Chapter 5 of Division 3 of the California Harbors & Navigation Code, Title 11 of this Code, entitled 'Recreational Activities' and Title 17 of this Code entitled 'Harbor Regulations', and shall have the power to make arrests for violations of the following sections of this Code: Section • 6.04.070 'Improper Garbage Disposal,' Section 6.04.200 'Tampering with Beach Receptacles Prohibited,' and -I- 12/11/73 Section 6.04.230 'Human Deposits.' (4) The Marina Park manager shall have the power to make arrests for any violation of Chapter 12.40 of the . Newport Beach Municipal Code, entitled 'Stopping, Standing and Parking Regulations,' relating to parking of vehicles. (5) The License Supervisor and all License Inspectors shall have the power to make arrests for any violation of Title 5 of this Code, entitled 'Business Licenses and Regulations,' Title 6 of this Code entitled 'Health and Sanitation,' Title 10 of this Code entitled 'Offenses and Nuisances,' and shall have the power to make arrests for violations of Section 12.40.060 of this Code entitled 'Parking for Certain Purposes Prohibited.' (6) The General Services Director, the Assistant General Services Director, the Refuse Foreman, the Assistant Refuse Foreman, and the Training and Safety Inspector shall • have the power to make arrests for any violations of Chapter 6.04 of this Code." SECTION 2. Section 12.40.190 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is amended to read: "12.40.190 Causes for Impoundment. Any regularly employed and salaried officer of the Police Department of this City, or Police Cadet of this City, may remove or cause to be removed: (a) Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a street or alley for seventy -two or more consecutive hours. (b) Any vehicle which is parked or left standing on a street or highway at any place that has been established as a no parking area by resolution of the City Council • when signs are posted giving notice that vehicles parked in such area are subject to removal. -2- 12/10/73 t • 11 (c) Any vehicle which is parked or left standing on a street or highway where the use of such street or high- way or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the street or highway or for the installation of underground utilities, or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is author- ized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic, or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement; provided, that signs giving notice that such vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least twenty -four hours prior to the removal. (Ord. 1069, 1963: 1949 Code § 3274.1)." SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be published once in the official newspaper of the City, and the same shall be effective 30 days after the date of its adoption. This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the loth day of December 19 73 , and was adopted on the 17th day of December 19 73 , by the following vote, to wit: CERTIFIED AS THE ORIGINAL AND CERTIFIED AS TO PUBLICATION DATE DEC _191973 r CC 44RKVrTaHiCI O RT BEACH ATTEST: `CitY c " Cler AYES, COUNCILMEN: McInnis, Rogers, Croul, Dostal, Kymla, Ryckoff, Store NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None -3- /12/7/73