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
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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.
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(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
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ATTEST:
`CitY c " Cler
AYES, COUNCILMEN: McInnis, Rogers,
Croul, Dostal, Kymla, Ryckoff, Store
NOES, COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None
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