HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1125-1993ORDINANCE NO. 1125-93
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SOUTH
SAN FRANCISCO AMENDING CHAPTER 8.48 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ABANDONED VEHICLES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Section 8.48.010 amended.
Section 8.48.010 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"8.48. 010.
Findings--Nuisance declared.
In addition to and in accordance with the determination made
and the authority granted by the State of California under Section
22660 of the Vehicle Code to remove abandoned, wrecked, dismantled
or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof as public nuisances, the
city council makes the following findings and declarations:
The accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled
or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof on private or public
property including highways, is found to create a condition tending
to reduce the value of private property, to promote blight and
deterioration, to invite plundering, to create fire hazards, to
constitute an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health
and safety of minors, to create a harborage for rodents and
insects, and to be injurious to the health, safety and general
welfare. Therefore, the presence of an abandoned, wrecked
dismantled or inoperative vehicle, or parts hereof, on private or
public property including highways, except as expressly permitted
in this chapter, is declared to constitute a public nuisance which
may be abated as such in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter".
SECTION 2:
Section 8.48.050 amended.
Section 8.48.050 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 8.48.050 Administration and enforcement
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions
of this chapter shall be administered and enforced by the locally
designated officer. In the enforcement of this chapter such
officer and his deputies may enter upon a highway or private or
public property to examine a vehicle or parts thereof, or obtain
information as to the identity of a vehicle and to remove or
cause the removal of a vehicle or parts thereof declared to be a
nuisance pursuant to this chapter".
SECTION 3.
Section 8.48.080 amended.
Section 8.48.080 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 8.48.080 Abatement generally.
Upon discovering the existence of an abandoned, wrecked,
dismantled, or inoperative vehicle, or parts thereof, on a
highway or private or public property within the city, the
locally designed officer shall have the authority to cause the
abatement and removal thereof in accordance with the procedure
prescribed in this chapter".
SECTION 4.
Section 8.48.140 amended.
Section 8.48.140 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 8.48.140
Notification to Department of Motor
Vehicles.
A. Within five days from the date of removal of the
vehicle or parts thereof, notice shall be given to the Department
of Motor Vehicles identifying the vehicle or parts thereof
removed. At the same time there shall be transmitted to the
Department of Motor Vehicles any evidence of registration
available, including registration certificates, certificates of
title, and license plates.
B. Immediately after removal of the vehicle, the public
agency which removed, or caused removal of, the vehicle shall
notify the State Vehicle System of the Department of Justice in
Sacramento of the removal."
SECTION 5.
Section 8.48.160 amended.
Section 8.48.060 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 8.48.160 Violations deemed infractions.
A. It is unlawful and an infraction for any person to
abandon, park, store, or leave or permit the abandonment,
parking, storing, or leaving of any licensed or unlicensed
vehicle or parts thereof which is in an abandoned, wrecked,
dismantled or inoperative condition upon any private property or
public property including highways within the city for a period
in excess of ten days unless such vehicle or parts thereof is
completely enclosed within a building in a lawful manner where it
is not plainly visible from the street or other public or private
property, or unless such vehicle is stored or parked in a lawful
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manner on private property in connection with the business of a
licensed dismantler, licensed vehicle dealer or a junkyard.
B. It is unlawful and an infraction for any person to fail
or refuse to remove an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or
inoperative vehicle or parts thereof or refuse to abate such
nuisan4ce when ordered to do so in accordance with the abatement
provisions of this chapter or state law where such state law is
applicable."
SECTION 6.
SEVERABILITY
In the event any section or portion of this ordinance shall
be determined invalid or unconstitutional, such section or
portion shall be deemed severable and all other sections or
portions hereof shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 7. Publication and Effective Date.
This ordinance shall be published once, with the names of
those City Councilmembers voting for or against it, in the
Enterprise-Journal, a newspaper of general circulation in the
City of South San Francisco, as required by law, and shall become
effective thirty (30) days from and after its adoption.
Introduced at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of South San Francisco, held the 27th day
of January , 1993.
Adopted as an Ordinance of the City of South San Francisco
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
South San Francisco, held the 24th day of February ,
1993, by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers Jack Drago, Joseph A. Fernekes, John R. Penna,
Robert Yee, and Mayor Roberta Cerri Teglia
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: N0ne
ABSENT: None
City Clerk
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CENTRAL RECORDS
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As Mayor of the City of South San Francisco, I do hereby
approve the foregoing Ordinance this 24th
1993.
day of February ,
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