HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 0038-1962AND .',^;F.,: Od 0'/';.?)'. P) p).,,':r ,.~ ri,f: ,/R.:r.', AfL~i,b]?;C, AhD .,l,]'li'"d, Aii
ZFYECTIVE DA'rE.
City u£ Kei~l, ALaska Ordains:
3ec~ion 1. T[~t 3.~ctfori ]3, ArticLe XVLL] of Ord/:~.r. ce 4
of the City of Kenai, l~ hereby am~:~de.i to read as foltr~ws.
~ale of ~unded V~fcles.
(a) ~enever an~ ,~ehlcie ~ha!i be l~ated or i~ stendj.~ up-
on any street or alley zinc-of-way in vlola~l~ o~ "'~ .....
~hia c~p~ef or any rui~ or regula[iom adcpt~d purs~nt tn.reto.'
~enever an~ v~icle shall be fot~d to be ,~achanic~tly ,resale to
~erate u~n the street or alley, or wLen~;~er the driver o~ any vebi-
elm ~[mll be ~aired or ~s l:aken into custody by 8n o~f~cer fo~c an
offen~ ~volving either ~riving ~.fle ,.n]der zh~ influence of in~oxi-
ca~i~ iiqu~r, reckless drivt~ negligent drivLng or any
~h ~icle ~y ~ r~ved from the city streets o~ alley~ and ~y
be ~o~ded at a place to be desig~ted by the Police Chiei.
~licm s~ll, ~ the proper zase and whenever any other provision of
tho Codo of ~dt~ncos ].~ violated, cause a c~laint to be
......... ~ such ~en ~he o'~mer o~ author-
izod repres~ative of the ~n~r of 8aid vehicle cl~%m~', the ~e, he
shall be i~o~4 of ~he nat~e and circ,~ance~ csusii~ the i~ound-
~ of ~u~ vehicle an4 to obta'~n release thereof shall pay all t~-
t~ c~ge8~ ~lch charges shall not ew~.eed the ~t~a cf ten Collars
(Chirteen dol~r~ if ~he vehicl~ Is a truck) and [n addition there
s~i1 be ~ld ~ s~orage fsm of ~e dollar pal ~y or fract.[o~%
f~ hocks. ~f ~ho opezatoz oz' ~,iner of ~h6 vehi!ce, upc~ hearinE
before oho M~gisurage, is fo~d not guilty of Lhe viotatiou of t~,ich
18 c~rg~d, or i~ the case is d'[smiased, L],,'! ~mpounded versicle
be released i~,.ed~:tely ZO t:}te ~v~er o~ o~,~ra, to.c o~' ~::cb
~11 be refunded. ~f th8 ~ner or operagor of u~ct~ v~lc{e
Of the ap~roprJ_ate section of tht~ chef)tar ohalJ, be in ad,i~t
the t~i~ and stora~.char~cs karc~in pr'eq.sriked.
(b) No pmrson sh.37, l ul'l¢',~v~ p~zm,'~: {:,r .~,~Ita~.' airy vehicle
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podded ar, d noL c].a~ed t~:hJn ~hlrtv (.?Dj ~'yo, No~ic of the aale
ahall be giv~n to the ~ra and li~ holder~ by giving no~ice cf
~he t~e and place of the
ascsr rained fr~
notic~ of the ~ and place of such sale ~ t~e City CmJ~il bt_l-
latin b~rd,
(e) In addl~i~ to the no~ic:o pre,dod in 8~ctJ~ (d)
the ~it~ Clez'k ~hali
the sale ~o the ~er~ and liet~ol4erg of ~ueh v~hic!es, not logo
t~n ~0) To. ~ys prior ~o the ~y of sale, ~t failure to ~il such
notice or lack of act~l ~tice 8~].~ no~ fnval~.~te the ~ale pro-
vtdod notice
(f)
podded ~tor v~icle prior :o s~lo s~ll c~titute an a~ndo~nt
of his interest in the vehicle, and DSc kpurc~ser at the ~blic
~c~brances other than ~tat~ and federal li~o.
.$_e.c_tton 2. ABANDONYD PROPF~R'I~
(a) Definitions.
(1) Abandoned Property - Those articles and objecLs which
no one c]aL~s and which after a re~aonab]e and diligent search or
advertisement the Chief of Police can find no ona to claim, or can
find definiLe evidence soum person nas abandoned.
(2) Personal Property - Property which i~ not land or
permently attached to land and more patticuiar, l. 7 as deffnod t,,
16-1-14i ACTA, 1949. ' '-'
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b) f'roced,ire
(3) Publication. Afl:er. exact ci~.,n ui , ho ~,h,,~. ,,... ,c .......
the .movit,~ ~rt'y sh~lt cauoa to be publisl~ed aL 7. eaar ~ce ~n '! ~e~-
~per of general cJ. rc,Jlnt!~ ~n +K~ ',,. .... ~ v
reputed ;o b~v,~ boon seen,
~rop~rt:y and ~et'e lie can bo found.
~ca~imfi i_~t tt,~ property co,', b,,
~r upou Jdt~n~lflcatl.on ~,cl bv PaY~g
o/ ;,ew t~ner~h!p, After six n~rlths h~ve elapsed fro~:,
da~ ,f first publl-.att~, the ~-~ving pa~ty ~hall pre~ent ~h,~
of abe c~se ~o tree City Jler~ ~.~o ohall endorse the certificate
above stattmg that ail requirers of the C~de have bee~ fulfilled
and th~ (gi'vL~ ~me) i~ nc~ th~ ~er
of ~aid property. At ~he ~'~"di~cret~on, he ~y orde~ au
auction sale of the property w~rh proc~ad~ above cost~ advanced going
to the City.
f¢~ comtn. .......... Tn -Hdition re_ tho_ - publication costs, -~h~-
shall be a ice for issuing the certificate and a fee for endorse-
ment by the Clerk, as established in Sec. ~.
I~ the property has been impounded by the CL~y ~ne co~L
tO the owner ior recovering shall i.n¢l,.~e the actual expenses in-
curre.~ by the City in the impoundment and storage of the property
or ~hould ~he City employ it~ o~m am~31oyoes for .~,~poundmen~ and
ice own property for storage, or either, 'then in lieu of such
actual exp.nies the sum of $io00 per day Eot storage and $5,00 for
impou dnnnc. /
~ Dispute as to Movinf~art~_ 3hould there ba dispute as
to which of several private persons desire to be ~he moving part~,
the Chief of Police shall impound the property and after satisfyfn~
himself ~hat ~he proceeds of a eal~ will cover the exDense~ of pub-
li".ation, follo~ the procedure above provided and eel} the article
at auction aft.r final e~.dors~ment by thc City Clerk.
(e) Failure of Owner co Recover. Failure of an owner
or lienholder to recover abandoned personal property prior ~o the
~nd of the slx montha notice period ~hall ¢onsti~ute conclusive proof
o~ mbandorm~nt, and the n~ o~mer aP~ll taka :Itl~ to ~h~ property
fr~e and clear of all liens ·
Cf) N.___~o. Warra____n_~.a R~!e of abandoned property by the City
at ~blic aueticm do~s not includ~ any w~rranty as to ~
otherwise.
Section 3.
as fell _os0~:
The~ the fee~ r,quired
Towirtg char~6~ car
To~rir~ ehargm, truck
Storage Fee, v~,.zcle
$10,00 each
$13. O0 each
$ 1.00 par clay
Impoundment, abandoned p~operCy
$ 1.00 ~ d~y or
mceuml ~.xpenoe
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Section 4. ~.~t ~h~ effec[f, ve date,~f ~his ordinance
FIRST READING _~day of
3ECOND .READING ~_~_.day of
~ 1961.
___.~~- 1961.
AT'rEST
CITY CLERK