HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 4782 RESOLUTION NO. 4782
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DOWNEY ESTABLISHING A SERVICE
CHARGE FOR RELEASE OF IMPOUNDED VEHICLES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the following proposed service fee be
and the same is hereby adopted effective August 1, 1986.
Service Charge for Release of $25.00
an Impounded Vehicle
SECTION 2. Vehicles are impounded for many reasons.
They include, but are not limited to, the following:
Vehicle has been abandoned
Vehicle has been found on the street and not
registered for more than one year
Vehicle is creating a hazard
Vehicle is blocking a driveway and no other
immediate remedy is available
There are more than four outstanding parking tickets
against the vehicle
Vehicle is being operated by an unlicensed driver
The owner and /or operator is taken into custody and
it is not practical to legally park and lock the
vehicle
SECTION 3. Twenty -five dollars is a conservative
estimate of the cost to the City for impounding and processing
a vehicle. This process includes: registration checks, paper-
work completion, tow requests, owner notification, phone con-
tacts, log entries, release of vehicle, sending of teletypes,
etc.
SECTION 4. This fee would be payable upon the owner's
receipt of written authorization from the Police Department
for the release of the vehicle. The fee would be collected by
the Desk personnel handling the matter and a receipt for same
would be given.
SECTION 5. The one class of impounded vehicle which
would be excepted from the above fee is a recovered stolen.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this Resolution and provide for appropriate distribution
thereof. Approved and adopted this 22nd day of July
1986.
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ATTEST:
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BERT L." SHAND
CITY CLERK
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Downey at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 2Znd day of July , 1986,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: 5 Council Members: Boggs, Cormack, Barb, Paul, Santangelo
NOES: 0 Council Members : None
ABSENT: 0 Council Members: None
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ROBERT L. S 'ND
CITY CLERK