HomeMy WebLinkAbout85-12 Relating to Removal of Vehicles Parked on Private Property or City PropertyORDINANCE NO. 85-12
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, RELATING TO REMOVAL OF
VEHICLES PARKED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY OR CITY
PROPERTY.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Zhe City Council of the City of Costa Mesa finds and
declares as follows:
Section 22658 of the California Vehicle Code specifically provides for
the adoption by a local public entity of an ordinance authorizing the owner
or person in possession of private property to cause the removal of parked
vehicles from such property;
There is a need for such an ordinance, requiring the posting of signs
of at least a specified size and containing specified information, as
required by California Vehicle Code Section 22658.
ACCORDINGLY, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa amends Title
10, Chapter X of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code as follows:
SECTION 2. Section 10-198 is hereby added to the Costa Mesa Municipal
Code to read as follows:
"Section 10-198. Removal of Parked Vehicles from Private Property.
(a) Any owner or person in possession of private property may cause
the removal of a parked vehicle from such private property when
either of the following conditions is satisfied:
(1) The property is improved with a single-family dwelling; or
(2) There is displayed,, in plain view at all entrances to the
property, a sign at least eighteen inches (18") by twenty-
four inches (24") prohibiting public parking and indicating
that vehicles will be removed at the owner's expense, and
containing the telephone number of the Costa Mesa Police
Department.
(b) The person causing removal of a vehicle pursuant to paragraph (a)
of this section shall comply with all applicable requirements of
California Vehicle Code 22658.
(c) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this section shall also apply
to City -owned property and property rented or leased by the City
from another person or entity; the request for removal may be
made by any employee of the Police Department, who shall comply
with the applicable provisions of Section 10-69 of this Code."
SECTION 3. 'This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
thirty (30) days from and after the passage thereof, and prior to the
expiration of fifteen (15) days from its passage shall be published once in
the ORANGE COAST LILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed
and published in the City of Costa Mesa or, in the alternative, the City
Clerk may cause to be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified
copy of the text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the
City Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance,
and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to
be published the aforementioned summary and shall post in the office of
the City Clerk a certified copy of this Ordinance together with the names
of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of May, 1985.
ATTEST:
Ci y Clerk of the CitAofCoslt&ad7MMea
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APPROVED AST ORM
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CITY ATTO EY
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and fore-
going Ordinance No. 85-12 was introduced and considered section by section
at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 15th day of April,
1985, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of
said City Council held on the 6th day of May, 1985, by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: /
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: 11��
IN WITNESS. -WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City,of' �-:osta Mesa this 7th day of May, 1985.
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