HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #3368 ORDINANCE NO. 3368
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING
SECTION 10.08.130 OF CHAPTER 10.08 PERTAINING TO VEHICLES
PARKED ON THE STREET FOR OVER 72 HOURS AND VEHICLE
REMOVAL BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Section 10.08.130 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
10.08.130_Vehicle removal by police. Officers, reserve officers, parking control officers
and cadets of the Police Department as are assigned by the Chief of Police are authorized
and may remove or cause to be removed:
(a) Any vehicle that has been parked or left standing upon a street or highway for seventy-
two (72) or more consecutive hours; or which the investigating officer determines has
been abandoned pursuant to Vehicle Code Sections 22523 or 22669. Such vehicles
may be removed as an abandoned vehicle pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22651(k).
(b) Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a street or highway between the
hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. when such parking or standing is prohibited by ordinance or
resolution of this City and signs are posted giving notice of such removal.
(c) Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a street or highway where the use of
such street or highway 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 authorized 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 (24) hours prior to the removal.
(d) Any vehicle which is parked or left standing in any City-owned or operated parking lot
when such parking or standing has been prohibited by ordinance or resolution.
(e) Any vehicle that is over eighty-four(84) inches high, measured from the surface of the
roadway to its highest point, or over eighty-four(84)wide, measured from its widest
point, excluding side view mirrors or similar extensions, that is parked on an arterial
highway, as described in Section 10.44.070 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code,
between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.
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SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 21qt day of
July
1997,
ATTEST:
'Mayoe
City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CONTENT:
REVIEWED AND APPROVED:
Attorney
City Administrator
INITIATED AND APPROVED:
4o is Chief
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Ord. No. 3368
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
1, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the
City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 7th of Ju-IL 1 97, and was agauz read to said
City Council at a re ular meeting thereof held on the 21sf of July 1997, and was
passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of
said City Council,
AYES: Julien, Harman, Dettloff,Bauer, Sullivan, Green, Garofalo
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
I,Connie Brockway CITY CLERK of the City of
Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City
Council,do hereby certify that a synopsis of this
ordinance has been published in the Independent on
In accordance with the City Charter of said City City Clerk and ex-officicklerk
Connie Brockway Ci , Clerk of the City Council of the City
6'Z4Aan�Deputy City Clerk of Huntington Beach, California
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