27-71 Amend 545.03 - General offences - junk vehicles

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ORDINANCE NO. 27-71 BY: Messrs. Huffman, Kelley, Usher, Ward, Wendling, Gaydos, Graber AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to amend'Section 545.03 of the General Offenses Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood .relating to removal and disposition of junk vehicles to provide for the charging of a storage fee for ~uch impounded vehicles. WHEREAS, a substantial portion of the municipal parking lot located at 12650 Detroit Avenue is being occupied by impounded junk vehicles, and WHEREAS, the City should be compensated for the use of said space, and WHEREAS, the charging of a storage fee for impounded junk vehicles would serve as an inducement to the removal of said vehicles, and WHEREAS,this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the usual daily operation of a municipal department, now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: -- Section 1. That Section 545.03 of the General Offenses Code of the Codified. Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, now reading as follows: 545.03 REMOVAL Ai!D DISPOSITION OF JTJNK VEHICLES. "Any junk vehicle which is disposed of in violation of Section 545.02 shall be deemed abandoned at the end of the twenty-four hour period, and shall be subject to being impounded, removed and conveyed by towing or Other means, by order of any member of the Division of Police to any area (public or private) where it may be lawfully placed° After being impounded for a'minimum of ten days, such junk vehicle may be sold'for salvage value or other- wise permanently disposed Of'o"'.. be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 545.03 REMOVAL AND DISPOSITION OF JUNK VEHICLES'; STORAGE CHAR( "Any junk vehicle found in violation of Section 545.02 shall be deemed abandoned and shall be subject to being impounded, removed and conveyed by towing or other means, by order of any member of the Division of Police to any area (public or private) where it may be lawfully placed. After being impounded for a minimum of ten days, such junk vehicle may be sold for salvage value or otherwise permanently disposed of. The owner of a junk vehicle impounded ten or more days on public property shall be charged a storage fee of Two Dollars ($2.00) per day or any part thereof commencing the first day of such impounding."