[R.O. 1996 § 215.010; Ord. No. 836 § 16-26, 2-8-1993]
The following words, terms and phrases,
when used in this Article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them
in this Section, except where the context clearly indicates a different
meaning:
A motor vehicle or other personal property which remains
on the streets or other public property for more than forty-eight
(48) hours, the owner of which cannot be located, or if located, owner
refuses to remove the same immediately.
A motor vehicle or other personal property, ownership of
which cannot be ascertained.
[R.O. 1996 § 215.015; Ord. No. 836 § 16-27, 2-8-1993]
No person owning or in charge of
a motor vehicle or other personal property shall leave or abandon
the same upon the streets or upon any public place in the City.
[R.O. 1996 § 215.020; Ord. No. 836 § 16-28, 2-8-1993]
A.
Members of the Police Department are herewith
authorized to remove a vehicle or other personal property to the nearest
garage, lot or storage area designated by the Chief of Police, at
cost to the owner thereof, including daily storage charges, when:
1.
Any vehicle upon a street is so disabled
as to constitute an obstruction to traffic and the person or persons
in charge of the vehicle or other property are by reason of physical
injury or condition, incapacitated to such an extent as to be unable
to provide for its custody or removal.
2.
Any vehicle or other personal property
is parked illegally or placed in such a manner as to constitute a
definite hazard or obstruction to the movement of traffic.
3.
A vehicle parked on the street in
the same place continuously for forty-eight (48) hours.
4.
The driver of any vehicle is taken
into custody by the Police Department and such vehicle would thereby
be left unattended upon a street or roadway, or illegally parked,
and when, if there be another person in such vehicle, said person
would not be considered by the arresting officer as legally entitled
to move such vehicle or said vehicle is in violation of a State or
City law, and the operation thereof would in itself be a violation
of such.
5.
Any vehicle is found being driven
on the streets and is not in proper condition to be driven.
6.
Any vehicle is parked on private
property or upon an area developed as an off-street parking facility
without the consent and upon the complaint to the Police Department
of the owner, lessee or person in charge of any such vacant property
or facility.
7.
Any vehicle or personal property
is directly interfering with the maintenance and care or emergency
use of the streets by any proper department of the City.
8.
Any vehicle is left unattended without
first stopping the engine, locking ignition, removing key, and setting
brake.
9.
Any vehicle is parked on the streets
or any public place without license plates or with license plates
reported stolen.
10.
Any unidentified, stolen, wrecked,
or abandoned motor vehicle or other personal property is found upon
the public street.
[R.O. 1996 § 215.025; Ord. No. 836 § 16-29, 2-8-1993]
Whenever an officer removes a vehicle
from a street as authorized in this Article and the officer knows
or is able to ascertain from the registration records the name and
address of the owner thereof, such officer shall immediately give
or cause to be given, notice in writing to such owner of the fact
of removal, the reasons therefor and of the place to which such vehicle
has been removed.
[R.O. 1996 § 215.030; Ord. No. 836 § 16-30, 2-8-1993]
The Police Department is directed
to inventory all vehicles and personal property removed and/or impounded
as provided in this Article.
[R.O. 1996 § 215.035; Ord. No. 836 § 16-31, 2-8-1993]
A.
The City of Grain Valley, Missouri, shall
be empowered to sell any abandoned or seized vehicle after a period
of thirty (30) days from the date of towing and/or storage of said
vehicle by means of a "Bill of Sale" signed by the City Clerk and
sealed with the official Municipal Seal. Such "Bill of Sale" shall
contain the make and model of the vehicle, the complete vehicle identification
number and the odometer reading of the vehicle and shall be lawful
proof of ownership for any dealer or person under the provisions of
Section 304.155, RSMo.
B.
Prior to any such sale or disposition,
the Grain Valley, Missouri, Police Department shall send a registered
letter to the owner and/or lienholder of any such vehicle, stating
the date of intended sale thereof, and allowing the owner and/or lien
holder to recover said vehicle within ten (10) days of the receipt
of said registered letter, upon payment of all tow and storage charges
to the City of Grain Valley, Missouri. In the event such registered
letter is returned without delivery, the City of Grain Valley, Missouri,
shall not be further liable and the requirements of this Section and
Section 301.155, RSMo., shall have been deemed to have been met.
