[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Glocester 12-13-1984,
amended 8-21-2003 (Ch. II, § 17, 2-17-01, of
the 1991 Code). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
No more than one unregistered, unserviceable, discarded, worn-out or
junked automobile, truck or trailer of any kind or type, or bodies, engines,
tires, parts or accessories thereof, shall be parked or stored on any property
other than in a completely enclosed building; on a farm; or at a licensed
dealership. For the purpose of this chapter, an unserviceable vehicle shall
mean any vehicle not maintaining a current/valid Rhode Island certificate
of inspection pursuant to R.I.G.L. § 31-38-4.
Any person who violates the provision of this chapter shall be fined
upon conviction for the first offense not less than $50 nor more than $100
or by imprisonment for not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days, or both
fine and imprisonment, and shall for a second or subsequent conviction be
fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 or by imprisonment for not less
than 30 days, nor more than six months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
Notice to remove such vehicle(s), as hereafter set forth, shall be provided in accordance with § 263-4.
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You are requested to remove such prohibited articles from your property.
Your property is to be cleared within seven days. If after seven days your
property is inspected and you are still in violation, a warrant for your arrest
will issue, you will be subject to the fines and penalties as outlined above,
and the vehicles or parts thereof may be removed by the police and impounded
until lawfully claimed or disposed of in accordance with the above-mentioned
ordinance.
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The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to remove or have removed any vehicle or parts thereof left at any place within the Town which reasonably appear to be in violation of this chapter or to be lost, stolen, or unclaimed. Such vehicle or parts thereof shall be impounded until lawfully claimed or disposed of in accordance with § 263-5 of this chapter; provided, however, that any vehicle or parts thereof left at any place shall not be removed and impounded as provided herein until the Chief of Police shall have given written notice to remove such vehicle or parts thereof within seven days of the mailing or delivery of such notice and said vehicle or parts thereof have not been removed at the end of such time.
A.
Such notice as provided in § 263-3 hereof shall be given by:
(1)
Affixing notice on such vehicle or parts thereof (if appropriate);
(2)
Sending notice by mail or delivering notice by hand to the owner
of such vehicle at his last known address if the owner is reasonably ascertainable;
and
(3)
Sending notice by mail or delivering notice by hand to the person
owning or controlling the property on which such vehicle or parts thereof
are located.
B.
The Chief of Police may enter upon private property at all reasonable
hours for the purpose of inspecting such vehicle or parts thereof, posting
notice thereon, and removing and impounding such vehicle or parts thereof,
and it shall be unlawful for any person to prevent the Chief of Police from
entering on private property for purposes of carrying out his duties under
the provisions of this chapter.
A.
The Chief of Police is authorized to store in an appropriate
location any vehicle or parts thereof impounded as provided herein. The Chief
of Police shall set a date, no sooner than 30 days after the vehicle or parts
thereof have been impounded, upon which he shall conduct at a public auction
sale of all vehicle(s) and/or parts impounded and stored. At least one week
before the proposed auction sale, he shall cause to be published in a newspaper
of general circulation in the Town of Glocester a notice of such sale, which
notice may contain such information as the make, model and serial number of
any vehicle or parts and a general description thereof. At least one week
before the proposed auction sale, he shall also mail a notice of the sale
by certified mail to the owner of the vehicle, as known, advising him of the
date of the sale and notifying him of his right of redemption of the vehicle
or parts thereof upon payment of all accumulated costs.
B.
At the sale, the vehicle or parts thereof shall be sold
at public auction to the highest bidder; provided that the Chief of Police
shall have the right to reject any bids deemed insufficient. Any vehicles
or parts remaining unsold at the conclusion of the auction sale may be sold
by the Town to a junk dealer or other similar business offering the best price
therefor.
C.
If the owner of the vehicle or parts is not known, all
money realized from the auction sale shall be deposited to the general fund
of the Town. If such owner is known, he shall receive the proceeds realized
from the sale after deducting all costs of seizure, removal, impounding and
storage, costs of the sale and all other reasonable costs.
Each day any violation of this chapter is committed or permitted to
continue shall constitute a separate offense and be punishable as such.
