This chapter is enacted pursuant to Connecticut
General Statutes § 14-150a, as amended.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any vehicle as defined in Connecticut General Statutes § 14-1,
as amended, and shall include any part of a motor vehicle so defined.
Any unregistered motor vehicle must be registered
on the tax rolls of the City of Meriden as provided by Connecticut
General Statutes.
It shall be unlawful to deposit, park, place,
permit to remain, store or have any abandoned or inoperable or unregistered
motor vehicle or any part thereof on any property located within the
City of Meriden.
Pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes § 14-150(b),
as amended, any sworn City of Meriden police officer shall take into
custody and store any motor vehicle which is a menace to traffic,
a menace to public health or a menace to safety. The vehicle shall
be disposed of as described in the procedures set forth in Connecticut
General Statutes § 14-150, as amended.
When a sworn City of Meriden police officer
discovers a motor vehicle on public property, including any City or
state road, which appears abandoned, or is without proper registration,
said officer shall follow the procedures set forth in Connecticut
General Statutes § 14-150(c), (d) and (e), as amended, in
order to properly dispose of said motor vehicle.
[Amended 1-23-2008]
A fee of $0 shall be charged for the towing
of each motor vehicle towed pursuant to this chapter. The fee will
be adjusted in the future should there be a cost for the service provided
by the vendor.