A. 
Whenever a vehicle without an operator is found parked in violation of a restriction imposed by any portion of this Title 10 chapter other than those provisions regarding abandoned vehicles, stored vehicles, or hazardous vehicles, the officer finding the vehicle shall take its license number and any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its owner, and shall conspicuously affix to the vehicle a traffic citation instructing the operator to answer to the charge against him or her or pay the penalty imposed within 10 days during the hours and at a place specified in the citation.
B. 
Whenever a City officer finds an abandoned or wrongfully stored vehicle, the officer finding the vehicle shall, in either case, provide advance notice substantially similar to the form, substance, and time periods provided under ORS 819.110 and ORS 819.179.
(Ord. 842-A § 27, 1989; Ord. 1263 § 7, 2023)
For all violations of this Title 10 other than a violation due to an abandoned vehicle, stored vehicle, or hazardous vehicle, if the operator does not respond to a traffic citation affixed to a vehicle within a period of 10 days, the City Manager may send to the owner of the vehicle to which the traffic citation was affixed a letter informing the owner of the violation and warning him or her that in the event that the letter is disregarded for a period of 30 days.
A. 
The fine will be double.
B. 
If the vehicle has four or more outstanding citations or $100.00 or more in unpaid fines, it may be impounded. Impounded vehicles shall only be released in accordance with Section 10.04.310.
C. 
For all violations due to an abandoned vehicle or a stored vehicle, if the operator does not respond within the required time period, the City may impound the vehicle according to Article VIII.
(Ord. 842-A § 28, 1989; Ord. 1263 § 8, 2023)
The owner of a vehicle placed in violation of a parking restriction shall be responsible for the offense, except when the use of the vehicle was secured by the operator without the owner's consent.
(Ord. 842-A § 29, 1989)
In a prosecution of a vehicle owner charging a violation of a restriction on parking, proof that the vehicle at the time of the violation was registered to the defendant shall constitute a presumption that the defendant was then the owner in fact.
(Ord. 842-A § 30, 1989)