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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND ADDING TO CENTRAL POINT
MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 10 PERTAINING TO VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL POINT, OREGON, DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Central Point Municipal Code Section 10.04.110
is hereby deleted in its entirety:
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Section 2. Central Point Municipal Code Section 10.16.020
is hereby amended to read as follows:
- n ~aaia.zc ana parxing prohibitions. A. It
is unlawful to drive or park any vehicle having a gross vehicle
weight in excess of twenty thousand pounds upon any public street
within the city, with the following exceptions:
1. (A-~-) Highway 99 and East Pine Street within the
city, or any other street within the city over which jurisdiction
control is exercised by the Oregon State Highway Commission;
?. (~) Haskell Street within the city, between the
hours of five a.m. and seven p.m.;
3. (~} All service and delivery vehicles on bona fide
delivery or service trips on the most convenient and direct route
within the city;
4. (~) Trucks awaiting repair or being repaired,
while parked in the immediate vicinity of the repair business,
and trucks temporarily parked while the drivers are obtaining
documentation relating to loads or insurance, when said
activities occur within a commercial zoning district within the
city;
5. (~-} Upon special permit issued by the chief of
police pursuant to Section 10.16.030 of this chapter.
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Section 3. Central Point Municipal Code Section 10.16.030
is hereby amended to read as follows:
10.16.030 Special permits. The chief of police may issue
special permits for vehicles having a gross vehicle weight in
excess of (~~~~,~) twenty thousand pounds upon application and
upon determination by the chief of police that said special trip
shall not unduly hinder traffic or endanger the safety of persons
or property, including city improvements. Applications for such
special trip permits shall be on forms to be furnished by the
city, specifying the reason for the permit request, and said
permit shall be issued for a prescribed number of trips for
periods not to exceed thirty days. The fee for the issuance of
such a special trip permit shall be thirty dollars.
Section 4. The following sections are hereby added to the
Central Point Municipal Code:
iv.lu.y•tV immoaa.lizer <t~ootl Installation. A. Whenever a
vehicle has been parked or operated in violation of Section
10.16.020, any police officer of the City may immobilize such
vehicle by installing on or attaching to the vehicle a device
designed to restrict the normal movement of the vehicle, commonly
known as a ~~boot~~.
B. If a vehicle is so immobilized, the police officer who
installs or attaches the device shall conspicuously affix to the
vehicle a written notice on a form provided by the Municipal
Court, advising the owner, driver, or person in charge of the
vehicle that it has been immobilized by the City pursuant to this
section and that release of the vehicle may be obtained by
posting bail on the violation. Unless release of the vehicle is
arranged by 5:00 p.m. of the following day, the vehicle may be
removed at the direction of the police department and impounded
and eventually sold in the same manner as set forth in Chapter
10.12 of this code pertaining to abandoned vehicles.
10.16.050 Immobilizer removal. A. No person other than a
city police officer may remove or attempt to remove the
immobilizer device, or move or attempt to move the vehicle,
before it is released by a city police officer in accordance with
this section. Violation of this subsection constitutes a
violation punishable by the general penalty.
B. The registered owner of the vehicle shall be responsible
for payment for damages to the immobilizer device, in addition to
any fine imposed for any other violations.
C. A vehicle shall be released and the temporary
immobilization device removed when the registered owner,
operator, or person in charge of the vehicle posts bail on the
violation and pays the $15 immobilizer fee described below.
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10.16.060 Inunobilizer fees. When a vehicle is immobilized
in accordance with Section 10.16.040, a fee of $15 shall be
charged by the police department or Municipal Court, in addition
to the bail on the violation. The $15 fee and the bail shall be
paid in cash before the vehicle is released.
Section 5. An emergency is hereby declared to exist, and
this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage.
Passed by the Council and signed by one in authentication of
its passage this ,?/ day of ~~~ ~ 1996.
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Mayor Rusty cGr~t~
ATTEST:
City R p gent tivz e
Approved by me this ~_ day of ~/~~~ , 1996.
Mayor Rusty McGrath
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