ORD 423 ORDINANCE NO. 423
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES ESTABLISHING
THE AUTHORITY TO ADOPT A FEE TO REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR THE COSTS
INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE REMOVAL, IMPOUNDMENT AND
STORAGE OF VEHICLES AND PROHIBITING THE PARKING OF VEHICLES THAT
ARE USED AS DWELLINGS ON CITY STREETS AND AMENDING THE RANCHO
PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Chapter 10.04 of Title 10 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code
is hereby amended by adding new Section 10.04.090 thereto to read as follows:
"10.04.090 Parking vehicles that are being used as a dwelling unit for
habitation-- prohibited.
No person shall park any type of motorized or non-motorized vehicle that is being
occupied or used as a dwelling upon any highway, roadway, parkway, street, public
right-of-way or parking lot within the City. This Section shall not apply to vehicles
parked on private property for which a temporary guest permit has been issued by the
Director of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement pursuant to Section 8.24.060 A 6
e of this Code."
Section 2: Chapter 10.08 of Title 10 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code
is hereby amended by adding new Section 10.08.030 thereto to read as follows:
"10.08.030 Establishment of fee to reimburse the City for the actual costs
incurred by the City in connection with the towing and impounding of vehicles--
authorized.
(a) The City Council, by adoption of a resolution, may establish a fee to
reimburse the City for the actual costs incurred by the City in connection with the proper
removal or impoundment of any vehicle from a location within the City, pursuant to the
provisions of this Chapter or the California Vehicle Code, or the storage of such vehicle.
The fee shall be imposed only upon the registered owner of the vehicle that was
properly removed, impounded or stored or upon the agent of that owner.
(b) Owners of vehicles that are released from being impounded or stored
shall be exempt from the payment of this fee upon submission of verifiable proof that
the vehicle was reported stolen at the time when the vehicle was removed or
impounded or are otherwise exempt from the payment of administrative fees pursuant
to the provisions of Section 22850.5 of the California Vehicle Code.
(c) The fee shall be due and owing to the City at the time of the release of the
vehicle and may be collected by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department or by the
City Manager's designee. Towing companies and impound companies that collect fees
for towing, impounding or storing vehicles within the City of Rancho Palos Verdes shall
collect the fee on behalf of the City at the time of the release of the vehicle and shall
remit monthly to the City Manager or the City Manager's designee said fee for each
vehicle that is removed, impounded or stored. The monthly remittance shall be
accompanied by an accounting of the accrued fees."
Section 3: The City Council declares that, should any provision, section,
paragraph, sentence, or word of this ordinance be rendered or declared invalid by any
final action in a court of competent jurisdiction, or by reason of any preemptive
legislation, the remaining provisions, sections, paragraphs, sentences and words of this
ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 4: The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be posted in three (3)
public places in the City within fifteen (15) days after its passage, in accordance with the
provisions of Section 36933 of the Government Code. The City Clerk shall further
certify to the adoption and posting of this Ordinance, and shall cause this Ordinance
and its certification, together with proof of posting, to be entered in the Book of
Ordinances of the Council of this City.
Section 5: This Ordinance shall go into effect and be in full force and effect at
12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first (31st) day after its passage.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 2nd day of August 2005.
Attest: ayor
Cit Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )ss
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES )
I, Carolynn Petru, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 423 passed first reading on July 5, 2005, was duly and
regularly adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting thereof held on
August 2, 2005, and that the same was passed and adopted by the following roll call
vote:
AYES: Gardiner, Long, Stern, and Mayor Clark
NOES: None
ABSENT: Wolowicz
ABSTAIN: None
ity Clerk
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AN co PALOS ERDES
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES)
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says:
That at all times herein mentioned, she was and now is the appointed City Clerk
of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes;
That on August 3, 2005, she caused to be posted the following document
entitled: ORDINANCE NO. 423 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES ESTABLISHING THE AUTHORITY TO ADOPT
A FEE TO REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR THE COSTS INCURRED IN
CONNECTION WITH THE REMOVAL, IMPOUNDMENT AND STORAGE
OF VEHICLES AND PROHIBITING THE PARKING OF VEHICLES THAT
ARE USED AS DWELLINGS ON CITY STREETS AND AMENDING THE
RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE, a copy of which is attached
hereto, in the following locations:
City Hall Ladera Linda Community Center
30940 Hawthorne Blvd. 32201 Forrestal Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho Palos Verdes
Hesse Park
29301 Hawthorne Blvd.
Rancho Palos Verdes
I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is a true and correct affidavit
of posting.
'ty Clerk
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