HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983- 7 Repealing and Reenacting Section 10.08.040 of the Vail Municipal Code Providing for a Post Storage Hearing for Impounded Vehicles• ~ ~~: ~-~
ORDINANCE # 7
(Series of 1983}
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING
SECTION 10.08.D40 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
OF THE TOWN OF VAIL, PROVIDING FOR A POST
STORAGE HEARING FOR IMPOUNDED VEHICLES,
SETTING FORTH RULES FOR THE CONDUCT OF _`'
SUCH HEARING, AND PROVIDING DETAILS IN `,-;.
RELATION THERETO. ~;:°
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WIiEREAS, the Town Council believes it would benefit the "~"s
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health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants and visitors to "~':
the Town of Vail if individuals whose vehicles were impounded -
were provided with a post storage hearing; and ',
WIiEREAS, the Town Council wishes to provide such hearing
and set forth rules for the conduct of such hearing.
NOW, THEREI~'ORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN 0I' VAIL, COLORADO,:
Section 1
Section 1.0.08.040 Impoundment-Notice of the Municipal
Code oi~ the Town of Vail is hereby repealed and reenacted to read
as follows
A. Whenever a police officer nr any employee of the Town
so authorized removes a vehicle and causes it to be impounded as
authorized by law, and the officer or other employee knows or is
able to ascertain from the registration or other records in the
vehicle or otherwise, the name of the owner and address of the
owner, the officer or employee shall immediately give or cause to
be given notice in writing to the owner of the fact of the removal,
~i;he reason for it and the place to which the vehicle has been
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removed. f
B. As to any vehicle i~ ounded pursuant to this chapter by
car at the request of the Town of Vail, its agents nr employees, a
person who has legal entitlement to possession of the vehicle has a
right tc7 a POST_SEIZURI; administrative hearing to determine
whether there was probable cause to impound the vehicle. If such
person files a written demand, on forms so provided for such a
he~.~ring, n~fl; t:ho Town of Vail within ten (10) days after such
~~~rson has learned such vehicle has been impounded or within ten
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(10} days after the mailing date set in the notice of stored vehicle,
whichovor occurs first. The notice of stored vehicle shall be sent
in the mail to the legal and registered owner or other agent within ~~
]'arty--eight (48) hours excluding weekends and holidays, after the ts;~~~'
impounding and storage of the vehicle.
C. A hearing shall be conducted before a hearing officer
designated by the Town Manager within forty-eight (48) hours of
receipt of a written demand therefore from the person seeking the
hearing, unless such person waives the right to a speedy hearing.
Saturdays, Sundays, and Town holidays are to be excluded from the
calculation of. the forty--eight (d8) hour period. The hearing officer
shal_1. be someone other than th.e person that directed the impounding
and storage of the vehicle. The sole question before the hearing
of:fa.cer sha11 be whether there was probable cause to impound the
vehl_cle in question,
"probable cause to impcund" shall mean such a state of facts
as would lead a person of ordinary care and prudence to believe that
there was sui:ficient breach of local, state or federal law to grant
legal authority for the removal of the vehicle.
The hearing officer shall conduct the hearing in an informal
manner and shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence. The
person demanding the hearing shall carry the burden of establishing
ghat such person has the right to possession of the vehicle. The
Police Department shall burden of establishing that there was
probable cause to impound the vehic]_e in question. At the conclusion
of the hearing, the hearing offi,der shall prepare a written decision.
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A copy o:i' such decision shall be provided to the person demanding the
heari.zag and the registered owner of the vehicle (if not the person
requesting l:he hearing). The hearing officer's decision in no way
atl'ects any cra-ninal proceeding in connection with the impounding
question or any criminal charges involved in such proceeding may only
be challenged in the appropriate court. The decision of the hearing
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agent to request or attend a scheduled post storage hearing shall
be deemed a waiver of the right to such hearing.
D. The hearing officer shall only determine that as to the
vehicle in issue either (a) there was probable cause to impound
the vehicle, or (b) there was no such probable cause, In the event
that the hearing officer determines that there was no probable cause,
the hearing officer shall prepare and date a certificate of no
probable cause, copies of which sha11 be given to the possessor
of the vehicle and the police department. Upon receipt of the
possessor's copy of such certificate, the official police, garage
or impound lot having custody of the vehicle shall release the
vehicle to its possessor. Upon the finding of no probable cause,
towing and storage fees shall be paid by the Town in accordance
with the arrangements made between the town and the official police
garage or impound lat. If the possessor fails to present such
certificate to the impound lot or o:~ficial police garage having
custody of the vehicle within twenty-four (24) hours of its receipt,
excluding such days when the official police garage or impound lot
is not open for business, the possessor shall assume liability for
all subsequent storage charges. Such certificate shall advise the
possessor of such requirement.
Section 2
I:C any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase
of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision
shall not effect the validity of the remaining portions of this
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ordinance; and the Town Council 'hereby declares it would have passed
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this ordinance, and each part, section, subsection, sentence, clause
or phrase thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or more parts,
sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared
invalid.
Sect ion 3
'rhe Town Council hereby finds, determines and declares that
i.his orciin;.inr~r~ a~ nee.c'~:sarv and pruner for the health, safety and
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The repeal or the repeal and reenactment of any provision of
the Va~.l Municipal Code as provided in this ordinance shall not
a~~'ect any right which has accrued, any duty imposed, any violation
that occurred prior to the effective date hereof, any prosecution
commenced, nor any other action or proceeding as commenced under or
by virtue of the provision repealed or repealed or reenacted. The
repeaJ_ o.f any provision hereby shall not revive. any provision or any
ordinance previously repealed or superseded unless expressly stated
here:i.n.
INTRODUCED, READ ON FIRST READING, APPROVED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED
ONCE IN FULL, this ~_,~ day of ~-~~~~ 1983. A public hearing
shall be held hereon on the /,ff! day ot`~~,~~ 1983, at the
regular meet~.ng of the Town Council of the Town vot Vail, Colorado, in
the hlunic3.pal Building of the Town.
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-l~odney E. 'Slifer, ~rlayor
ATTEST :
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Colleen M. Kline, To 'Clerk ~~
READA~~ccND APPROVED ON, SECOND READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED
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Rodney E . Slifer , Mar
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