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§ 215.020 Abandoned Vehicles Prohibited.
§ 215.030 Open Storage of Derelict Motor Vehicles, Inoperable Motor Vehicles and Other Public Safety Hazards Prohibited.
§ 215.040 Obstructing The Flow of Traffic Prohibited.
§ 215.050 Towing of Abandoned Property On Public Real Property.
§ 215.060 Towing of Abandoned Property On Private Real Property.
§ 215.070 General Provisions and Procedures.
§ 215.090 Sale of Abandoned Property By City.
Editor's Note—Ord. No. 2069, adopted November 26, 1996, repealed this ch. 215 and enacted the provisions set out herein. Former ch. 215 derived from CC 1976 §§ 215.010—215.090; ord. no. 992 §§1—11, 7-8-69. Subsequently ord. no. 2269 §1, adopted October 24,2000, repealed this ch. 215 which formerly derived from ord. no. 2069 §1, 11-26-96 and ord. no. 2111 §1, 8-12-97 and enacted the new provisions set out herein.
Section 215.020 Abandoned Vehicles Prohibited.
Section 215.030 Open Storage of Derelict Motor Vehicles, Inoperable Motor Vehicles and Other Public Safety Hazards Prohibited.
Section 215.040 Obstructing The Flow of Traffic Prohibited.
Section 215.050 Towing of Abandoned Property On Public Real Property.
Section 215.060 Towing of Abandoned Property On Private Real Property.
Section 215.070 General Provisions and Procedures.
Section 215.090 Sale of Abandoned Property By City.
Any unattended motor vehicle, trailer, all-terrain vehicle, outboard motor or vessel removed or subject to removal from public or private property as provided in this Chapter, whether or not operational.
Any partially dismantled, non-operating, wrecked, or junked motor vehicle of any type left or abandoned by its owner or guardian upon any highway, street, roadway, thoroughfare, or private property within the City.
A vehicle which cannot be driven upon the public streets for any reason, including, but not limited to, its being unlicensed with a permanent license plate or set of license plates issued for that vehicle indicating current registration by one of the states of the United States of America, wrecked, abandoned, in a state of disrepair, or otherwise incapable of being moved without the assistance of another motor vehicle.
An area with a population of fifty thousand (50,000) or more designated by the Bureau of the Census, within boundaries to be fixed by the State Highways and Transportation Commission and local officials in cooperation with each other and approved by the Secretary of Transportation. The boundary of an urbanized area shall, at a minimum, encompass the entire urbanized area as designed by the Bureau of the Census.
No person shall abandon any motor vehicle on the right-of-way of any public road or State highway or on any private real property owned by another without his consent.
The open storage of derelict motor vehicles, inoperable motor vehicles, or other vehicles deemed by the City to constitute a public safety hazard is prohibited.
Nothing in this Section shall apply to a vehicle which is completely enclosed within a building and not visible from adjacent private or public property, nor to any vehicle upon the property of a business licensed as salvage, swap, junk dealer, towing facility, or motor vehicle repair facility, provided that the respective business is operated in compliance with its business license and its property is in compliance with all other applicable ordinances.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section and solely for purposes of this Section, a vehicle shall not be construed as an inoperable motor vehicle if said vehicle is located in an R-1, R-2, or R-3 district until sixty (60) days following said vehicle's license plates expiring or otherwise becoming invalid. This Subsection shall not affect or otherwise implicate the continued validity and enforcement of Chapter 390 of this Code.
Generally. The City, including the City Police Department, may tow motor vehicles from real property which are deemed a public safety hazard pursuant to Section 215.030 or are derelict, junk, scrapped, disassembled or otherwise harmful to the public health. The City shall perform such tow pursuant to the terms of Section 215.070. When a City agency other than the Police Department authorizes a tow under this Subsection, it shall report the tow to the Police Department within two (2) hours with a crime inquiry and inspection report.
Towing Authorized By Real Property Owner, Lessee, Or Property Or Security Manager.
Unattended on other private real property. The abandoned property is left unattended on private real property, and the owner, lessee or agent of the real property in lawful possession of real property has notified the City Police Department, and ninety-six (96) hours have elapsed since that notification.
The City Police Department, after receiving notification that abandoned property has been towed by a towing company, shall search the records of the Missouri Department of Revenue and provide the towing company with the latest owner and lienholder information on the abandoned property. If the abandoned property is not claimed within ten (10) working days, the towing company shall send a copy of the abandoned property report signed by a Law Enforcement Officer to the Department of Revenue.
No owner, lessee, or property or security manager of real property shall knowingly authorize the removal of abandoned property in violation of this Section.
The owner of abandoned property removed from private real property may recover for any damage to the property resulting from any act of any person causing the removal of, or removing, the abandoned property.
Any owner of any private real property causing the removal of abandoned property parked on that property is liable to the owner of the abandoned property for double the storage or towing charges whenever there has been a failure to comply with the requirements of this Chapter.
Except for the removal of abandoned property authorized by the City Police Department pursuant to this Section, a towing company shall not remove or commence the removal of abandoned property from private real property without first obtaining written authorization from the real property owner. All written authorizations shall be maintained for at least one (1) year by the towing company. General authorization to remove or commence removal of abandoned property at the towing company's discretion shall not be delegated to a towing company of its affiliates except in the case of abandoned property unlawfully parked within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant or in a fire lane designated by a Fire Department or the State Fire Marshal.
Any towing company, or any affiliate of a towing company, which removes, or commences removal of, abandoned property from private property without first obtaining written authorization from the property owner or lessee, or any employee or agent thereof, who is present at the time of removal or commencement of the removal, except as permitted in Subsection (G) of this Section, is liable to the owner of the property for four (4) times the amount of the towing and storage charges, in addition to any applicable ordinance violation penalty, for a violation of this Section.
The owner of abandoned property removed as provided in this Chapter shall be responsible for payment of all reasonable charges for towing and storage of such abandoned property as provided in Section 215.080.
Upon the towing of any abandoned property pursuant to Section 215.050 or under authority of a Law Enforcement Officer or local government agency pursuant to Section 215.060, the City Police Department, where it authorized such towing or was properly notified by another government agency of such towing, shall promptly make an inquiry with the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and any statewide Missouri law enforcement computer system to determine if the abandoned property has been reported as stolen and shall enter the information pertaining to the towed property into the statewide law enforcement computer system.
Persons operating or in charge of any storage facility where the abandoned property is stored pursuant to this Chapter shall accept cash for payment of towing and storage by a registered owner or the owners agent claiming the abandoned property.
The Board of Aldermen may from time to time establish maximum reasonable towing, storage and other charges which can be imposed by towing and storage companies operating within the City, and which are consistent with this Chapter and with Sections 304.155 to 304.158, RSMo. Any violation of said established maximum charges shall be deemed a violation of this Section of the Code and shall be punishable pursuant to Section 100.090 of the Code.

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