9505-04 Amend Chapter 20, Article 3 - Addressing Abandoned Vehicles

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(4) A vehicle that has remained on private property without the consent of the owner or person in control of that property for more than forty- eight (48) hours; (5) A vehicle from which two-ha~ ''°°~ ~ °~~°a the engine, transmission, or differential has been removed or that is otherwise partially dismantled or inoperable and left on public property; (6) A vehicle that has been removed by a towing service or public agency upon request of an officer enforcing a statute or an ordinance other than this Article, if the impounded vehicle ease--~p~ is not claimed or redeemed by the owner or leis the owner's agent within €~een-days twenty (20) days after the vehicle's removal; e~ (7) A vehicle which is at least three (3) model years old, ~~° ~~` °r m°r° a~ is mechanically inoperable, and is left on private property continuously in a location visible from public property for more than twenty (20) *~~~°„*_~ ° ° ~'" `days; or (8) A vehicle located on public property without a state license plate. Section II. Chapter 20, Article 3, Section 20-29 of the South Bend Municipal Code shall be amended by the inclusion of new paragraph (j) which shall read in its entirety as follows: ~i) An administrative fee often dollars ($10.00) shall be collected from the owner of all impounded, abandoned, or inoperative vehicles and placed in the City's Abandoned Vehicle Fund. This fee shall be paid to the Office of the City Controller by the towing service to help defer expenses of enforcement of this Article.Z Section III. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from d after its passage by the Common Council, approval by the Mayor, an~gal publicat~o~i. Member of the CommoYi Council v~i~`~>. Jo Voord ,City Clerk 2 Indiana Code §9-22-1-27(c), addresses a public agency which administers abandoned vehicles to recover the costs incurred by that public agency for such services.