Bakersfield Municipal Code Ch. 10.40 Removal of Vehicles

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A. It is unlawful for any vehicle (whether or not operable) to remain parked or standing upon any public street or alley in excess of seventy-two consecutive hours. Any vehicle violating this section may be removed and stored under the direction of the police department.

B. For the purposes of this section, a parked or standing vehicle violates this section when the vehicle remains more than seventy-two consecutive hours within one-half mile (two thousand six hundred forty feet) of any location where the police department first posted the vehicle with notice of potential violation of this section.

C. In investigating whether a vehicle is in violation of this section the police department shall consider the totality of the circumstances including but not limited to tire markings, eyewitness account, dirt and debris, vegetation, vehicle condition, photographic evidence and odometer recordings.

D. In the event any vehicle is removed from a public street or alley as authorized by subsection A of this section, the police department shall give the notices as provided in the California Vehicle Code. The keeper of any garage in which any such vehicle is stored may have a lien thereon for his or her compensation for towage and for caring for and keeping the vehicle safe and may satisfy such lien upon compliance with and under the conditions stated in the Vehicle Code. (Ord. 4194 § 1, 2004; prior code § 11.04.660)

A. Vehicles which have been parked or left standing upon any public street, when the use of the street or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of said street or for the installation of underground utilities, may be removed in accordance with the provisions of the California Vehicle Code where signs giving notice that such vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least twenty-four hours prior to removal.

B. Vehicles which have been parked or left standing upon any public street or alley may be removed and stored by the police department of the city where the use of the street or alley or a portion thereof is necessary for the purpose other than the normal flow of traffic; or for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size; and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement and signs, giving notice that such vehicle may be removed, are erected or placed at least twenty-four hours prior to the removal in accordance with the Vehicle Code of the state.

C. When the council of the city has passed an ordinance prohibiting parking of a vehicle upon any public street or alley or portion thereof and signs have been posted giving notice that such parking is forbidden and that a vehicle parking on said public street or alley will be removed, said vehicle may be removed pursuant to the provisions of the Vehicle Code of the state and this division. (Prior code § 11.04.665)