Calaveras County Municipal Code Ch. 10.24 Vehicles Parked on Public Rights-of-Ways

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For provisions on removal of parked and abandoned vehicles, see Vehicle Code § 22650 et seq.

No person shall park or leave standing a vehicle upon a public right-of-way, street or highway within the unincorporated territory of the county for seventy-two or more consecutive hours.

(Ord. 392 § 1, 1967).

Any member of the California Highway Patrol or any regularly employed and salaried deputy of the sheriff's office of the county is authorized to remove or cause to be removed to the nearest garage or other place of safety or to a garage designated or maintained by the county, any vehicle which has been parked or left standing upon a public right-of-way, street or highway within the unincorporated territory of the county for seventy-two or more consecutive hours.

(Ord. 392 § 2, 1967).

In the event any such officer removes or causes to be removed, a vehicle from a public right-of-way, public street or highway as authorized by Section 10.24.020, such officer shall give the notices as provided in Article 3, Chapter 10, Division 11 of the Vehicle Code of the state, and the keeper of any garage in which any such vehicle is stored may have a lien upon such vehicle for his compensation for towage and for caring for and keeping such vehicle and may satisfy such lien upon compliance with and under the conditions stated in Article 3, Chapter 10, Division 11 of the Vehicle Code of the state.

(Ord. 392 § 3, 1967).

Any person, firm or corporation who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of an infraction, and shall be punished upon a first conviction by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, and for a second conviction within a period of one year by a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars, and for a third or any subsequent conviction within a period of one year by a fine of not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars.

(Ord. 1045 § 38, 1978: Ord. 392 § 4, 1967).