Inglewood Municipal Code § 10-119 Removal of Newsracks

(1) Any newsrack installed, used or maintained in violation of the provisions of this Article may be subject to removal and storage by the City Transportation Engineer. Such officer shall take steps to notify the owner thereof and request compliance within thirty calendar-days prior to removal. At any time within said thirty-day period an administrative hearing to challenge the existence of a violation may be requested by the owner. Failure to request the hearing shall result in removal and storage of the newsrack(s) by the City Transportation Engineer at any time after the expiration of the thirty-day period.

(2) If the owner requests a hearing as provided in paragraph (1) above, said hearing shall be scheduled within five days of the request and shall be administered by the Public Works Director or designee. The owner shall have thirty days from the date of any adverse ruling which may result from the hearing to comply with the provision(s) specified in the ruling. If after thirty days from the date of decision the owner has failed to comply with the provision(s) of this Article cited in the decision, the subject newsrack(s) shall be removed and stored by the City Transportation Engineer;

(3) The cost of removal and/or storage by the City Transportation Engineer of any newsrack subject to this Article shall be chargeable as a civil debt to the owner thereof and may be collected by the City in the same manner as it collects any other civil debt or obligation. In addition, the newsrack(s) in question shall be deemed to be unclaimed property and may be disposed of pursuant to the provisions of Section 2-199.1 of this Code.

(Ord. 2348 7-31-79; Ord. 2425 8-3-82; Ord. 96-21 9-24-96)

Permit holders of newsracks located within the City on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this Article shall have six months from said date to comply with the provisions of this Article; thereafter, any newsracks not in compliance shall be subject to removal by the City Transportation Engineer as provided in this Article.

(Ord. 2425 8-3-82)