19-1828 Vehicle Immobilization City Code 3-3-1(B)CITY OF MERIDIAN ORDINANCE NO. 19-1828
BY THE CITY COUNCIL: BERNT, BORTON, CAVENER,
LITTLE ROBERTS, MILAM, PALMER
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING MERIDIAN CITY CODE SECTION 3-3-1(B),
REGARDING THE DEFINITION OF VEHICLE IMMOBILIZATION; ADOPTING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, under Idaho Code section 49-1819 and Article XII, section 2, Idaho
Constitution, municipalities are duly authorized to establish regulations not in conflict with the
general laws, including Idaho Code sections 49-1806(1), authorizing property owners to boot
vehicles where the property is posted with notice that unauthorized vehicles may be booted at
the owner's expense;
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Meridian seeks by this ordinance to
establish consistency and clarity in regulation of vehicle immobilization; protect public safety,
consumer interests, and property; and institute due process protections; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Meridian finds that the following ordinance
is necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO:
Section 1. That Meridian City Code section 3-3-1(B) shall be amended as follows:
B. VEHICLE IMMOBILIZATION: the impounding, incapacitating, or immobilizing of any
vehicle, whether motorized or not, without the permission of the owner or agent of the
owner of the vehicle, by the use of any device, wheel clamp, object, bagel, boot,
mechanism, or method, whether attached to the vehicle or not, that does not allow the
owner of the vehicle, or his or her authorized agent, to freely or lawfully move the
vehicle from the place where it is immobilized; the removal of such device; and/or the
demand, acceptance, or processing of payment for, or other transaction related to, such
actions or services.
Section 2. That all ordinances, resolutions, orders, or parts thereof or in conflict with this
ordinance are hereby voided.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and
publication.
2019.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Meridian, Idaho, this 28 day of May,
APPROVED by the Mayor of the City of Meridian, Idaho, this 28�"day of May, 2019.
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APPROVED:
ATTEST:
Tammy , Mayor C o —,hrterim City Clerk
STATEMENT OF MERIDIAN CITY ATTORNEY AS TO
ADEQUACY OF SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 19-1828
The undersigned, William L.M. Nary, City Attorney of the City of Meridian, Idaho, hereby
certifies that he is the legal advisor of the City and has reviewed a copy of the attached
Ordinance no. 19-1828 of the City of Meridian, Idaho, and has found the same to be true and
complete and provides adequate notice to the public pursuant to Idaho Code § 50-901A(3).
DATED this 2,8� day of MOAA , 2019.
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William L.M. Nary, City Attorney
NOTICE AND PUBLISHED SUMMARY
OF ORDINANCE PURSUANT TO I.C. § 50-901(A)
CITY OF MERIDIAN ORDINANCE NO. 19-1828
An ordinance amending Meridian City Code section 3-3-1(B), regarding the definition of vehicle
immobilization; adopting a savings clause; and providing an effective date.
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Mayo d City Council
By: Chris Johnson, Interim City Clerk
First Reading:
5-255- -_/f
Adopted after first reading by suspension of
the rule as allowed pui cant to Idaho Code
§ 50-902: YES NO
Second
Third Reading: /A -
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF IDAHO )
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County of Ada )
Sharon Jessen
of Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho, being
first duly sworn, deposes and says:
1. That I am a citizen of the United States,
and at all times hereinafter mentioned
was over the age of eighteen years, and
not a party to the above entitled action.
2. That I am the Principle Clerk of the
Meridian Press, a weekly newspaper
published in the City of Meridian, in the
County of Ada, State of Idaho; that
the said newspaper is in general
circulation in the said County of
Ada, and in the vicinity of
Meridian, and has been
uninterruptedly published in said
County during a period of seventy-eight
consecutive weeks prior to the first
publication of this notice, a copy of
which is hereto attached.
3. That the notice, of which the annexed is
a printed copy, was published in said
newspaper 1 time(s) in the regular and
entire issue of said paper, and was
printed in the newspaper proper, and not
in a supplement.
That said notice was published the following:
06/07/2019
STATE OF IDAHO
County of Canyon)
On this 7th day of June in the year of
2019 before me a Notary Public, personally appeared.
Sharon Jessen, known or identified
to me to be the person whose name is subscribed
to the within instrument, and being by me first
duly sworn, declared that the statements therein
are true, and acknowledge to me that he/she
execult the same.
Notary Public for Idaho
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