HomeMy WebLinkAbout5488 - 3/11/2019Prepared by Kelley Felchle, City Clerk, City of Waterloo, 715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo, IA
50703, (319) 291-4323.
ORDINANCE NO. 5488
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF WATERLOO CODE
OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING THE CITY OF WATERLOO
CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING TITLE 5, POLICE
REGULATIONS, BY ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 6, CHRONIC
NUISANCE VEHICLES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA
AS FOLLOWS: That Title 5 Police Regulations be amended by adding a new Chapter 6
Nuisance Vehicles.
5-6-1: DEFINITIONS
A. AUTOMATED TRAFFIC CITATION: Shall mean a notice of fine generated in connection
with section 6-1-4.
B. CHRONIC NUISANCE VEHICLE: Any vehicle that has generated three (3) or more
Automated Traffic Citations and/or Officer Traffic Citations in any period less than 12 months
for traffic violations.
C. OFFICER TRAFFIC CITATION: Shall mean a notice of fine generated in connection with
section 6-1-5.
D. VEHICLE OWNER: Shall mean the person or entity identified by the Iowa Department of
Transportation, or registered with any other state vehicle registration office, as the registered
owner of a vehicle.
5-6-2: PURPOSE
The purpose of this ordinance is to establish a systematic procedure for effectively abating the
operation of vehicles that negatively impact the safety upon the roadways in the City of
Waterloo. The manner in which these vehicles are being driven tends to place an undue and
inappropriate burden upon the taxpayers in the City of Waterloo by the frequent and chronic use
of law enforcement and fire rescue services due to the response to accidents caused by this
driving behavior.
5-6-3: CHRONIC NUISANCE VEHICLES PROHIBITED
No vehicle owner shall use or allow any vehicle to be used as a chronic nuisance vehicle.
5-6-4: ENFORCEMENT
Any vehicle that has generated three (3) or more Automated Traffic Citations and/or Officer
Traffic Citations in any period less than 12 months for traffic violations is deemed a chronic
nuisance vehicle and has placed an undue and inappropriate burden on the taxpayers of the City
of Waterloo. The vehicle owner shall be liable for a fine as imposed by this ordinance.
5-6-5: CIVIL VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES
A. Any person who violates or resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this chapter
shall be guilty of a municipal infraction punishable by a civil penalty of one hundred dollars
($100.00) for the initial offense and two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each repeat offense.
B. If any one of the three (3) or more violations for which a person received a citation is
for speeds in excess of 20 miles -per -hour over the posted speed limit, the person shall be
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guilty of a municipal infraction punishable by a civil penalty of three hundred
dollars($300.00).
INTRODUCED: February 25, 2019
PASSED 1st CONSIDERATION: February 25, 2019
PASSED 2nd CONSIDERATION: March 4, 2019
PASSED 3rd CONSIDERATION: March 11, 2019
PASSED AND ADOPTED by this Council this 11th day of March 2019.
ATTESTi
Kelley Felchle
City Clerk
CERTIFICATE
Quentin Hart, Mayor
I, Kelley Felchle, City Clerk of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, do hereby certify that the
preceding is a true and complete copy of Ordinance No. 5488 as passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 11th day of March 2019.
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Witness my hand and seal of office this 11th day of March 2019.
Kelley Fele
City Clerk