Article XI. Vehicle Immobilization
10.60.620 Authorization and procedure for immobilization of vehicles with unpaid parking tickets.
(a) Authorization. Parking control officers and police officers are hereby authorized to use a vehicle immobilizer (“boot”) to immobilize any vehicle that has three or more unpaid parking tickets issued to the vehicle by the City. A parking ticket is considered unpaid under any of the following circumstances:
(1) The registered owner or lessee has not paid the full amount of the fine within 60 days of the violation notice or has not, within five business days of the violation notice, either submitted the written materials necessary for adjudication by mail or requested an administrative hearing pursuant to the provisions of TMC 10.60.560;
(2) The registered owner or lessee has not paid the full amount of the fine within 10 business days of the issuance of a final determination of liability pursuant to Article X of this chapter; or
(3) The registered owner or lessee has not successfully contested the parking violation through the procedure set forth in Article X of this chapter.
(b) Subject to Immobilization Notice. When a vehicle has been issued three or more unpaid parking tickets, the registered owner or lessee shall be sent a warning that the vehicle may now be subject to immobilization. All such notices will be delivered by first class mail and shall be deemed served as of the date of deposit in the U.S. mail.
(c) Immobilization Device Unusable. If the vehicle subject to immobilization cannot be fitted with a device because of the vehicle’s size or shape, then the vehicle may be impounded in accordance with the procedures for impoundment set forth in TMC 10.60.660. (Ord. 19589 § 2, 6-14-11.)