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7/20/98
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 42/ARTICLE V OF THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED,
ENTITLED "POLICE/VEHICLE IMPOUNDMENT", BY
PROVIDING DEFINITIONS, REPEALING THOSE PROVISIONS
RELATING TO THE SEIZURE AND IMPOUNDMENT OF
VEHICLES FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, AND BY
ADDING A NEW PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE
DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED VEHICLES AND ILLEGAL
DUMPING OF WASTE; MORE PARTICULARLY BY ADDING
NEW SECTION 42-120 AND AMENDING SECTIONS 42-121,
42-122 AND 42-124; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION
AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Chapter 316, Florida Statute
under the influence as defined in Florida Statute
for impounding motor vehicles; and V
forth penalties for driving
(1)(a), which includes provisions
WHEREAS, in order to c wi he statutory mandates set forth in
Chapter 316, Florida Statutes (1997), tF � i poundment of vehicles for driving under the
influence, it is necessary to repWk!VNpn 42-121(a)(4) of the Code of the City of Miami,
Florida, as amended; and v
WHEREAS, the C f/ami has experienced the criminal and environmental
problem associate
d\ith ill ga commercial dumping; and
WHEREAS, in Weffort to deter said problem which has been plaguing the City of
Miami a its residents, the sections of the City Code relating to "Vehicle Impoundment"