DATE: May 21, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Board of Supervisors, District Five
John Zanoni, Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator
Lisa A. Smittcamp, District Attorney
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment to Ordinance Code of Fresno County, Adding Chapter 11.46, "Seizure and Impound of Nuisance Vehicles" to Title 11, "Vehicles and Traffic"
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Conduct first hearing to amend the Fresno County Ordinance Code, Title 11, to add Chapter 11.46, "Seizure and Impound of Nuisance Vehicles;" waive reading of the Ordinance in its entirety and set the second hearing for June 4, 2024;
2. Designate County Counsel to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the proposed Ordinance; and
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board to post and publish the required summary in accordance with Government Code, Section 25124(b)(1).
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions, which will add Chapter 11.46, "Seizure and Impound of Nuisance Vehicles" to Title 11, "Vehicles and Traffic" to the Ordinance Code of Fresno County to seize and impound vehicles used for certain public offenses limited to pimping, pandering, solicitation, and large quantities of illegal dumping. These public offenses pose a threat to the quality of life in the local community. Accordingly, it is the purpose and intent of this chapter to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of the community by temporarily removing vehicles used in the commission of these public offenses and reduce incidents of these violations. California Vehicle Code section 22659.5 provides the authority for the legislative body of a county for unincorporated areas to enact an ordinance to declare vehicles used for pimping, pandering, solicitation and illegal dumping to be a public nuisance subject to abatement by seizure and temporary impoundment. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board could determine not to approve the recommended actions; howe...
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