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File #: 060320    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: ENACTED
File created: 4/27/2006 In control: Committee on Streets and Services
On agenda: Final action: 6/1/2006
Title: Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," to include violations issued pursuant to an automated red light camera enforcement system as a basis for immobilization and impoundment of vehicle; provide for fees for additional fees for failure to respond to violations issued pursuant to an automated red light camera enforcement system.
Sponsors: Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Blackwell
Indexes: TRAFFIC CODE
Code sections: 12-2405 - Removal or Immobilization of Parked Vehicles; Notice, Title 12 - TRAFFIC CODE
Attachments: 1. CertifiedCopy06032000.pdf
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6/15/20060 MAYOR NO ACTION TAKEN   Action details Meeting details Not available
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6/1/20060 CITY COUNCIL READ   Action details Meeting details Not available
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6/1/20060 CITY COUNCIL PASSEDPass15:0 Action details Meeting details Not available
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5/25/20060 CITY COUNCIL ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR   Action details Meeting details Not available
5/25/20060 CITY COUNCIL ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR   Action details Meeting details Not available
5/25/20060 CITY COUNCIL SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCILPass  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/25/20060 CITY COUNCIL SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCILPass  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/25/20060 CITY COUNCIL ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR   Action details Meeting details Not available
5/25/20060 CITY COUNCIL ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR   Action details Meeting details Not available
5/23/20060 Committee on Streets and Services HEARING NOTICES SENT   Action details Meeting details Not available
5/23/20060 Committee on Streets and Services HEARING NOTICES SENT   Action details Meeting details Not available
5/23/20060 Committee on Streets and Services REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED   Action details Meeting details Not available
5/23/20060 Committee on Streets and Services REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED   Action details Meeting details Not available
5/23/20060 Committee on Streets and Services HEARING HELD   Action details Meeting details Not available
5/23/20060 Committee on Streets and Services HEARING HELD   Action details Meeting details Not available
4/27/20060 CITY COUNCIL IntroducedPass  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/27/20060 CITY COUNCIL IntroducedPass  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/27/20060 CITY COUNCIL Referred   Action details Meeting details Not available
4/27/20060 CITY COUNCIL Referred   Action details Meeting details Not available
Title
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Traffic Code,” to include violations issued pursuant to an automated red light camera enforcement system as a basis for immobilization and impoundment of vehicle; provide for fees for additional fees for failure to respond to violations issued pursuant to an automated red light camera enforcement system.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
 
SECTION 1.  Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
 
TITLE 12.  TRAFFIC CODE.
 
 
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§12-2405.  Removal or Immobilization of Parked Vehicles; Notice.
 
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  1. Any vehicle may be removed, by means of towing to the nearest Official Towing Station or immobilized for up to seventy-two (72) hours by means of applying a boot and then towed to the nearest Official Towing Station if not reclaimed, by or under the direction of a member of the Department, or its designated agent whenever any vehicle is:
(c) parked on a public street and has any combination of three or more delinquent parking tickets or violation notices issued pursuant to Section 12-3007, relating to an automated red light enforcement system for which appropriate notice has been sent to the registered owner: provided that a boot may be applied only after a delinquency notice on the third such ticket or notice [parking ticket] has been issued for at least thirty days; or
 
 
§12-3007.  Notification Of Violation.
 
      (1) The System Administrator shall prepare and mail a notice of violation addressed to the registered owner of a vehicle identified in a photograph produced by an automated red light enforcement system as evidence of a violation of section 3112(a)(3) of the Motor Vehicle Code and this Chapter.
 
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( 7 )  The total sum of costs and additional fees payable by a person who fails to answer a notice of violation issued pursuant to this chapter shall be:
 
      (i) twenty dollars ($20.00) for each notice which remains unappealed or unpaid for more than thirty (30) days from issuance; and
 
      (ii) twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each notice which remains unappealed or unpaid for more than sixty (60) days from issuance; and
 
      (iii) thirty dollars ($30.00) for each notice which remains unappealed or unpaid for more than ninety (90) days from issuance.
 
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SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately.  
 
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