HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-030 Ordinance amending the City of Yakima Municipal Code, Chapter YMC 9.47, Subsection 9.47.040(B), relating to notice of a public impound after forty-eight hoursORDINANCE NO. 2025-030
AN ORDINANCE amending City of Yakima Municipal Code Chapter 9.47, subsection
9.47.040(B), relating to notice of a public impound after forty-eight hours.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. The following subsection, 9.47.040(B), of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
B. Public Impound After Forty -Eight Hours. Unauthorized vehicles pursuant to YMC
9.47.010(J)(1)(b) may be impounded when the vehicle has failed to move one block face
for art additional forty-eight hours after notice is given by a law enforcement officer
pursuant to subsections (B)(1) and (2) of this section as follows:
(1) The law enforcement officer shall securely attach to and conspicuously
display on the vehicle a notification sticker. The chief of police or an authorized
designee shall design the sticker in compliance with RCW 46.55.085.
(2) If the vehicle has current registration plates, the officer shall check the
records to learn the identity of the last owner of record and the officer or the
agency shall make a reasonable effort to contact the owner by telephone, in
person, or by email in order to give the owner the information on the notification
sticker.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its passage,
approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 7th day of October, 2025.
Patricia Byers,Oliayor
Publication Date: October 11, 2025
Effective Date: November 10, 2025
ITEM TITLE:
BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 9.A.
For Meeting of: October 7, 2025
Ordinance amending the City of Yakima Municipal Code, Chapter
YMC 9.47, Subsection 9.47.040(B), relating to notice of a public
impound after forty-eight hours
SUBMITTED BY: *Shawn Boyle, Yakima Police Chief
Jeffrey Allen Schaap, Senior Assistant City Attorney
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
This ordinance amends the notice requirements for public impounds for vehicles with current registration
plates. The amendment expands the notice requiring the officer to make reasonable effort to contact the
owner not only by telephone but adds in person or by email. All other requirements of the ordinance
remain in place.
ITEM BUDGETED: N/A
STRATEGIC PRIORITY 24-25: A Safe and Healthy Yakima
RECOMMENDATION: Pass Ordinance.
ATTACHMENTS:
Ord -Amending YMC 9.47.040(B)_redline.pdf
Ord -Amending YMC 9.47.040(8)_final.doc