ORDINANCE NO. 14,316

AN ORDINANCE to amend the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted by Ordinance No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, by adding and enacting a new Section 86-30.2 to Chapter 86, Police, relating to junking certificate fees.

Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Des Moines, Iowa:

Section 1. That the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted by Ordinance No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, is hereby amended by adding and enacting a new Section 86-30.2, relating to junking certificate fees, as follows:

Sec. 86-30.2. Junking certificate fee.

(a) Authority for fee. The chief of police or his or her designee is hereby authorized to charge and collect an administrative fee for processing applications for authority to obtain junking certificates on motor vehicles pursuant to Iowa Code section 321.90(2). The fee shall be in the amount set in the schedule of fees adopted by the city council by resolution.

(b) Exemption. Any person that has a contract with the city for impounding, towing or storage of motor vehicles shall be exempt from the fee authorized at subsection 86-30.2(a) on vehicles impounded, towed, or stored as a result of any violation of the city code.

Sec. 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law.

FORM APPROVED:

Douglas P. Philiph, Assistant City Attorney

T. M. Franklin Cownie, Mayor

Attest:

I, Diane Rauh, City Clerk of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of an ordinance (Roll Call No. 04-306), passed by the City Council of said City at a meeting held February 9, 2004 signed by the Mayor on February 9, 2004 and published as provided by law in the Business Record on February 23, 2004 Authorized by Publication Order No. 4024.

Diane Rauh, City Clerk