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Assembly streamlines code on abandoned and junked vehicles; clarifies response to people living in vehicles
Summary
The Assembly voted to move abandoned, junked and impounded vehicle language into Chapter 72 to streamline enforcement and to clarify police discretion; staff and police said the ordinance does not change how officers engage with people living in vehicles.
The Assembly adopted an ordinance on April 7 to consolidate and clarify language related to abandoned, junked and impounded vehicles in CBJ code (Ordinance 2025-07). City staff said the rewrite moves scattered provisions into Chapter 72 to let departments respond more quickly and provide officers greater discretion in criminal cases.
City and Police staff told the Assembly the change does not…
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