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City of Oxnard presents ordinance to add disposal rules for impounded and unclaimed property
Summary
Deputy City Attorney Andrew Gonzales presented an ordinance to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of the Oxnard Municipal Code to establish procedures for removing and disposing of confiscated, impounded and unclaimed property, citing enforcement limits under state law and recent fire-safety concerns tied to unpermitted food vendors.
Andrew Gonzales, deputy city attorney for the City of Oxnard, presented an ordinance to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of the Oxnard Municipal Code to add procedures for the removal and disposal of confiscated, impounded and unclaimed property, Gonzales said.
Gonzales said the proposed ordinance responds to limits placed on local enforcement by state law and to safety hazards the Oxnard Fire Department has encountered when dealing with unpermitted food vendors. He told the council that state laws Senate Bill 946 (effective February 2019) and Senate Bill 972 (effective 2023) allow sidewalk vending on public sidewalks and within parks, restrict cities from broadly prohibiting sidewalk vending,…
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