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(a) Notice of Parking Violation. Any vehicle, tent or trailer found to be in violation of this section shall be posted with a notice of violation. A copy of that notice, supporting paperwork, and a letter explaining the notice of violation, and clearly stating the methods for appeal, shall be mailed to the last registered or legal owner of the vehicle, via first class mail. If the last registered or legal owner of the vehicle cannot be determined, a copy of the notice shall be sent to the Yurok Tribal Court to be held on file for a period of not less than one year.

(b) Vehicle Impoundment and Disposal. Upon expiration of a 24-hour period following posting of the notice of violation on the vehicle, tent or trailer without removal of said vehicle, tent or trailer by the owner or operator, or upon a second violation involving the same vehicle, tent or trailer, the Tribal Police Officer is authorized to remove the vehicle, tent or trailer, to a designated location, garage, authorized auto crusher, or other legal facility. Said facility shall store the vehicle, tent or trailer for a minimum of 15 days prior to destruction and disposal pursuant to the Chapter 20.10 YTC, Abandoned Vehicle Abatement. During such time, the legal owner of the vehicle, tent or trailer may recover it by providing proof that all fees and penalties associated with abatement and due to any department of the Yurok Tribe have been paid in full, including reasonable fees associated with the storage of the vehicle, tent or trailer after impoundment.

(c) Costs for Impoundment and Disposal. The actual costs of removal, disposal, hazardous materials cleanup, and other Yurok Tribe costs will be assessed by the Court and are the responsibility of the last registered or legal owner of any vehicle, tent or trailer. In the event that an act of abandonment is witnessed, as evidenced in a sworn or notarized statement of the Yurok Tribal Police or filed in the Yurok Tribal Court, the person identified as conducting the act of abandonment shall bear the penalties and costs as laid out in this chapter.

(d) Mouth of Klamath River Road.

(1) No person shall park any vehicle on the bank side of Mouth of the Klamath River Road within the bounds of the Yurok Reservation. Permissible parking of vehicles on this roadway is restricted to the river side.

(2) No person or group of persons or any other entity shall park, erect or maintain any tent or trailer, whether attached or unattached from a vehicle, on the Mouth of the Klamath River Road within the bounds of the Yurok Reservation. [Ord. 30 § 3213, adopted, 10/12/2012.]