§ 9.30.155. Vehicle license plates and registration.

A.

No person may park, stop or stand a motor vehicle on a street, highway, public way, vehicular way or area, sidewalk, or within any area of the municipality used for public parking, if:

1.

Valid registration license plates are not clearly legible, securely fastened to the outside of the motor vehicle and in compliance with the provisions of state law;

2.

The motor vehicle bears painted, altered license plates, or any license plate other than those permitted or required under the law of the state in which the motor vehicle is required to be registered;

3.

The license plates on the motor vehicle bear stickers, labels or emblems other than those permitted or required under the law of the state in which the motor vehicle is required to be registered; or

4.

Currently valid registration month and year stickers are not affixed to the license plate on the motor vehicle in accordance with the law of the state in which the vehicle is required to be registered.

B.

Reduced penalty for motor vehicle with current registration.

1.

If an enforcement officer can determine a motor vehicle, violating subsection A of this section is currently registered, the enforcement officer will issue a notice of violation under this subsection instead of under subsection A of this section, and the penalty for the violation shall be $45.00.

2.

If a person violating section A. presents reliable evidence to the Anchorage Community Development Authority Parking Services Department within 30 days after the date the citation issued under this section was issued that currently valid registration month and year stickers had been obtained for the vehicle prior to the violation, the penalty for the violation shall be reduced to $45.00. Such reduction shall not apply to any late penalties or collection charges.

C.

Notices of violation of section A.4. are subject to the following limitations:

1.

A notice of violation of section A.4. may not be issued because a motor vehicle bears expired registration month and year stickers, unless the violation occurs after the 15th day of the month following the month in which the registration month and year stickers expired. The Anchorage Community Development Authority Parking Services Department shall cancel any notice of violation issued contrary to this subsection.

2.

A notice of violation of subsection A.4 of this section may not be issued because a motor vehicle bears expired registration month and year stickers, if a notice of violation for the same violation has been issued for the same motor vehicle either (i) twice within the preceding 30 days, or (ii) once within the preceding three days. The Anchorage Community Development Authority Parking Services Department shall cancel any notice of violation issued contrary to this subsection that is presented for cancellation within 30 days of the date of its issuance.

D.

An enforcement officer may immediately impound a motor vehicle parked, stopped or standing on a street or within any area of the municipality used for public parking if the motor vehicle (i) has no license plates displayed, (ii) has no registration month and year stickers displayed, or (iii) bears registration month and year stickers that have been expired for more than 12 months.

(CAC 9.44.020; AO No. 78-72; AO No. 80-4; AO No. 85-40; AO No. 92-28; AO No. 92-134(S); AO No. 94-68(S), § 16, 8-11-94; AO No. 95-6, § 4, 5-16-95; AO No. 2003-152S, § 3, 1-1-04; AO No. 2008-84(S), § 4, 7-15-08; AO No. 2011-113(S), § 72, 11-22-11, eff. 12-22-11; AO No. 2012-10, § 1, 1-31-12; AO No. 2010-35(S), §§ 6, 9 and AO No. 2012-10, § 1, 3-1-12)