No Overnight Parking at Pioneer Park

The City of Tangent has restricted the parking spaces in front of Pioneer Park, located on North Lake Creek Drive, to park users during park hours. Overnight parking is prohibited, and vehicles will be towed at the owner's expense.

Per Tangent Municipal Code 11.60.030(1)(E) and (G), A vehicle may be impounded without prior notice for unlawfully parked on a public street in a conspicuously restricted space where parking is limited or prohibited for some time or anytime a vehicle interferes with the intended use of such space zone or traffic lanes.

This means any member of the public or city employee can call the phone number on the warning signs attached to Pioneer Park and have a vehicle towed without notice to the owner. The owner will be responsible for the cost of towing and claiming the vehicle.

TMC 11.60.030

In addition to a civil citation issued for violation of this chapter or state law, a vehicle may be impounded as follows:

(1) Without Prior Notice. A vehicle may be towed without prior notice when:

(A) The vehicle is a hazardous vehicle as defined in Section 11.60.010;

(B) The officer reasonably believes that the vehicle is stolen;

(C) The officer reasonably believes that the vehicle or its contents constitute evidence of any offense, if such towing is reasonably necessary to obtain or preserve such evidence;

(D) The vehicle was in possession of a person taken into custody by an officer;

(E) The vehicle is unlawfully parked on a public or private street in a conspicuously restricted space, zone or traffic lane where parking is limited or prohibited to designated classes of vehicles or periods of time, or at any time when the vehicle interferes with the intended use of such space, zone or traffic lane;

(F) The vehicle was in the possession of a person who an officer has probable cause to believe, at or just prior to the time the officer stops the person, has committed any of the following offenses:

(i) Driving while suspended or revoked (ORS 811.175 or 811.182);

(ii) Driving while under the influence of intoxicants (ORS 813.010);

(iii) Operating without driving privileges or in violation of license restrictions (ORS 807.010);

(iv) Driving an uninsured vehicle (ORS 806.010).

(G) The vehicle remained in a city park after park closure.