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Anchorage police say there are hundreds of junk vehicles abandoned all over town, straining the department's resources – and requiring voters to weigh in on a potential fix.
An ordinance on the agenda for introduction at Tuesday night's Anchorage Assembly meeting seeks to put a change to the city charter before voters in April's municipal election.
Following frustrations over parking enforcement downtown, a voter-initiated amendment added to the charter's Vehicle Code Enforcement Standards in 1997 restricted the enforcement of vehicle violations to sworn officers only.