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Muscat Municipality makes crucial efforts in creating a sustainable city for all residents. Efforts starts with cleaning landscapes, organizing buildings and regulating commercial activities. It also combats phenomena or practices that could affect the aesthetic appearance of the city or annoys citizens or residents.

Complaints of citizens about neglected vehicles phenomena in Muscat governorate have increased recently. This negative phenomenon has been annoying people seriously as vehicles accumulate on streets, causing traffic jam or occupying public lots or attracting pest and rodents. It has even caused some social Implications as unlicensed vendors utilizes such stores to conceal illegal foodstuff in discarded vehicles.

Abandoning vehicles for long periods is a behaviour contradicts with the provisions of administrative decision no. (171/2018) on organizing discarded vehicles in public places in Muscat governorate. Article (2) of the regulation prohibits owners of vehicles to leave their vehicles in a public place in away distorting the general appearance of the place. Article (3) stipulates that the Municipality shall put a warning poster on abandoned vehicles in away distorting the general appearance of the place.

Article (4) stipulates that the Municipality may tow away and seize vehicles discarded in public places at the expense of the owner after (14) days from the date of placing the warning poster, without taking any responsibility for damage to the vehicle during transportation to the place of reservation, and during reservation time.

According to article (5), an administrative fine is imposed on the owner of neglected vehicle after impounding once the owner appeals for the Municipality. The amount is (200) two hundred OMR for cars, buses designed to transport fifteen (15) passengers or less, and bicycles, whereas an amount of (400) four hundred OMR for trucks, buses designed to transport more than fifteen (15) passengers, and trailers, tractors, equipment, in addition to (1000) one thousand Omani rials on the vehicle intended to transport hazardous materials. Another (5) Five OMR will be imposed on the owner of neglected vehicles for each day late from receiving the vehicle from the impound site.

Article (6) stipulates that the Municipality shall coordinate with the Royal Oman Police to take actions to sell the neglected vehicles by a public auction in case the owner of the vehicle fails to appeal for the Municipality to take his vehicle, and paying the fees due within ninety (90) days from the date of towing away the vehicle without an acceptable excuse.