[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Canandaigua 6-26-1975; amended 10-28-1993 by Ord. No. 93-22 (Ch. 8.60 of the 1997 Municipal Code). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Junkyards — See Ch. 450.
Solid waste — See Ch. 585.
Housing standards — See Ch. 748.
This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Junked Motor Vehicles Law of the City of Canandaigua."
The outdoor storage of junked motor vehicles on privately owned property within the City of Canandaigua is detrimental to the health, safety and general welfare of the community. The same also constitutes an attractive nuisance to children and in many ways imperils their safety. Such storage also endangers the person and property of members of the community as such items as fuel tanks containing gasoline or gasoline fumes may easily explode. Such storage is unsightly and depreciates property values. The control of the outdoor storage of junked motor vehicles on privately owned property within the City of Canandaigua is, therefore, to be regulated for the preservation of the health, safety and general welfare of the community.
As used in this chapter unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:
JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLE
A. 
Any motor vehicle that is:
(1) 
Wrecked, without reasonable likelihood of repair;
(2) 
Discarded;
(3) 
Abandoned; or
(4) 
Partially dismantled, so as to be inoperable, without a reasonable likelihood of timely repair.
B. 
Evidence.
(1) 
For purposes of this chapter, the following facts, if proven, shall constitute presumptive evidence that a motor vehicle is a junked motor vehicle:
(a) 
The vehicle is unregistered; and
(b) 
Such motor vehicle cannot move under its own power; and
(c) 
Such vehicle has not moved under its own power for a period in excess of three months.
(2) 
The above presumption may be rebutted upon a showing that the vehicle is either 1) a bona fide antique or 2) a bona fide racing vehicle.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Every vehicle originally designated and intended to be operated, drawn or driven or capable of being operated, drawn or driven upon a public highway by any power other than muscular power. For the purpose of the chapter, the term "motor vehicle" shall include, but is not limited to, automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, snowmobiles and trailers.
OWNER OF MOTOR VEHICLES
A person, firm or corporation having the property in or title to a motor vehicle, a person entitled to the use and possession of a vehicle, subject to a security interest in another person and also including any lessee or bailee of a motor vehicle having the use thereof under lease or otherwise.
OWNER OF PRIVATE PROPERTY
A person, firm or corporation being the owner, contract purchaser, tenant, lessee, occupant, undertenant, receiver or assignee of private premises or private property located within the City of Canandaigua.
PRIVATE PREMISES or PRIVATE PROPERTY
And include all parcels of real property not owned by any unit of government situate in the City of Canandaigua, whether occupied or vacant, regardless of size, topography or location.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or having custody of any junked motor vehicle to store or permit any such vehicle to remain on any private premises within the City for a period of more than 30 days after the receipt of a notice requiring such removal, and such storage is declared to be a public nuisance and may be abated or removed and penalties imposed as provided in this chapter, unless:
A. 
Such motor vehicle is stored or deposited on premises legally used and operated as a junkyard; or
B. 
Such motor vehicle is stored or deposited in a completely enclosed building; or
C. 
Such motor vehicle is under repair, reconstruction or refurbishing by the owners thereof who must actually be residing on the premises. Not more than one such motor vehicle may be so permitted at any one time on any premises. Such motor vehicles must be so maintained and protected as not to create any safety hazard or nuisance to surrounding property owners and shall not remain on the premises more than three months; or
D. 
Such motor vehicle is temporarily stored on the premises of a duly authorized motor vehicle service station or body repair shop within a commercial or industrial district of the City while awaiting repair or servicing at such place of business. Not more than five such vehicles shall be permitted on any such premises at any one time.
[Amended 8-1-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-003]
Whenever the Code Enforcement Officer finds or is notified that any junked motor vehicle has been stored or permitted to remain on any private property within the City, the Code Enforcement Officer shall send by regular mail a notice to the owner of record of such motor vehicle, if the name of such owner can be ascertained by the exercise of reasonable diligence, and also the owner of the private premises, as shown on the tax assessment records of the City, on which the same is located to remove the junked motor vehicle or motor vehicles within 30 days. Such notice shall also contain the following additional information:
A. 
Nature of complaint;
B. 
Description and location of the motor vehicle;
C. 
Statement that the motor vehicle must be removed from the premises no later than 30 days from the date of notification;
D. 
Statement that removal from the location specified in the notification to another location upon which storage is not permitted is prohibited and shall subject the person to additional penalties;
E. 
Statement that if removal is made within the time limits specified, notification shall be given in writing to the Code Enforcement Officer;
F. 
Statement of the penalties provided for noncompliance with such notice.
A violation of this chapter or any provision or part thereof by any person, firm or corporation is hereby declared to be an offense, punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment not to exceed 15 days, or both. Any person, firm or corporation who shall resist or obstruct the duly authorized agents, servants, officers and employees of the City of Canandaigua in the removal and destruction of a junked vehicle by order of the Code Enforcement Officer shall be subject to the fines and penalties provided herein. For the purpose of conferring jurisdiction upon courts and judicial officers generally, violations of this chapter or any provisions or parts thereof, shall be deemed misdemeanors, and for such purpose only all provisions of law relating to misdemeanors shall apply to such violations.