No person shall abandon any motor vehicle or trailer on the right-of-way of any public road or State highway as set out in Section
227.020 of this Code.
[R.O. 2012 §370.060; CC 1979 §18-7; Ord. No. A-1944 §§1, 3, 9-7-1962]
A. It shall
be unlawful for any person to permit a motor vehicle, tractor, trailer,
wagon or other conveyance to remain located upon the public streets
of the City, within the same City block without having been removed
for at least an eight (8) hour period, for more than forty-eight (48)
hours.
B. The Chief
of Police shall cause a motor vehicle, tractor, trailer, wagon or
other conveyance, having been located upon the public streets of the
City, within the same City block without having been removed for at
least an eight (8) hour period, for more than forty-eight (48) hours,
to be removed from such place to a place designated by him/her, and
the owner of such motor vehicle, tractor, trailer, wagon or other
conveyance shall pay to the City the costs of such removal and storage
of such vehicle before the same shall be released to such owner.
Except in the case of an accident resulting in the injury or
death of any person, the driver of a vehicle which for any reason
obstructs the regular flow of traffic on the roadway of any public
road or State highway shall make every reasonable effort to move the
vehicle or have it moved so as not to block the regular flow of traffic.
Any person who fails to comply with the requirements of this Section
is guilty of an ordinance violation and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00)
nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00).
When the City has physical possession of the abandoned property,
it may sell the abandoned property in accordance with its established
provisions and regulations and may transfer ownership by means of
a bill of sale signed by the City Clerk and sealed with the official
City Seal. Such bill of sale shall contain the make and model of the
abandoned property, the complete abandoned property identification
number, and the odometer reading of the abandoned property, if available,
and shall be lawful proof of ownership for any dealer registered under
the provisions of Section 301.218, RSMo., or Section 301.560, RSMo.,
or for any other person.